Angler Caught

Redear Sunfish (Shellcracker) Caught in Alabama

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Redear Sunfish over 1 pounds or 11 inches may qualify for a Master Angler Certificate.
Redear Sunfish over 2 pounds or 13 inches may qualify for a Trophy Angler Certificate.

Nick Lewis shows two fine shellcracker he caught on July 3, 2006 at Chattahoochee Park in Houston County on successive casts with a cricket.  One fish was two pounds, fourteen ounces and the other was one pound and four ounces.

This spawning shellcracker (redear sunfish) was caught on a popping bug from Yates Reservoir.

Mary Stallworth with a one-pound, six-ounce shellcracker from Monroe County State Public Fishing Lake.

Wilson Woods with two nice redear sunfish (shellcracker) caught in March of 2006 from Monroe County State Public Fishing Lake.