This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

Fishing inshore in the June heat can be difficult. Don’t be turned away, however, as the fish are still biting and there are plenty to go around. June begins the perfect time of the year for catching ...

BRAINERD, Minn. – For hundreds of bait shops across Minnesota, Urbank Live Bait Co. in Otter Tail County is ground zero for minnows. So, it wasn't good news last week when owner Marshall Koep said his ...

A bait and tackle shop in City Island has more than meets the eye with a salty breeze and the best views the area has to offer. In business for almost 80 years, the inside of Jack's Bait and Tackle is ...

In an effort to protect Maine’s precious and fabled salmonid fishery, the state has enacted sweeping changes and restrictions for ice fishing with live bait, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Most winter ...