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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

You can tell that the interest in speckled perch is slowing down because the reports of shellcracker and catfish are heating up. It's not likely the specks are done. Most of the reports of the fish ...