Worms are a live bait that is much easier to handle than minnows are, but you still need to be careful. Waxworms, which are great for panfish, are very easy to keep. They should not get overheated.

With the live bait upside-down and hopefully relaxed, I insert the ­rigging needle through the top part of the eye socket and pull the Dacron loop completely through. I disconnect the needle and put ...

Most times, all you will have to do is bend back the hook and re-bait. Your best hook sizes are 2/0 or 1/0 hooks. Light wire also does less damage to your live bait and keeps it lively longer.

How do I rig live bait for crappie? That question (and more) are answered by our experts in our roundup of the best rigs for crappie fishing.

Any billfish is likely to tease with this method, and when the conditions warrant, we switch marlin with live bait—in this case, using mackerel. While the bait-and-switch ­technique is used around the ...

Bait Up is sold in two different sizes. Bait Up 20 is 7" tall x 3" round and Bait Up 35 is 8.5″ tall x 3.625″ round. This product will be available in-stores and online on October, 12 2021.

LIVE BAIT is cheating. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it 10,000 times. The level of cheating, of course, varies by species and age. Any child under 15 can use live bait for whatever he or she wants.

I guess there are people out there that feel that using live bait makes it too easy to catch fish. Well, it’s never “too easy” to catch fish and I hate it when people say that it is.

According to preliminary data kept by DNR Fisheries, live bait harvest in Minnesota, including leeches, declined at least 25 % from 2017 through 2021.

Drop-shotting is a vertical bait presentation, using light line, with 6-pound test being the norm. In it’s simplest form, a sinker is fit to the end of the line with a hook tied anywhere from 1 ...