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 ...

PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --"I thought there could be a better way to more quickly attract bait fish to a trap by concentrating the bait in the center of a minnow trap," said an inventor, ...

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.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Stopping into a bait shop for a scoop of crappie minnows, shiners or fathead minnows is a Minnesota tradition. But supplying those bait shops has become increasingly more ...

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 ...

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.

Secondly, the craft of minnow trapping is a demanding way of life with few heirs apparent. According to the DNR, the number of licensed minnow dealers has declined by more than a third from 384 in ...

Eben Horton slides open the door of his workshop's furnace. He is greeted with a low roar and a blast of dry heat to his face as he pushes a fifty-four-inch stainless-steel blowpipe into the waiting ...

Complicating the shortage is a Minnesota DNR requirement that minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in waters designated as infested with zebra mussels must remove their gear by Monday, May 23.

One of Georgia's best-kept fishing secrets today is hidden at the oldest marina on its rural coastline, at a place called Yellow Bluff. Here you'll find Raburn Goodman with his year-round live bait ...

It all started in 1942 with a desire to fulfill the live-bait needs of area fishermen. Eden’s Arne Anderson, founder and creator of what was known as Anderson Bait of Eden, would be very proud if he ...