It’s a smorgasbord straight out of the television show Fear Factor – butterworms, grubs, fathead minnows, mealworms and nightcrawlers. It doesn’t sound appetizing, but for a trout the live baits ...

Local trout streams The water level has come up on many streams, but it continues to be clear. Bait fishermen should use small trout worms and salted minnows. Continue to concentrate on the holes. Fly ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. With anglers back on the water for the fishing season that opened May 9, some may wonder about the ...

Local trout streams The water level has come up on many streams, but it continues to be clear. Bait fishermen should use small trout worms and salted minnows. Continue to concentrate on the holes. Fly ...

Baiting up for that big bass or a nice bucket of yellow perch will take a bit more of a bite when buying minnows -- and an understanding of what and how to do your bait gathering and keeping.

Blake’s Baits in Ilion, The Bait Shop in Bouckville, and Fite da Bite on Mohawk Street in Utica responded to our recent request for purveyors of live bait. Blake’s Baits at 359 Otsego Street (Rt. 51) ...

On a recent visit to Saul’s Minnow Farm in DeValls Bluff, I watched as workers in waders pulled long seines through the facility’s ponds to catch some rather unusual baitfish. Often called pink ...

Among Pennsylvania anglers, the opening weekend of trout season is celebrated with as much jubilation as any major holiday on the calendar. Over the years, the trout opener has evolved more into an ...