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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...