1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

1 Around Lakeland, the bluegill are “popping off real good” on crickets and red worms at Saddle Creek Park. Bass fishing has been tough though. Ten-inch mag trick worms have been the most productive.

Flip the cattails or throw a Rat-L-Trap down the outside edge of the cattails. For shellcracker and bream, fish the grass near the mouth of the Apopka-Beauclair Canal. Drift minnows the stretch close ...

The panfish bite for bluegill and shellcracker has really turned on for Polk County area anglers this week. However, bluegill get the nod as many good size fish were reported. 1 Around Lakeland, at ...