Catching Panfish - Bluegill, Sunfish, Recipes, Lures & Tacti - Game & Fish

Panfish Calendar: How to Crash Their Annual Spawning Run

Limit out on yellow perch, crappies and bluegills as they make their annual spawning

Mike Gnatkowski

Spring Panfish Success Begins with the Right Rod, Reel and Line

Here's a look at great gear to chase crappies, yellow perch and bluegills this spring.

Mikę Gnatkowski

Trophy Crappie Time in the South

Spring brings hot fishing for giant slab crappies. Learn the top places and tactics to score

Frank Sargeant

How to Master Bull Coppernose Bluegills in Tidal Rivers

Fishing for tidal bluegills can be frustrating and rewarding. Here's how to make it more of

Jim Gronaw

State Records: 8-Pound Indiana Smallie; Jumbo Georgia Perch

As the weather warms, catches of trophy fish are on the rise.

Game & Fish Staff

Break Out the Bitty Baits for Big Bull Bluegills

Tiny jigs and light line are just the right recipe for pre-spawn bluegills.

Jim Gronaw

What's More All-American than Bluegills and Crickets?

Get some light tackle and panfish baits for some angling fireworks this summer.

Lynn Burkhead

Bedtime for Bream: Catch a Limit of Spawning Bluegills

Take advantage of bedding fish for the best bluegill bite of the year.

David Johnson

How to Catch the Biggest Fish in a Pond

Pond Fishing 101: Increase your harvest in farm ponds by learning how to read them.

Colin Moore

Panfish Gold Rush: Leave the Bank for Jackpot Jumbos

For the heaviest payoff forget the shallows to find bigger, less-pressured panfish offshore.

Dr. Jason A. Halfen

Sunny Delight: Target the Biggest Panfish in Local Waters

Monster bluegills and other sunfish are eager to eat in ponds and reservoirs across the South.

Jim Edlund

Okla. Youth Catches Bass-Sized Record Shellcracker

The giant panfish beat a 50-year-old record in the Sooner State.

Lynn Burkhead

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