The bluegill is the most common and widely known species in the sunfish family. Bluegills are beloved by anglers across North America. Many of us—this author included—got our start catching them in ...

There are times that the scientific community and the general layman disagree on what to call things in the natural world around them. One common example of this in the plant kingdom is the Juniper ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tight Lines 208 is dedicated to helping people become better anglers through education. The Cram Session is designed to give readers a crash course on a specific fish species or local ...

Hand-sized bluegill like this Halverson Lake specimen are relatively rare and great fun to catch. Jordan Rodriguez Special to the Idaho Statesman Mother Nature is serving up prime conditions for ...

FARMINGTON, W.Va. — When most of us think of bluegill, the first thing which comes to mind if our first fishing experience. Almost everybody’s first fish was a bluegill. When we were age five or under ...

Terry Nelson was ice fishing in late December on Lindstrom Lake, located just north of Minneapolis, when he caught a once-in-a-lifetime panfish. “I thought, ‘What is this? I have never seen anything ...

LAKE SUTHERLAND — Predatory bluegill fish have been found in Lake Sutherland, a situation that could stymie efforts to protect other species. The bluegills “shouldn’t be in there,” said Matt Beirne, ...

To the Editor:It’s ironic that suddenly everyone is trying to preserve an invasive species most Canadian anglers find a nuisance. The fact is that the only problem with the bluegill fishery is their ...