Northern Wisconsin is home to many fine bluegill fisheries, including Sawyer County's legendary Nelson Lake. Within the region, Pelican Lake is among the top picks for fish over a pound, but hard-to-access lakes can flourish when fishing pressure is light. 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.
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