Alabama’s Record Bluegill and Shellcracker

Alabama’s Record Bluegill and Shellcracker

By Eileen Davis Serendipity! That’s how Nick Nichols, the previous Chief of Fisheries for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, describes the existence of a state- or world-record fish. Even when all the factors are present to produce a record fish, happenstance is involved. “The fish has to have the genetic propensity to live … Read more