Top spot: The St. Johns River, near Marina Isle, has been very good for crappie, bluegills and shellcrackers. Fish near heavy vegetation for all three. Use minnows and jigs for crappie. Grass shrimp ...

Among our native fish species, two are standouts — bluegill, or bream, and redear sunfish, or shellcracker. Lake county anglers of all ages seek these panfish year-round. Bream are cooperative.