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

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

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

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 with more complicated setups, but when the bluegills are biting, I find ...

Looking beyond worms and shiners, there are a number of "sleeper" live baits that anglers should pay attention to.

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 ...

Several regulation changes will increase opportunities for anglers in 2026 in Wisconsin, according to the DNR. The general ...

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, ...

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 ...

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood the shallows each spring to spawn. As part of their annual ritual, the bass ...