It’s a smorgasbord straight out of the television show Fear Factor – butterworms, grubs, fathead minnows, mealworms and nightcrawlers. It doesn’t sound appetizing, but for a trout the live baits ...

Local trout streams The water level has come up on many streams, but it continues to be clear. Bait fishermen should use small trout worms and salted minnows. Continue to concentrate on the holes. Fly ...

Local trout streams The water level has come up on many streams, but it continues to be clear. Bait fishermen should use small trout worms and salted minnows. Continue to concentrate on the holes. Fly ...

Chris Overmyer wants to put the sparkle back in fishermen's bait buckets. He's not alone along Ohio's expansive Lake Erie shoreline. Emerald shiner minnows, a native of Lake Erie, are by far the most ...

Baiting up for that big bass or a nice bucket of yellow perch will take a bit more of a bite when buying minnows -- and an understanding of what and how to do your bait gathering and keeping.