Panfish

Puny perch are child’s play, but patterning potbellies is almost impossible without a bulletproof game plan. Veteran perch guide and avowed jumbo junkie Jeff Sundin follows the food supply to track trophies year-round on Minnesota’s Lake Winnibigoshish.

Devils Lake guide Jason Feldner spends many winter days targeting perch through the ice and has learned the keys to finding and catching them.

Guide James Hodgin shares five tips to help YOU catch more early-ice 'gills. 

Get bites even when winter’s odds are stacked against you

Sixty-seven lakes and reservoirs, in 19 states, hold specially tagged fish that could turn into cash or prizes for lucky anglers! Read on!

The crappie is sportfishing’s undisputed King of Spring. Here's where to find 'em shallow in the spawning season, and when.

Learn about three spectacular bodies of water that offer world-class fishing right now

Color is key in catching crappies, but other visual clues count too, including motion

Slight differences in sunfish mouth configurations represent huge differences in feeding behaviors.

Bluegills often get the Rodney Dangerfield treatment: being abundant and readily catchable with relatively simple tactics, they get little respect.