Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

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 ...

Our live bait operations at our local harbors sell anchovies and sardines, but few people understand how the live bait gets there and ultimately into bait tanks aboard our fishing boats. Sportfishing ...

Breyden Rose, 11, carries a net full of minnows to a storage tank at the Minnow Bucket's storage facility. Andy and Sam Rose bought the Minnow Bucket as a hobby for Andy. Andy and Sam Rose use a net ...

It is always interesting to discover how an outdoors business operates when working with wild critters. Our live bait operation at Santa Barbara Harbor sells anchovies and sardines, but few people ...

While there are times when other baits might produce more or bigger fish, if there is one live bait all Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia coastal anglers should learn to love and fish with, it's ...