West-central Arizona’s sprawling Lake Havasu is a popular spot for boaters. The deep and clear, 19,000-acre reservoir on the Colorado River offers good fishing, and heavy boat traffic is something ...

Four Missouri fish records have now been broken so far this year. The latest was by Josh Cole of Reeds Spring, who used his bowfishing rig to shoot a 1-pound, 12-ounce redear sunfish at Table Rock ...

Zac Mickle caught a monster redear sunfish on Lake Havasu, which sits on the Arizona and California state line. The lake is perhaps the most renowned panfish water in the country. It appears on almost ...

The International Game Fish Assn. confirmed Friday that it’s reviewing a May 4 catch of a massive redear sunfish as a potential world record. “You may have seen this fish circulating the Internet in ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri anglers broke multiple state records and even two world records in 2024. The state's first broken fishing record of 2025 may be small, but it shows Missouri's anglers ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources confirmed another inaugural state record for a fish species which was added to the lineup of state records in the Mountain State ...

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 ...

Arizona’s Lake Havasu is famous for growing huge redear sunfish — specimens like this 1.8 pounder are relatively common, and world-record giants over five pounds are possible! Jordan Rodriguez As I ...

Pow! Man, I love catching a big bluegill on a high-floating fly or a popper. A bluegill — or a redear or a green sunfish or a longear sunfish, or a hybrid sunfish, that is. A few particularly feisty ...

Two fortunate fishermen in the Mountain State recently broke two statewide records, both on the same day. In a May 1 announcement, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) said the two ...