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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays ...

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 ...

Welcome to today's winter episode of Thundermist Fishing Tips! We have Vincenzo with us today, along with the boatless angler himself, Antonio. Today we're going to be running the T-Turn Bait Rig ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

Some anglers would rather feed 'em with live bait than fool 'em with lures. Give fish the real thing to catch them is the mantra for fans of live bait. Worms, nightcrawlers, minnows and assorted other ...

I’ve talked to you all before about the effectiveness of using live bait when you are fishing. Please realize that the key word in this subject is “live.” Keeping your bait alive and lively is ...

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 ...