As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

I hear good things about the Breathing Craw­fish made by Action Lures, but as yet have not used one. There’s one excep­tion to my nearly monomaniac obses­sion with crayfish. Read Next: Best Smallmouth ...

I was right for the most part, but it turned out that instead of fishing for bass like he usually does, Wesley and a friend of his were catching crawfish. The owner of the mariner where they launched ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...