

Veteran guide Randy Kuhens scans promising stump fields, flooded brush, and vegetation with sonar to pinpoint the depth at which 'gills are holding, then suspends a cricket in the strike zone beneath a slip-bobber.Īnother mid-continental panfish Mecca lies in the northern reaches of Cornhusker territory, where the storied Sandhills Region is again flush with super-size bluegills, and is widely considered your best bet in the Midwest for breaking the 2-pound barrier. Mid-South And MidwestĪt 160,000 acres, sprawling Kentucky Lake offers some of the continent's most consistent bluegill and redear sunfish fishing.

Spawn-time on the Big "O" kicks off around March, and fishing remains stellar through August, give or take weather and water fluctuations. But of them all, the 730-square mile slice of Sunshine State paradise known as Lake Okeechobee is hard to beat in terms of year-round fishable water-thanks in part to its extensive network of maintained canals and cuts-plus the sheer number of 'gills and 'crackers it contains.
