We called crappies white perch. But the top of the line fish bait, good for big bream, catfish on a trotline or goggle eye in a slough off the river, had to be catalpa worms. Country folk ...

Bream often spawn in near-shore shallows in water 2 to 5 feet deep, depending on the lake or river, average water depth, bottom composition, clarity, and whether or not it's tidewater. Remember, 4 ...

We are just hours away from the day that brought me to my best bream fishing experience ... That denigrates and reduces the fine fish that are bream and should never be called anything else.

Big bream are on the bottom. The Dipsey sinker pulls your bait through the smaller fish hovering above to the big ones lurking below them. The best fishing occurs during the full moon in June.

The frequency of bites declines, as does the size of the fish. It's relative, though. Bream fishing in July and ... that looks like a crawdad. The best places to find these panfish are around ...