I may not know what numbers to pick for this week’s Lottodrawing, but here’s something you can take to the bank: Sometime in the next week or two, Lake Marian is going to be one of the top ...

Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

1. In Lakeland, on Lake Parker they’re catching bass on the hydrilla on Rat-L-traps and chatter bait. Specks are being caught in 8 feet using grass shrimp. At Saddle Creek, bass are being caught on ...

New Year's Day. A famous song once claimed that "nothing changes on New Year's Day." Obviously, they weren't anglers in Florida. For us, there are two significant changes on New Year's Day along ...

They're called Croppie up north, Crappie in most southern states, but in Florida and the Bayou state, they're known as Specks. Whatever you decide to call them, they're one of the most sought after ...

February weather patterns along the east coast of Florida are always a little "iffy." Weekly cold fronts sweep across the country bringing high winds and a little rain. Temperatures bounce up and down ...

Six of the top 13 lakes in Florida for speckled perch are in Polk County, and February and March are prime for the largest black crappie. Lake Kissimmee is on the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

State fishery workers have confirmed what has been an inside secret for some time – Lake Apopka may be one of the best fishing spots in Central Florida. This winter the pea-soup-and-muck concoction ...

There are no sure things in fishing, but speck fishing in Lake Okeechobee comes pretty close. An estimated 10 million crappie or speckled perch, as they’re more commonly called (although the crappie ...