Fishing duo Cole and Jay find a secret lake with only giant redear shellcrackers.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

I don’t like driving, particularly at night, and I’ve been on the road too much lately. But a recent drive on the interstate did have one pleasant aspect. The crimson clover was blooming. It is among ...

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 ...

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", ...

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 ...

“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.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay hook shellcrackers and bluegill on a secret jig before a snake bite.