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 ...

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.

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 ...

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", ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay hook shellcrackers and bluegill on a secret jig before a snake bite. Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says Boeing unfairly blamed him Mark ...

“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.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay hook shellcrackers and bluegill on a secret jig before a snake bite. Texas Democrat stuns Republicans with Senate win in Trump territory All the celebrity red-carpet looks ...