A man holds up a giant bluegill. As we head into summer, panfish are on the forefront of anglers’ minds. Catching big scrappy ...

Small, dink bluegills are insufferable. Giant ’gills—true bulls—are another story entirely. I can recall with perfect clarity every hump-headed, 12-plus-inch bluegill that I have ever caught. The list ...

There are certain things that seem to end up in the tackle box of every 7-year-old despite the fact that they’ll probably ...

The odds were against landing the big, toothy fish on the setup Matt Born had chosen, but he locked in and played the fish ...

LAPEER COUNTY -- Fly fishing usually brings to mind images of Hemingway-esque men in waders, casting for that elusive brookie or brown in classic trout stream waters. But veteran angler Dave Wermuth ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay uncover some of the biggest bluegills they’ve ever seen hiding in shallow waters.

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Natural signs alert us to spring’s arrival. Dogwoods in bloom along wooded hillsides. The yellow flowers of forsythia bushes brightening up the dullness of the past winter. Emerging vegetation in ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay watch giant bluegills suddenly vanish the moment a massive predator enters the spillway.

Greta the Giant Bluegill has arrived at DuPage Children's Museum on loan from the Shedd Aquarium. The plastic debris used in artist Alan Hicks' sculpture was collected during one of Shedd's Great ...