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

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

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.

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 ...

1. Crystal River/Homosassa: Captain William Toney writes that if you want to scallop along the Big Bend and are considering trailering your own vessel to this area, take this into consideration. Fuel ...

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 ...

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", ...

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 ...

“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.

1. Crystal River/Homosassa: Captain William Toney writes that it’s just a few days before the opening of the Big Bend scallop season, and he’s still getting mixed reports of how the scallop population ...