We're quickly approaching one of my favorite times of year — the time of year when bream are spawning. While I love catching other species, especially catfish, fishing for bream such as bluegills and ...

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 ...

If bluegill and shellcrackers (collectively 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 pound, the feisty ...

Lake Rousseau: Panfish action is heavy. Anglers are catching shellcrackers on live worms and crickets. Bass angling is steady on top-water plugs and live shiners. The specks have slowed down.

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 ...

When Alabama largemouths leave the beds in late April, panfish move in. Shellcrackers are first to bed on most lakes where they're present. They're not as common as bluegills, but where they're found ...

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", ...