KISSIMMEE, FL — The sun was starting to break through some morning clouds and shower us with the first light of the morning as guide Randy Yager piloted his boat through a thick mat of vegetation.

Anglers have long wondered: Is this spot devoid of fish, or are they there and I simply do not know how to catch them? For anglers with the money to buy them and the savvy to operate them, high-end ...

DEER RIVER -- Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind of ...

DULUTH – It seems every year there is talk of a bait shortage in the days leading up to the Minnesota fishing opener, and this year, with such a late ice out, is no exception. Lake shiners may be in ...

DULUTH — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program is investigating new ways to grow more golden shiners, a popular but often hard-to-find and expensive bait minnow used by walleye anglers. In ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch are finally making an appearance along the Ohio shoreline, but where are the emerald shiner minnows? The most popular bait for catching yellow perch has been ...

SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. (WCCO)-- Inside Vados Bait & Tackle on highway 65, the annual minnow rush is in overdrive. Customers flood in to secure their opening weekend bait of choice. "These are the ...