The Carolina live bait rig is standard among First Coast offshore fishermen slow-trolling live menhaden. To prepare the rig, a small, black, well-made barrel swivel is tied to the fishing line.

A man walking his dog in Northumberland helped archaeologists uncover centuries-old fishing bait tanks at at Foxton Bay in in North East England.

Most recreational boats that fish the ocean buy bait at this floating depot. So does every boat in San Diego's commercial sport-fishing fleet. Now they're going to follow the barge to a new ...

To determine if there was a sociability difference in fish that took the bait versus their uncaptured counterparts, Louison and his research team devised a simple test.

Pickwick Lake is where the Southern Woods & Waters crew go to net live bait and use it to catch Winter Bass. They also show how Xtreme Bait Tanks build bait tanks.

Entrepreneur Rink Varian hopes to build an empire on his product, which is aimed at tricking large fish into thinking the bait is live prey, adding a tool to the sport fisherman's tackle box.

At the Capitol, lawmakers started an unsuccessful push in 2017 to allow the importation of minnows from other states — a potential relief valve for the state's 233 licensed bait dealers ...

Tiger salamander larvae are great bait for bass, pike, muskie, catfish, walleye or any other predator fish. The problem is you have to have some that are at least 5 ...

It was a quiet Wednesday at the little white store set back from Route 50 — no fish tales from customers to drown out the hiss of water spraying into bait tanks.

A bait and tackle store has been at 2902 Governors Drive since the late 1940s. The latest is Buster's Bait and Tackle, a Huntsville landmark. A sign on the front door reads, "The Fish Are Biting.

The bait tanks were recently reexposed due to “coastal erosion.” Archaeologists suspect a third structure is still buried in the beachside cliff but were not able to excavate it, officials said.