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 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 ...

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 ...

Fishing and wildlife experts Cole and Jay explore a quiet lake that holds a surprisingly large population of rare and oversized shellcrackers. There's 1 big issue with the alcohol test Kash Patel was ...

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 ...