TRI-LAKES AREA — On many Arkansas bream fishing waters, there’s a saying: The best time to fish for bream, such as bluegills and redear sunfish, is in spring and early summer, during or near the time ...

ARKANSAS — I like to call him “the Bream Master.” During the more than 30 years I’ve been traveling the country and fishing with experts of all stripes, I’ve never met anyone who knows more about ...

We are just hours away from the day that brought me to my best bream fishing experience ever. It was Memorial Day 1967, and I’d just finished high school and was getting ready for a summer of American ...

Nearly everyone that loves to fish likely started their fishing career by catching bream. This initiation rite is not everyone’s story, but the vast majority of every anglers first fish was a bream.

Years ago, in a fit of pique over a dud fishing trip to Wisconsin, I wrote a column belittling the lowly bream. My feelings were hurt after having made a long trip for walleyes and northern pike and ...

I don’t like driving, particularly at night, and I’ve been on the road too much lately. But a recent drive on the interstate did have one pleasant aspect. The crimson clover was blooming. It is among ...