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Art Lander’s Outdoors: As spring warms and summer begins, fishing for bluegill, redear sunfish heats up

May 26, 20230

The best fishing of the year for sunfish occurs as spring warms into summer as fish are spawning, raising their…

March 24, 2023March 27, 20230

Editor’s Note:This is the 10th article in an occasional series on small lakes in central and eastern Kentucky. Lake Carnico…

November 9, 2021November 8, 20210

Robert J. Barth Lake in Campbell County is the newest addition to the Fishing in Neighborhoods (FINs) program offered through…

June 25, 2021June 24, 20210

When summer begins anglers’ thoughts turn to sunfish. These little scrappers are found statewide in diverse habitats from rocky streams,…

June 18, 2021June 17, 20210

Lake Cumberland is in McCreary, Whitley, Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Russell, and Clinton counties, in south central Kentucky. Wolf Creek Dam…

October 1, 2020September 29, 20207

By Chris Cole Special to NKyTribune I grew up in Newport, a softscrabble kid of the 1980s, acquiring early on…

May 22, 2020May 19, 20200

They thrive in farm ponds, small lakes and tree-canopied creeks, little fish that are fun to catch and make a…

March 1, 2019February 25, 20190

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a series about Kentucky’s native sunfish species. The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is…

May 6, 2017May 5, 20170

By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune (This is the seventh installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles, detailing…

May 14, 2016May 13, 20160

By Lee McClellan Special to NKyTribune (This is the eighth installment of the “Spring Fishing Fever” series of articles, detailing…