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Back to Basics Bluegill

Back to Basics Bluegill

Every year I try something new when targeting panfish, specifically bluegills. I may try a larger jig, spider or some other type of lure to catch bigger panfish. Or I might try micro lures to entice these tasty treats.

Summer Time Blues

Summer Time Blues

This summer has been a hot one. I was fishing the other day and drove a crossed some bass beds with magnum bluegills on them.

Two Armed Success

Two Armed Success

This past weekend was free fishing weekend in Michigan. Meaning, no license needed to get out on the water. I took full advantage of this to get my wife out fishing.

Getting the Itch

Getting the Itch

Well it’s that time of year again. Getting the itch to go ice fishing. Summer has come and gone. The water temperatures in the lakes are falling fast.

Do you see what I see

Do you see what I see

Each year lakes freeze, suspended particles settle and the water clears, sometimes to the point that you are able to see many feet down your hole.

Bluegills, Bluegills and More Bluegills!

Bluegills, Bluegills and More Bluegills!

As the temperature drops and the first snow flurries fall, puddles start to freeze overnight and my mind like, so many others across the ice belt, is focused on ice fishing.

Size Matters!

Size Matters!

One style of fishing I find interesting and love to utilize when it is called for is ‘long rodding’. This ice fishing technique is extremely popular in the southern parts here in Wisconsin.

Bill Ferris Saginaw Bay Ice Fishing Walleye

Bill Ferris Seminar Panfish through the Ice

Join ice fishing guru and K&E Tackle pro staff member Bill Ferris at Vern’s Repair and Sport for a free panfish ice fishing seminar 1/8/2013 6PM!

Reel and rod on the ice with a nice mess of panfish

Tis The Season for Ice Fishing

Getting fired up for frozen water! I get pumped up about the upcoming season of fishing for bluegills and crappies through the ice getting ice gear, checking line and my ice jigs.

The other half of team Hard Water Maniacs, Mandy MacHaffie shows off a big bull bluegill caught through the ice

Tungsten Tactics for Ice Fishing Success

Tungsten jigs are definitely the hot item to have in your ice fishing arsenal these days. Three times heavier than lead, tungsten offers a small profile.

Instead of waiting for first ice, this angler borrowed a duck boat and caught some nice bluegills in Southern Michigan

Ice-less Ice Fishing

With the mild weather keeping many ice anglers frustrated, some fishermen are getting creative to catch their first ice gills. This angler was spotted on a lake in Barry County in a borrowed duck boat and was able to catch a dozen nice bluegills in about half an hour of fishing.

Late season scouting for early ice panfish produced these slab crappie for Ray Tiffany and Mandolyn MacHaffie

Late Summer Scouting For Early Ice Fishing Success!

Late summer scouting can produce some of the best panfish of the season for many anglers and find the most productive spots for first ice fishing.

Young Angler With Panfish caught while ice fishing

Panfish Transition Under the Ice

Locating and catching more panfish while ice fishing is all about following the seasonal transition movements of bluegills, crappie and perch.

  • Great Lakes Ice Fishing

    If you enjoy ice fishing anywhere in the Great Lakes Region, you'll enjoy Great Lake Ice Fishing. Please join the community forum and share your ice fishing reports & adventures.

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