How to Catch Shellcrackers - Two Great Techniques for Big Redear Sunfish

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Ask any hardcore panfish angler and they'll tell you that they love catching redear sunfish. Shellcrackers get bigger and fight harder than any other sunfish and they're getting more and more prolific in the Mid-Atlantic region. Don't miss these great techniques for getting the biggest and strongest fish out of the mill ponds and lakes of the Chesapeake Watershed.
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Комментарии • 28

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 2 года назад +6

    Lefty Kreh miss that dude....what a great guy. He's right about Shellcrackers. Lefty was right about most things. Rip

  • @dandennison1395
    @dandennison1395 4 месяца назад +2

    Respect the spawn , no eggs , no babies , no future

  • @christophere5130
    @christophere5130 2 года назад +5

    I just finished your first book and want to simply say thank you. First book I’ve read in 20 years ! Can’t stop reading now! I’m on “ The Right Stuff” now!

  • @GunsandGrubb
    @GunsandGrubb 7 месяцев назад +1

    For so long, I have mispronounced the name of this fish. As shell-crappie, but I got it now. But let me tell you, I catch these fish using redworms fishing on the bottomand they kill it. These are my favorite fish.

  • @jeremylamovsky9868
    @jeremylamovsky9868 Год назад +2

    I love them. I had a big one mounted as a kid, caught it when I was 9 or 10. While a small flylike jig that you use is good, for me they prefer live bait more than any other panfish. Also, the spinning rod version to the hopper and dropper is get the smallest floating jerk bait and tying a dropper with a woolly buggers. I had a shit day at work tonight, about 45 minutes of light left. I'd seen them in shallow, limestone areas around a local boat ramp. I caught a couple to cheer me up in as many casts and wrapped it up as I'd like to come back. And yes they're amazing to eat, but like any big panfish I try to let the very biggest go, and keep the female to male ratio close as possible as they're both important

  • @N8Dogg1002
    @N8Dogg1002 Год назад +2

    Been catching em in the strip pits in SE Kansas when Crappie fishing lately. Theyre fighters and good eating too.

  • @thatoneguy7684
    @thatoneguy7684 Месяц назад

    Caught a 9 inch .6 pound shellcracker at my goto lake on a Rebel Crawfish crankbait. That thing took some line with him too.

  • @carlbillingsley3452
    @carlbillingsley3452 Год назад +1

    We fish for them different in alabama red worms or crickets

  • @benjaminstewart7541
    @benjaminstewart7541 Год назад +1

    How can I get your book on Shellcrackers Benjamin Stewart Sr and Milwaukee, WI 🎣🎣☀️

  • @Hapenparadise
    @Hapenparadise Год назад +2

    We catch these in the Florida Panhandle at Howard’s Creek in Wewahitchka, Fl down where Tupelo Honey also comes from. Tupelo Honey extraction is a lovely read also. It can be found only in this area. 😊

    • @ShawnKimbro
      @ShawnKimbro  Год назад

      Some of the best Shellcracker fishing in the country down there. I was just there a couple months ago.

    • @HomesteadOnThePreserve
      @HomesteadOnThePreserve Год назад

      Hello Hapen, have you ever been to Merritt's Mill Pond in Jackson County? That lake held the world record Shellcracker and currently holds the Florida state record.
      I'll check out Howards Creek as it's not too far from me. BTW the Honey Festival in Wewa is cool!

  • @ernieforrest7218
    @ernieforrest7218 Год назад +1

    And they absolutely love grass shrimp.

  • @taylor-eugenesimmons8615
    @taylor-eugenesimmons8615 5 месяцев назад +1

    Nice Information!!!

  • @tkopoe8752
    @tkopoe8752 4 месяца назад

    Lake Havasu is the place for monster shellcrackers

  • @cooldogs-xm7bi
    @cooldogs-xm7bi Год назад

    Nice tips! Will definitely be trying these out the next time I get out in the water. Thanks

  • @jeremylesso857
    @jeremylesso857 Год назад

    Ya wanna catch umm Cha put a grass shrimp or Nightcrawler

  • @ecmullen
    @ecmullen Год назад

    Read the book and it’s a terrific resource.

  • @ookiee1
    @ookiee1 Год назад

    eraly summer when water gets 80, how about late spring when its in the high 60's mid 70's where are they staging then?

    • @waheedwitherspoon8238
      @waheedwitherspoon8238 Год назад

      I'm in South Carolina and the water is low to mid 70s. The shellcracker here are in about 1ft to 2ft of water

  • @davidspangler-dk8ug
    @davidspangler-dk8ug 8 месяцев назад

    How about 20+ft. of water?

  • @TheDweller-
    @TheDweller- 4 месяца назад

    5:17

  • @jeremylesso857
    @jeremylesso857 Год назад

    I tear umm up in Mississippi

  • @benjaminstewart7541
    @benjaminstewart7541 Год назад

    Do you know if Shell Crackers are in the Midwest or southeast in Milwaukee, WI

    • @ShawnKimbro
      @ShawnKimbro  Год назад

      Yes, I have caught some in the Jackson area. I don’t think they get quite as big however.

    • @johncoaleii1423
      @johncoaleii1423 6 месяцев назад

      I've got shell crackers in my pond in Indiana