James Lucas of O’Fallon became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he caught a redear sunfish on a private pond in Lincoln County. The new “alternative method” record fish caught ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources delivered 3,250 redear sunfish to Devou Park in Covington on Wednesday morning as part of the Fisheries Division's Fishing in Neighborhoods ...

Zac Mickle has a knack for catching huge redear sunfish at Arizona’s Lake Havasu, but during a recent outing Mickle landed a redear so massive and plump that he described the fish as “a freak of ...

For most anglers it all starts with some species of sunfish. At some point, Dad or Grandad handed us a rod with a bobber and worm at a local creek or lake, and the fishing addiction began. The funny ...

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 ...

A Missouri man has caught a state-record sunfish on his first time bowfishing. Andrew Hunt, of Hollister, was congratulated by the Missouri Department of Conservation on Wednesday after snagging a ...