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 ...

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 ...

One of Georgia's best-kept fishing secrets today is hidden at the oldest marina on its rural coastline, at a place called Yellow Bluff. Here you'll find Raburn Goodman with his year-round live bait ...

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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.

Most anglers reach for large bait when targeting big fish. We did the opposite. Tiny live guppies and minnows hit the water, and the results were surprising. Sometimes small bait triggers big ...

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 ...

Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, recently introduced a bill that she carried in 2017 to allow the import of baitfish from outside Minnesota. Current law prohibits the import of live minnows and ...

A final “opener tip” involves the use of lively bait. Spot-tail shiner minnows are the preferred bait on lots of lakes for ...