Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

A hot-button subject in the world of fishing is the use of live bait. I’m talking about minnows, worms, leeches and all of the other critters that fishermen use to try to coax an unwary fish into ...

Minnesota Fishing Opener 2023 is just two days away. And on this day in 1973, anglers were learning the difference between leeches and bloodsuckers and starting to ramp up their use of leeches as bait ...