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", ...

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 ...

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 ...

We're quickly approaching one of my favorite times of year — the time of year when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream such as bluegills and ...

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 ...

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. Texas Democrat stuns Republicans with Senate win in Trump territory All the celebrity red-carpet looks ...

Largemouth bass and shellcrackers recently have been the most reported freshwater catches, but striped bass are becoming more active and are being caught with some regularity. Here’s a look at this ...

WTVF-NASHVILLE — Brandon Dowdy is joined by Dayton Blair and Terry Peoples on this edition of Southern Woods and Waters.