Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. crayfish for bait Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old ...

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 ...

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 difficult as invasive species ...

ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning a pilot project set to launch this spring to determine best practices for minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in lakes ...