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 & Jay reveal a hidden lake filled with giant redear shellcracker fish unlike anything they expected.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – If bluegill and shellcrackers (also known as bream) routinely grew to weights of 5-6 pounds or more, we would have far less bass tournaments on the nation's waters. Pound for ...