During the cold, winter months, the most used and accessible live bait is the mud minnow. This is a bait that doesn't seem to be affected by cold-water temperatures. You don't have to thumb or shake ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Nearly two out of every three anglers in the U.S. rely on minnows or other live bait at least some of the time. A new ...

Fishing season is almost here in Minnesota — but bait shops across the state are having trouble finding enough minnows. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnow harvests fell ...

BRAINERD, Minn. – For hundreds of bait shops across Minnesota, Urbank Live Bait Co. in Otter Tail County is ground zero for minnows. So, it wasn't good news last week when owner Marshall Koep said his ...

Are you new to minnow fishing? What are the types of game fishing that you can catch? First of all, understand that it’s not always the bait that will determine what fish you can catch (though baiting ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

In this edition of The Starting Spot: -Stephen Browning has been a bass tournament angler for a long time. He’s had a great career with more significant accomplishments than lots of successful anglers ...

Swepco Lake: Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using any soft plastic lures for black bass. Tube baits, plastic worms ...

Austin Kennedy, fishing guide, said trout bite best from late morning into the afternoon as sunlight warms the water. Try ...

WIILLMAR, Minn. -- A 65-year-old Minnesota man and a 67-year-old Minnesota bait shop owner have been charged with violations of the state’s laws regulating the trapping and selling of minnows. Jack W.