Bait fish are currently permitted by default in the Adirondack Park, though they are banned in 1,211 ponds. This list runs ...

It's not secret that the fuzzy dice/fuzzy worm style of baits made a massive splash at ICAST 2025. A technique that has been utilized in the Japanese market for a while now, major manufacturers have ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Surprisingly (or maybe not, considering I’m from Alabama), this wasn’t my first time eating at a bait shop,” wrote L-E ...

I spend a tremendous amount of time on the water fishing my home waters of Minnesota. I love using a multitude of baits and presentations to catch a variety of freshwater species. However, live bait ...

A massive Bryde's whale suddenly emerged from cloudy waters off Mexico's coast, shocking a freediving instructor and her ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...