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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Chickahominy River: The Thursday tournament based at the Haven Restaurant had 14 boats and paid two places. First place went to A.C. O’Dell with 18 pounds, 5 1/2 ounces, which included the evening’s ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay discover a secret lake holding record-breaking shellcrackers. Video shows masked, armed subject at Nancy Guthrie's door The US bond market is suddenly flashing a warning sign ...

“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.