DEER RIVER -- Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between. But a shiner ...

Water temperatures have dipped into the low 40-degree range, so shiner minnows should start running into the Rainy River in big numbers -- and when they do, look for the walleyes to follow. For now, ...

STAPLES, Minn. — It’s quite possible that many anglers will be skunked before they even hit the water for this weekend's Minnesota fishing opener as live bait supplies are limited, according to bait ...

DEER RIVER, Minn. - Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind ...

Shiner/Minnow (Lip Hook) This rigging method allows the shiner to swim and wiggle. As with many live baits, there are several ways to pin a fresh, wriggling shiner or minnow, but the most common is ...

ADRIAN, Minn. -- The tiny Topeka shiner could have a big say in the development of a dairy operation near Adrian in southwest Minnesota. The minnow is the only fish in Minnesota on the federal ...

Central Lakes College horticulture students are harvesting golden shiner minnows from the college's aquaponics system in the greenhouse. The project, which is a partnership with Minnesota Sea Grant, ...

Bright-colored jigs and spinner rigs tipped with minnows continue to produce walleyes in 28 to 30 feet of water around Pine Island, Lighthouse Gap, Zippel Bay, Long Point and Graceton Beach. The ...

Some of my favorite memories involve occasions when family, friends and I took off, hung up the sign, so to speak, and went fishing. I was taught to never release the first fish caught regardless of ...

Mike Hardin, assistant director of Fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds a healthy smallmouth bass caught on a live shiner in December from Lake Cumberland. Late ...