A Spooner, Wisconsin teenager had a dream of operating his own bait shop this summer. But two weeks after he opened, Max ...

In 1932, Bill Ingles and his stepfather John Yell opened Yell’s Bait Shop in Whitehall during the height of the Great Depression. Ingles' son, Gary, tells the story.

Terry Taylor of Reaves Wrecking takes a bite out of the old Lake Oliver bait shop with his excavator’s grappler Thursday. The 800-square-foot building is being demolished to make way for a new ...

Jack Vadas, a bait shop owner on Chicago's East Side who fought to protect perch and was a ”major figure in Lake Michigan fisheries,” has died at 86.

Pike Lake bait and gun shop sold Fisherman’s Corner has been an institution for decades. Fisherman's Corner owner Scott VanValkenburg, behind the counter, talks with a customer in 2009.

The bait shop is busy only on the weekends. Summer is best, but also whenever word gets out that there is a bite on the lake or below the dam.

Eight years later he took over the lease on the Park Bait Shop. It was just a concession stand then, but Greene added on a shed in the back with 10,000- and 5,000-gallon minnow tanks.

Devils Lake guides expand their business with purchase of Ed's Bar and Bait Shop Mark Bry, left, and Dan Bonham, right, are the new owners of Ed's Bar and Bait Shop, a Devils Lake institution ...

WILLMAR -- A 16-year-old New London girl was found guilty by the court Tuesday of a misdemeanor charge for receiving stolen property in connection to a February burglary of a Norway Lake bait shop.

For sale: bait shop. Small-town, main street location. Comes with modest house out back, just uphill from a large lake that’s home to abundant wildlife. Seller is motivated. CURTIS — This ...

"Bait trappers' kids see all the work their parents do, and see them struggling, and say, 'Not for me,' '' Tim said, adding that owning a bait shop isn't much different.