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 ...

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 ...

It's late October and we're out at Lake Erie on Point Abino fishing for perch. It's a great time of year for perch fishing.

Today we're perch fishing with live minnows. We're using the pre-tied T-Turn Bait Rig, which comes with two tangle-free ...

Minnows and crappie fishing go together like stinkbaits and catfishing. Although adult crappie feed on other forage as well, small fish make up most of the crappies’ diet. And because minnows can be ...

WILLMAR - Minnows and leeches are nearly ubiquitous fishing tools in Minnesota, and they’re a fiercely regulated natural resource - those who harvest and sell them must be licensed, undergo aquatic ...

There’s more to the small, tin-sided building just off Interstate 94 than leeches, though. Andy, his wife, Sam, and three children also sell live minnows, frozen shrimp, maggots and night crawlers to ...

As we move into the fall months, walleyes again switch their bait preferences. Where night crawlers and leeches were the preferred baits in the warm waters of summer, once water temperatures begin to ...

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.

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 ...

Four Wisconsin bait farmers plan to plead guilty to illegally importing fish from other states, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, after a lengthy investigation that started during an outbreak of a ...