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. 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 ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, the park has had a pretty good bite this week for bluegill on red worms and grass shrimp on the bottom along the edges of the banks. Shiners under a float are ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Coronet, Half Moon, Lost Lake West, 3, 10, C, F and G. Lakes Hydrilla, Legs, Picnic, 2, 5, A and B also had high catch rates. This past ...

On just about every major body of water in Central Florida this weekend, the same scene will be repeated. Fishing boats, most of them small non-descript craft, will idle along the shorelines, past ...

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.

Robin Van Dette was out fishing with her husband Mark late last month when she landed a whopper of a sunfish on her first cast. Although she was a little disappointed at first—Van Dette was hoping for ...

A few years ago, Amos Gay, of the Phinizy, Ga., area, went fishing in the diversion canal between Santee Cooper Lakes Moultrie and Marion and brought home a whopper shellcracker. Also known as a ...

For the most part, the largemouth spawn is over and these fish are transitioning into a post spawn pattern. The bite on both Kentucky and Barkley lakes is considered good for a number of species. The ...

SHELLCRACKER SANCTIONED. Panhandle teen-ager Joey Floyd’s 4-pound, 13 3/ 4-ounce shellcracker is in the record books. The International Game Fish Association in Fort Lauderdale has accepted the catch ...

“Most of the world is covered with water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts.” Charles Waterman “Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.