Husband and wife fishing duo Cole & Jay stumble upon a secret body of water teeming with massive shellcracker.

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 ...

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 ...

The panfish bite for bluegill and shellcracker has really turned on for Polk County area anglers this week. However, bluegill get the nod as many good size fish were reported. 1 Around Lakeland, at ...

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.

Happy Independence Day to all of the local angling community. What could be better than a weekend of fishing? While there are plenty of opportunities on tap, what could be more American than fishing ...

Jim Sutton's weekly county fishing report is published each Thursday. The St. Johns River and area lakes If I were a betting man who handicapped the reproductive cycles of freshwater fish, I'd be so ...