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 ...

Minnesota has a minnow problem. As winter loosens its icy grip and anglers count down the days until the celebrated fishing opener on May 13, the state’s bait dealers are concerned there won’t be ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers and retail minnow dealers of the baitfish regulations that need to be followed in Michigan. Although the requirement for state-licensed ...

Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would restrict how minnows are collected from the state's waterways. (Getty Images) An Indiana bill up for debate intends to crack down on what some ...

Two Baudette, Minn., bait dealers have been charged in Beltrami County for using nets from infested waters to trap shiner minnows this past May on Upper Red Lake. Kim Barsness, 55, was charged with ...

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 ...

Golden shiners, a shimmering live bait favored by winter walleye anglers, are at the center of an escalating policy dispute between bait shops barred from importing the minnows and fisheries managers ...

Chris Overmyer wants to put the sparkle back in fishermen's bait buckets. He's not alone along Ohio's expansive Lake Erie shoreline. Emerald shiner minnows, a native of Lake Erie, are by far the most ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch are finally making an appearance along the Ohio shoreline, but where are the emerald shiner minnows? The most popular bait for catching yellow perch has been ...