It's the time of year to catch a mess of bream. In old Florida, that meant fishing with a traditional cane pole. As it turns out, finding the fish is easier than finding the pole. Once a common thing ...

You could use one of those fancy side-scan sonar depth finders with the new underwater fish-eye orthographic readouts. Or you could go cut a switch of bamboo and do a little cane-pole fishing. If you ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — At most sporting-goods stores, you can buy all sorts of fancy fishing poles made from a variet y of modern manmade materials. Choose from boron, graphite, fiberglass or composites ; ...

Spring has finally sprung in the South. The months of March, April and May are my favorite time to fish, especially for bream. Now is the time that bluegill and copper nose bluegill go on bed. These ...

ANGLING: RICHARD TOOMES from Ormskirk asks: "Ron, I have just bought my first pole. It has spare tops so what elastics should I use?" Fishing the pole is a great way to catch any fish. However, you ...

I don’t like driving, particularly at night, and I’ve been on the road too much lately. But a recent drive on the interstate did have one pleasant aspect. The crimson clover was blooming. It is among ...

Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

Call them bream, perch, sunfish, sunperch, even super perch. Whatever name you give the fish, make sure you describe them as fun to catch, scrappy, and ready to bite. For our discussion, we are going ...

Hot weather in Arkansas accompanies hot bream fishing, especially now near the first full moon of summer. Bluegill sunfish spawn on each summer full moon, but anglers look forward to the June bluegill ...

The arrival of summer brings great fishing across the state, including prime opportunities for bream fishing. Bream, a generic name for the generic "panfish," generally refers to bluegill sunfish and ...

We are just hours away from the day that brought me to my best bream fishing experience ever. It was Memorial Day 1967, and I’d just finished high school and was getting ready for a summer of American ...