"Well, then at least you might outfish me," I say, releasing a larger
shellcracker.
Such bites are explosive and exciting to watch, as the entire head of the permit will protrude out of the water, simultaneous with that unique and spine-tingling slurp, resounding somewhere between a tarpon busting and a
shellcracker delicately kissing.
1 A
SHELLCRACKER (Yes, ex-Minister) 2 CHECK A LORD, MIMI (Gardening Goddess) 3 A CHICKEN, DR LESS?
These include bluegills and other sunfish (such as
shellcracker, redear and pumpkinseed) as well as yellow perch, shiners and crappie.
Bluegills will rise in the water column more readily than a
shellcracker to feed.
On Lake Jackson, anglers looking for likely
shellcracker spots often look for stands of grass with snails attached to the stalks.
The Jackall Gantarel and Giron and Biovex Joint Gill are examples, along with the big
Shellcracker from Black Dog Baits.
shellcracker, are included in the general Panfish bag limit for Florida recreational anglers: 50 fish per day, unless otherwise specific for a particular water body.
Southern Standouts--Bluegill and
shellcracker fisheries are popular throughout the South, and when word gets out about a hot bite, a small body of water can suffer.
In fresh water, we've experienced an incredible bite of whopper
shellcracker the past couple of years down around Lake George and Crescent Lake, up to 1.5 pounds.
Surprisingly specks and
shellcracker could care less.
Last year we had rare
shellcracker spawn this month.