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 ...

We’re now in one of my favorite times of year: the time when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream is a much-loved pastime for this country boy ...

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.

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 ...

Co-Host Dayton Blair shows us his Spring Turkey hunt. Then reflects on how it all began for him as an avid outdoorsman taking us back to that old pond with a work and a cork catching shellcrackers.

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 ...

When Alabama largemouths leave the beds in late April, panfish move in. Shellcrackers are first to bed on most lakes where they're present. They're not as common as bluegills, but where they're found ...

We take a trip to Old Hickory Lake where Brandon and Neyland catch shellcrackers, and Chris Yoder joins the program to share his own fishing tips.

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 ...

Gordon Lane caught and released a limit of bass up to 6 pounds each on Charlie’s Red Shad worm and Zara Spook surface lures. Mikey Teachout, Nick Copeland and Chad Heinrich waded the shallow for a ...

We’re now in one of my favorite times of year: the time when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream is a much-loved pastime for this country boy ...