Top spot: The St. Johns River, near Marina Isle, has been very good for crappie, bluegills and shellcrackers. Fish near heavy vegetation for all three. Use minnows and jigs for crappie. Grass shrimp ...

Redear sunfish go by many names with chinquapin and shellcrackers being two of the more common in Mississippi. Although some anglers specifically target redear, they are often a by-catch for those ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – If bluegill and shellcrackers (also known as bream) routinely grew to weights of 5-6 pounds or more, we would have far less bass tournaments on the nation's waters. Pound for ...

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 ...

Before the cold front moved in over the weekend, the fish had started to settle down. On freshwater lakes and ponds, the bluegill bite was red hot. Shellcrackers were starting to bed around structures ...

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 ...

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 ...

FRESHWATER: Lake George is good for crappie, bluegills and shellcrackers. Fish thick brush in shallow waters with minnows and jigs tipped with minnows for crappie. Bluegills and shellcrackers are ...