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 ...

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WILLMAR - Minnows and leeches are nearly ubiquitous fishing tools in Minnesota, and they’re a fiercely regulated natural resource - those who harvest and sell them must be licensed, undergo aquatic ...

ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is planning a pilot project set to launch this spring to determine best practices for minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in lakes ...

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 ...

An opportunity to purchase what is now Mitlyng's Bait and Tackle sounded like a good idea to two brothers who loved to hunt and fish back in 1974. One of those brothers has stayed with it ever since, ...