Discover the best bass fishing lures for the Kissimmee Chain, with expert advice from local guides on bluegill beds, hydrilla hotspots, and tournament-winning techniques.

They are taking orders for fingerling-size largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill/sunfish mix, fathead minnows, redear “shellcracker” sunfish, perch and white amurs, according to a news ...

Bass, bluegill, shellcracker and even crappie are being caught on a variety of offerings. Bass will take 9-inch worms, lipped crank baits and spinnerbaits.

1. In Lakeland, with shellcracker and bluegill biting, the grass shrimp and red worms are going fast. Try your luck at Tenoroc, Saddle Creek and Lake Parker. Bladed jigs are still popular for bass ...

Specks might be slowing down, but bass, bluegill and shellcracker are biting like mad across Polk County.

If you’re wondering about sunfish vs bluegill, there’s something we should probably get straightened out right off the bat. Run a background check on bluegill, and you’ll see they’re ...

Fish available this year are fingerling-size largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill/sunfish mix, minnows, redear “shellcracker” sunfish, perch, and white amurs, according to a news release.

“The Harris Chain is a great place to fish no matter what you like to do as far as bass fishing, crappie fishing, shellcracker, bluegill, it has a mixture of everything.” ...

Shellcracker – Good numbers of both shellcracker and bluegill are biting around the Polk County area, but the shellcracker are just starting to bed in a number of spots.

Freshwater Bluegill and shellcracker fishing has been best in the lakes on live crickets. Bass fishing has been excellent around the edges over beds. Use crank baits, stick worms and spinnerbaits.

Chinquapin, shellcracker or redear: Whatever you call them, these state lakes have giants These Mississippi state lakes have given up some giant redear sunfish and one produced the state record.