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 ...

1. In Lakeland, crickets and grass shrimp are being sold like crazy as shellcracker have been hot. On Saddle Creek, look for catfish using chicken liver and cut bait. Bass have been hitting on darker ...

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 ...

The week upcoming will likely be the height of the panfish spawn for the year. The full moon Monday will more than likely push bluegill, shellcrackers and redbellies onto the beds. One report was of a ...

I don’t usually write twice about the same person, but this is some freshwater information I think you will be interested in. It concerns fly fishing for bream and shellcrackers. Last Saturday, Roy ...

"That's just the way it is, Capt. Jack." — Capt. Richard Greenly The above quote by Capt. Richard Greenly was dropped on me many years ago when the sea conditions didn't match (it was a WHOLE lot ...