Q: My friend caught a small sunfish and decided to re-hook it to his line and use it to catch larger fish. Is that OK? A: Not in Minnesota. Minnesota law prohibits the use of game fish or parts of ...

Occasionally sunfish will hit large plugs and lures intended for other species, like bass and crappies. But as a rule, small lures are best. A tiny 1/16- or 1/8-ounce single-blade spinner such as a ...

This week Ivo gets a surprise phone call and drops what he was doing to go fish the shorelines for some freshwater pike, perch, and sunfish with Antonio. They use the Thundermist T-Turn 3-way swivels ...

Striped bass are scattered from Rocky Branch park to Beaver Dam. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said good live baits for stripers include brood minnows, sunfish or shad. Flutter spoons ...

WAGRAM, N.C. — North Carolina's decades-old freshwater fish record has fallen. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says angler Alphonso Jackson caught a 2-pound, 1-ounce redbreast sunfish ...

Black bass can be caught with a variety of lures. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the top three are top-water lures, spinner baits and any soft plastic lure such as a plastic ...

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. For most serious anglers, it was their family and friends who showed them the basics of the sport. But not everyone was lucky enough to have been ...