You’ll be hard pressed to find a Midwestern water that isn’t home to bluegill. They are one of, if not the most, common fish across our region. Finding big bluegill is a tougher game.

You’ll be hard pressed to find a Midwestern water that isn’t home to bluegill. They are one of, if not the most, common fish across our region. Finding big bluegill is a tougher game.

Investopedia / Xiaojie Liu A Venn diagram is a chart that uses overlapping circles to show the traits that are shared and not shared by two or more sets of things being compared. A Venn diagram is ...

When most people hear the term “sunny” as it applies to gamefish, though, we immediately think of the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). The reason I’m ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

We’re going to focus on the latter, as understanding the natural food sources of a bluegill will help you make better choices when procuring bait for an outing. Given that they’re highly ...