A new freshwater record for a spotted sunfish is on the books in Georgia. The June 15 catch weighed 12 ounces, state officials said. Photo by Andrey Trusov via Unsplash An angler was fishing with his ...

This week Ivo gets a surprise phone call and drops what he was doing to go fish the shorelines for some freshwater pike, perch, and sunfish with Antonio. They use the Thundermist T-Turn 3-way swivels ...

These fish typically weight between 545 and 2,205 pounds. Sunfish is closely related to the Pufferfish despite their size difference. The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest ...

Atkinson County angler Wesley Daniels reeled in a record-tying palm-sized panfish Tuesday while fishing for catfish. Weighing in at 12 ounces and measuring 8 ½ inches long, the spotted sunfish Daniels ...

ATLANTA — Wesley Daniels of Pearson has kicked off 2025 with a splash, reeling in the year’s first record freshwater fish — a hefty spotted sunfish caught in the Suwannee River. The fish measured 8 ¾ ...

PORTAL, Ga. — Attention, anglers! The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division has announced a new freshwater fish state record. Jamie Boyett of Portal, Georgia, caught a record-breaking Spotted Sunfish (0 ...

The Georgia DNR announced this week that angler Jamie Boyett, of Portal, GA was fishing in Ogeechee River on June 15, when he caught a record-breaking Spotted sunfish. According to the DNR, Boyett’s ...

Wesley Daniels tied the Georgia state record for spotted sunfish with a 12-ounce catch from the Suwannee River. Spotted sunfish, or "stumpknockers," are typically smaller and prefer stumps for feeding ...

If you have ever seen a photo of a sunfish, you probably remember it. The round, flat body, the small mouth, and the slow drifting movement make it look like a mix between a pancake and a submarine.

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, disk-like body and a distinctive bulge on its head and chin, this massive ...