1. In Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, grass shrimp, crickets and red worms were the bait of choice for shellcracker and bluegill. Small domestic shiners were the go-to bait for bass. The catfish bite has ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Horseshoe, Legs and Waterlou. Lakes Shop, 3, 5, B and C also had high catch rates. This past week there were 15 large bass over 19 inches ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

Jim Sutton's weekly county fishing report is published each Thursday. The St. Johns River and area lakes If I were a betting man who handicapped the reproductive cycles of freshwater fish, I'd be so ...

It's getting to be that time of year when the weather is hotter than the bite. There are plenty of shellcracker spawning and Lake George continues to be among the better places to catch them, but the ...

Tip of the Week: According to fieldandstream.com, if the bass you seek aren’t going hard after the big-hook bait, add a trailer hook. That basic adjustment can be the difference between bringing in a ...

Following an unusually cold winter, many longtime area panfishers expected speckled perch to still be in the shallows for the end-of-March full moon. They knew, too, that the March moon is a prime ...

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