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 Saddle Creek the bass bite is best in the morning on topwater frogs around the edges of the banks. During the day, flukes under the island trees are getting the bite. There’s a ...

Tip of the Week: According to fieldandstream.com, if the bass you seek aren’t going hard after the big-hook bait, add a trailer hook. That basic adjustment can be the difference between bringing in a ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

The only good thing about the speckled perch spawning season dying down is the bluegill and shellcracker season kicking in. That's where we're at. There was a 12.5 inch shellcracker caught off the ...

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 ...

The word from the north parts of the river is that bluegill are on the beds between Black Creek and Doctors Inlet. Other reports farther down are this way and that, but it's for certain that the ...

Grouper season opens May 1. Hogfish season opens May 1. Snook season closes June 1. Florida lobster mini-season opens July 26-27. The dolphin (mahi) bag limit is five fish per day per angler. Did we ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Cemetery, Coronet, Fish Hook, Lost Lake East, B, C and G. Lakes Butterfly, Shop, 2, 5 and F also had good catch rates. Most of the bass ...