The ice was 3 to 5 inches depending on location and wind. He’s hearing reports of anglers catching bluegills at Horseshoe Pond and perch and crappie at Misery Bay. Some were catching steelhead ...

Drop a worm in the water on a summer day and just try to not catch a bluegill. But in winter, sometimes those same big slabs get finicky and only bite best at classic walleye times—dawn and dusk.

Oxygen levels wane and fish vacate the shallows. A quick tip for understanding seasonal panfish behavior: Crappies and bluegills suspend in deep holes in winter where they feed on zooplankton.

Those who fish know how thrilling it is to catch, especially a large, potentially record-breaking fish. And in 2024, anglers set a few new fishing records in Utah, wildlife officials announced ...

Layle F. Bagley (86) was born January 11, 1939 to Fred Bagley and Milrhea Shelton Bagley in Rexburg, Idaho. He died January 29, 2025. He grew up on a farm in Salem. Layle attended school at Sugar ...

Freshwater fishing hall of famer Gary Roach sometimes likes to leave the deep-water crappies and go on the search for big bluegills in the weeds. Tim Lesmeister details how he finds them at this time ...