Bantamweight Bonanza

Ounce for ounce, bream are among the toughest contenders in the ring
  • Fun loving anglers can have a ball when bream take up housekeeping in the shallows. Photo by Matt Williams
    Fun loving anglers can have a ball when bream take up housekeeping in the shallows. Photo by Matt Williams
  • excellent places to look for bream, and a 16 foot crappie pole is a great tool for getting at them. The long rod provides plenty of reach. Plus, it makes for a good battle when you hook up with a Shallow, weedy tats with solid bottoms are Photo by Matt Williams
    excellent places to look for bream, and a 16 foot crappie pole is a great tool for getting at them. The long rod provides plenty of reach. Plus, it makes for a good battle when you hook up with a Shallow, weedy tats with solid bottoms are Photo by Matt Williams
  • Small baits and tiny hooks are critical ingredients to a solid bream shing strategy. Photo by Matt Williams
    Small baits and tiny hooks are critical ingredients to a solid bream shing strategy. Photo by Matt Williams
  • Thomas Farchione with the 6.30 pound IGFA world record redear he caught in May 2021 from Lake Havasu in Arizona. The sh was 17 inches long with a 20-inch girth. The giant sunsh was reportedly caught on a night crawler in 25 feet of water. Courtesy Photo
    Thomas Farchione with the 6.30 pound IGFA world record redear he caught in May 2021 from Lake Havasu in Arizona. The sh was 17 inches long with a 20-inch girth. The giant sunsh was reportedly caught on a night crawler in 25 feet of water. Courtesy Photo
    Matt Williams Outdoors WriterStories about sunfish the size of a saucer plate always grab my attention.Years ago, I heard about a North Carolina teenager named Travis Jackson who reeled in a real whopper from a neighbor’s stock tank in Edgecombe County.The way the story goes, the 13-year-old was fishing from shore with his mother when something gobbled when something gobb...

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