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 ...

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.

We’re now in one of my favorite times of year: the time when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream is a much-loved pastime for this country boy ...

We’re now in one of my favorite times of year: the time when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream is a much-loved pastime for this country boy ...

Fishing is red hot at the moment, so don't miss this opportunity to get a hold of a bucket-mouth or a stringer of shellcrackers! On Lake Walk-in-the-Water, anglers are catching a ton of shellcrackers ...

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 ...