Remember when live bait shrimp went for $2 a quart? I can, but that was more years ago than I care to relate. Tells too much about my age. Today, one can expect to pay between $16 and $25 a quart for ...

What’s the best bait for trout? It’s a tough question, and that’s a good thing. Today’s trout fisher has a wide range of store-bought trout bait—along with trout lures and trout spinning reels—to ...

Live shrimp are the finest baits available to coastal fishermen and, at current prices, worth all the care it takes to keep them kicking. I took several phone calls this past week from newcomers to ...

Just a half decade ago, speckled trout anglers who wanted to fish with live shrimp had to catch the crustaceans themselves with a cast net or wait until the inshore shrimp season opened along the ...

"It catches trout quick, but the real story is how many you can catch on one bait because we all go through a bag of baits pretty quick these days, and they're not cheap anymore," Chaumont said. "So, ...

Fishing inshore in the June heat can be difficult. Don’t be turned away, however, as the fish are still biting and there are plenty to go around. June begins the perfect time of the year for catching ...

GLEN ARBOR — Every now and again, you run into an angler whose ideas on fishing are so radically different than yours it just leaves you scratching your head. I had one of those experiences not long ...

That's lessened by using soft-plastic twitch baits. Those lures are proving especially productive this spring because the fish are still keyed on baitfish. Shrimp haven't grown enough in the ...