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 ...

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Since fire extensively damaged the Minnow Pond bait and tackle shop last fall, Melvin Crewson poured his heart into the three-month-long effort to rebuild his Southeast Roanoke store. Not quite a ...

Fishing season is almost here in Minnesota — but bait shops across the state are having trouble finding enough minnows. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnow harvests fell ...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A looming minnow shortage caused by a brutal winter could leave Minnesota's 2.1 million anglers on the hook this season. Winterkill has wiped out many shallow minnow ponds, meaning ...

Mary Vang caught a catfish, estimated to weigh between 10-12 pounds, using a jig head at Ute Lake with a 3-inch Gulp minnow on Sept. 20. Jeremy Pitts caught a 37-inch tiger muskie at Bluewater Lake ...

A record-breaking fish was caught in a Kansas farm pond this year, and not everyone thinks that should count. Angler Tami Sanderson, of Goodland, reeled in the yellow perch using a minnow as bait in ...

Weston Cole Elebario, 2, of Tucumcari caught his first fish, a 14-inch, 2.3-pound smallmouth bass, at Conchas Lake using a Berkley Gulp minnow on Aug. 6. Cole, Avery and Hailey Jaramillo, 7, 5 and 9, ...

When I lived in Washington, D.C. and regularly took flights into Little Rock from the east, I enjoyed getting a window seat on a clear day. I could stare down at familiar Arkansas Delta landmarks ...

Do this winter’s freezing temperatures have you itching for summer? Never fear, if summer is your jam, it’s not to soon to start planning for lazy summer days fishing your pond. Ashland Soil and Water ...