Crappies are about my least favorite fish to catch because you can’t catch them on a Zara Spook or a Jitterbug or a Rapala Floating Minnow. You can only get a good fight out of them on 4-pound line ...

Minnows and crappie fishing go together like stinkbaits and catfishing. Although adult crappie feed on other forage as well, small fish make up most of the crappies’ diet. And because minnows can be ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The next time you reach into your minnow bucket to thread a shiner into a hook, take a second look. Are you holding a juvenile Asian carp? The Michigan DNR is asking anglers to ...

No matter how much they might prefer to fish with artificial lures, sooner or later most anglers will eventually find themselves in a situation where the best tactic for catching fish involves the use ...

We ended last week’s screed on a minor cliffhanger— would or would not the live minnows that my father was using for bait on a trout stream 60 years ago stay alive in his little glass Mollee shaving ...

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 ...

Sweat was already dripping from my forehead at sunrise. Crappie fishing during the peak of summer when the heat index is 105 degrees seems illogical. But it quickly begins to make sense when you boat ...

As we move into the fall months, walleyes again switch their bait preferences. Where night crawlers and leeches were the preferred baits in the warm waters of summer, once water temperatures begin to ...