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KISSIMMEE, FL — The sun was starting to break through some morning clouds and shower us with the first light of the morning as guide Randy Yager piloted his boat through a thick mat of vegetation.

Anglers have long wondered: Is this spot devoid of fish, or are they there and I simply do not know how to catch them? For anglers with the money to buy them and the savvy to operate them, high-end ...

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 ...

Years ago friends and I zipped away from a boat ramp at a North Florida lake during a cool, sunny and windy spring dawn that left little doubt we were in for a tough day of bass fishing. We were in ...

Many anglers believe that the gold standard for walleye baits is the shiner minnow. But because the annual supply of the handsome bait fish can only be gathered from ponds and lakes during the open ...

SAM RAYBURN — Water level is 2.20 feet high and fairly clear. Water temp in the upper 80s, low 90s. Crappie guide Randy Dearman says the bite has been good around brush piles in 25-35 feet, suspended ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Fishing season is right around the corner, and anglers already have their eyes on walleyes across the state. To reel them in, some fishermen feel they need golden shiner minnows - ...

Trophy bass expert Doug Hannon was displeased when he heard that commercial shiner fishermen had targeted the state’s newest public fishing area. Hannon said he had made an exploratory trip to the ...

DULUTH – It seems every year there is talk of a bait shortage in the days leading up to the Minnesota fishing opener, and this year, with such a late ice out, is no exception. Lake shiners may be in ...

Complicating the shortage is a Minnesota DNR requirement that minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in waters designated as infested with zebra mussels must remove their gear by Monday, May 23.