TRI-LAKES AREA — Panfish are exactly what their name implies: fish small enough to f it into a pan. Among those found in Arkansas are the bluegill, redear sunfish, longear sunfish, green sunfish, ...

The classic way to fish for bluegill/sunfish (hereinafter referred to generically as bluegills) is casting a size 10 or 12, rubber-legged popping bug or spider with a light fly rod and floating line.

Bream or bluegills are in shallow water spawning throughout much of the First Coast, and great fishing for the tasty panfish is available in almost any pond, lake, creek or river that isn't too salty.