Late in the 1980s, my family moved from LaMoure to Valley City, N.D. I'd fished the Jim River and Lake LaMoure before the move and enjoyed an array of fish, from pike to perch and even the lowly carp.

Bluegill sunfish have provided an unusually tidy test of the much-discussed prediction that animal dads’ diligence in child care depends on how certain they are that the offspring really are their own ...

MADISON - A warm southwest breeze tickled the water and nudged puffy white clouds across the sky. A male red-winged blackbird sat atop a cattail, flared its red and yellow epaulettes and trilled a ...

This sure has been a funny year for fishing. With March and April being as cold as it gets for spring, almost all species of fish have had late spawns this year, including both fresh and saltwater ...

When the dogwoods bloom, it’s time. It’s bluegill time—time to go catch a few. Bluegills are members of the sunfish family, which also includes shellcrackers, redear sunfish and a few others; but ...

Oh, how I love springtime. Flowers “spring”ing up everywhere, woodchucks getting fat on new grasses, and lambs frolicking around every flock of sheep. But the best part, at least for me and a lot of ...

It’s early June, and like most things in northern Michigan this spring, the bluegills are running bit behind. Or frankly, maybe they’re on time as we were treated to a little taste of normalcy via a ...

Bluegills don’t get the award for most popular fish in South Dakota. However, I have witnessed large numbers of anglers flocking to lakes with a hot bluegill bite. For a few anglers, myself included, ...

Lake Okeechobee is one of the country’s top spots for catching big largemouth bass, but this time of year, anglers can also catch loads of bluegills and Mayan cichlids. “Okeechobee is known for its ...