This is the Central CA fishing report for the week of April 1.

We are experiencing some gorgeous weather this week, and we hope you can find time to enjoy the wonderful fishing ...

Our experts collect on-the-ground reports from professional anglers and tour guides. Here's this week's report for 4/14/26.

Small, dink bluegills are insufferable. Giant ’gills — true bulls — are another story entirely. I can recall with perfect ...

There’s a simplicity to bluegill fishing that never gets old. I have spent plenty of time chasing larger fish in deeper water ...

There’s a simplicity to bluegill fishing that never gets old. I’ve spent plenty of time chasing larger fish in deeper water ...

No boat? That’s no problem this time of year when you can find piles of crappie in shallow water. Here's how to catch ...

Though a swim jig is a great tool for targeting all black bass species, it is typically associated most with fishing for largemouth around shallow vegetation. Yes, you can catch spotted, smallmouth, ...

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Every crappie angler loves the spring. All across the country crappies go through their spawn-season progression at various ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Lake Erie spring walleye fishing has blossomed all along the Ohio shoreline in recent days, with limit catches and trophy fish reported caught from Cleveland to Toledo. A cold ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife awarded 10,127 Fish Ohio pins to anglers who reeled in trophy fish among 26 different species in 2025. Well-known ...