Visit your nearby bait-and-tackle store, or roam the aisles of Bass Pro Shop, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of jig heads filling the peg boards. Some plain, but most painted in every color ...

Back to our discussion of live bait. We talked about worms and minnows, but there are other live baits that can be effective. I’ve not seen mud puppies for sale in any bait shops since 1990. Mud ...

Anglers are putting springtime tactics to the test during the high water level, said Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Try for black bass with plastic worms, swim baits or spinner baits ...

Rainy periods have created muddy conditions on the south half of the lake and that has affected fishing. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said striped bass fishing was kicking into high gear before the ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. With anglers back on the water for the fishing season that opened May 9, some may wonder about the ...

When the sun goes down on Saturday nights, locals in Vandemere parade down the town’s one street for a rollicking night at Squidders Bait & Tackle — the only karaoke bar on Earth that sells finger ...

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 ...

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 ...