The bluegill is the most common and widely known species in the sunfish family. Bluegills are beloved by anglers across North America. Many of us—this author included—got our start catching them in ...

LITTLE ROCK (AGFC) – The bass, the trout, the crappie and even the catfish get the headlines, but bream are the most numerous of fish caught and taken home for eating by Arkansas anglers. First, the ...

Crappie fishing and bass fishing is waning in intensity, but bream fishing is nearing its peak. Bream, a generic term for sunfish that includes bluegill, redear, longear and green sunfish, inhabit ...

If you’re wondering about sunfish vs bluegill, there’s something we should probably get straightened out right off the bat. Run a background check on bluegill, and you’ll see they’re actually a member ...

Years ago, in a fit of pique over a dud fishing trip to Wisconsin, I wrote a column belittling the lowly bream. My feelings were hurt after having made a long trip for walleyes and northern pike and ...

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 ...

If you’re hungry for some fresh fish, now is a great time to fill a cooler with bream. Bream, a collective term that encompasses a number of sunfish, generally refers to bluegill, redear ...

Like most fishermen, the first fish I caught was a bream – from Georgia’s Lake Sinclair at a family picnic in 1959. The bream I caught was a bluegill, but depending on where you grew up, your first ...

The arrival of summer brings great fishing across the state, including prime opportunities for bream fishing. Bream, a generic name for the generic "panfish," generally refers to bluegill sunfish and ...

Tom Gossett checked the shade line on the water caused by the morning sun and cast a cricket where his instincts told him the big bream would be. His brightly colored, weighted foam cork disappeared ...

Bass and crappie tend to get the most attention in Mississippi, but few will argue that any fish tastes better than a golden fried bream fillet. And although they are among the smallest of Mississippi ...