Freshwater Fishing

A bream doubleheader

Bluegills and shellcrackers are collectively lumped into the category of bream, and these are the favorite target of many Sparkleberry Swamp anglers. Even though these are two different species of fish, they do hang out together, and anglers often catch them both in the same area, especially in shallow water. […]

Freshwater Fishing

When bream go deep, get ‘wet’

Most fly-rod anglers give up after the bluegill bite fades away with the morning shadows, but the fish have merely gone deeper and may have moved to lily pads and other structure away from the bank […]