The bluegill is the most common and widely known species in the sunfish family. Bluegills are beloved by anglers across North America. Many of us—this author included—got our start catching them in ...

If you’re wondering about sunfish vs bluegill, there’s something we should probably get straightened out right off the bat. Run a background check on bluegill, and you’ll see they’re actually a member ...

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Fishing and boating, as favorite activities on the Connecticut River are sometimes one and the same event. People use boats or canoes to get to their favorite fishing area and for good reason. We have ...

A behemoth sunfish found dead in the Azores has broken the record for the heaviest bony fish ever recorded. According to a paper published in the Journal of Fish Biology, the enormous bump-head ...

A new study of a southwestern Washington floodplain finds that most native species adapt well to the invaders by shifting their food sources and feeding strategies. Non-native bullfrogs and sunfish ...

A massive ocean oddity that washed up on a northern Oregon beach this week turned out to be a recently discovered species of sunfish, according to the local aquarium. According to the Seaside Aquarium ...

A rare giant hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore Gearhart beach in Oregon could be the largest of its species ever sampled. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...