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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The reclusive redear sunfish known reverently as shellcracker has rushed the spawning period for this spring. The 50-fish daily possession limit has already been caught by many area anglers. John ...

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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 ...