Large sunfish are scarce in many Minnesota lakes and local fisheries. Therefore, managers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are responding to angler desire for bigger sunfish by ...

It has been quite a few years since DNR Fisheries Biologist Eric Altena and I first discussed the need for new laws concerning the sunfish in Minnesota. It has been even longer since the first ...

To most people, a specific fish species would be the same whether it was found at the shoreline or in the middle of the ocean. But according to research published last week in the journal Proceedings ...

Surveys confirm that Minnesota anglers want to catch big bluegills and other sunfish. Sunfish populations are abundant in most lakes, but larger specimens are usually rare. Local fisheries managers ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages to the public to weigh in on proposed special fishing regulations that would allow anglers to keep fewer sunfish from 50 lakes. The proposed ...

Nine Stearns County lakes may have a lower sunfish limit put in place this spring if public opinion shows its favor. The proposed limits, set out in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is considering new, statewide fishing regulations for sunfish and crappie. The proposed regulations call for more conservative day catch and size ...

A sunfish estimated to weigh more than 4,000 pounds – it was too heavy for the scale – has been rescued from a fishing net off the Spanish enclave of Cueta. The colossal sunfish, believed to be of ...

Fishing is supposed to be enjoyable, not an endurance contest or a lesson in exercising patience. In my book, nothing rings the bell any louder in the fun-fishing arena than bluegillin’ does.

The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is one of several unusual-looking sea creatures to wash ashore in Oregon so far this summer. Seaside Aquarium via Facebook A rare ocean sunfish has washed up on a beach ...