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 ...

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.

There are times when emeralds are not only worth their weight in gold, they’re even more valuable. Just ask any Lake Erie yellow perch angler. Especially now, when emerald shiners are at a premium or ...

Conrad Gardiner lugs a pair of traps and a bucket from a stream in Hallowell on Tuesday. Gardiner said he was switching the bait traps to another stream to catch shiners for ice fishing bait.

WASKISH, Minn. -- Jonny Petrowske admits he was worried. That’s to be expected when you’re a minnow trapper, and about 65% of your annual income depends on catching spottail shiners on Upper Red Lake ...