SOME SAY a big shellcracker is the most mysterious fish in freshwater. Properly called a redear sunfish, it’s three times the size of a keeper bluegill, on average, and just as delicious. But it’s ...

Tip of the Week: According to fieldandstream.com, if the bass you seek aren’t going hard after the big-hook bait, add a trailer hook. That basic adjustment can be the difference between bringing in a ...

Redear sunfish go by many names with chinquapin and shellcrackers being two of the more common in Mississippi. Although some anglers specifically target redear, they are often a by-catch for those ...

Blue gill and shellcrackers, nudged out of the mainstream of local fishing by bass the last few months, are back. Forget Rat-L-Traps, Stanley Jigs and Texas-rigged hooks. Think crickets and live worms ...

For those of you who didn’t make it out fishing this week, read and weep. It was perfect. The sun shone and the fish bit. A number of bass weighing more than 8 pounds were caught in both the St. Johns ...

Some years, panfish fans find that there is a brief lull in catches during late March and early April. During this period, the speckled perch that had recently inhabited the shallow spawning cover in ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Panfish don't get much respect here in the heart of largemouth bass country, but for a few months each year--May and June happen to be those months--going after the "sunfish", ...

“Most of the world is covered with water. A fisherman’s job is simple: Pick out the best parts.” Charles Waterman “Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers.

Time to break out the bream-buster poles and the crickets--panfish are on the beds across Alabama. It's the one time of year when this bass-crazy state may see nearly as many boats launched to chase ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay hook shellcrackers and bluegill on a secret jig before a snake bite.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay find a secret lake with only giant redear shellcrackers.