Seventeen-year-old Riley Isaacs from Bradleyville, Missouri, arrowed a record-book redear sunfish while bowfishing Lake Taneycomo on April 18. Isaac’s panfish, which weighed in at 2 pounds 3 ounces, ...

Oklahomans who aspire to catch a record-size sunfish might want to visit their nearest farm pond. Cord Smith, a 16-year-old from Cheyenne, is the new record holder after reeling a 2-pound, 5.6-ounce ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TABLE ROCK LAKE, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirms Alex Phillips of Ash Grove for becoming the new state record holder under alternative methods ...

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 ...

Thomas Farchione of Waterford, Wis., with the enormous 6.30 pound redear sunfish he caught on May 4 at Lake Havasu in Arizona. The fish ranks a new International Game Fish Association world record. By ...