We're out here looking for that channel catfish bite. We're using a sliding sinker rig with a nice 5/0 hook. On that hook? It's a bait pocket loaded with a bloody mix of livers, cut sucker, and ...

1. In Lakeland, bass are being caught at Saddle Creek on medium domestic shiners and are ranging anywhere from 3 to 5-pounds. At Tenoroc, on Cemetery Lake, catfish are biting chicken livers. Bass can ...

The heat and humidity of south Louisiana isn’t for the faint of heart. With air temperatures climbing into the upper 90s and ...

1. In Lakeland, the bass are off the beds so use lipless crankbaits or anything that indicates a shad because the water’s starting to heat back up. Saddle Creek has seen a good bass bite on trick ...

1. In Lakeland, speck limits were being caught on lakes Mattie, Crago and Tenoroc with the biggest being nearly 2 pounds. Pink jig heads are working the best. Medium domestic shiners were good for ...

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 ...

STAPLES, Minn. — It’s quite possible that many anglers will be skunked before they even hit the water for this weekend's Minnesota fishing opener as live bait supplies are limited, according to bait ...

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 ...

Like most anglers of my generation, I started my fishing career using live bait. My first catch was a brook trout that gobbled a garden worm on a long-ago first day of trout season. And while my first ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between. But a shiner ...

TOLEDO BEND — Water level is six inches high and fairly clear to stained. Water temp in the low 80s. Keith Nabours at Keith’s Tackle says crappie are good on brush in 20-25 feet; 75 to 100 fish days ...