MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Fishing season is right around the corner, and anglers already have their eyes on walleyes across the state. To reel them in, some fishermen feel they need golden shiner minnows - ...

Anglers have long wondered: Is this spot devoid of fish, or are they there and I simply do not know how to catch them? For anglers with the money to buy them and the savvy to operate them, high-end ...

DEER RIVER, Minn. - Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind ...

Complicating the shortage is a Minnesota DNR requirement that minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in waters designated as infested with zebra mussels must remove their gear by Monday, May 23.

Chris Overmyer wants to put the sparkle back in fishermen's bait buckets. He's not alone along Ohio's expansive Lake Erie shoreline. Emerald shiner minnows, a native of Lake Erie, are by far the most ...

WASKISH, Minn. -- Jonny Petrowske admits he was worried. That’s to be expected when you’re a minnow trapper, and about 65% of your annual income depends on catching spottail shiners on Upper Red Lake ...

ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday, May 24, said it would allow minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in four lakes designated as infested for zebra mussels – Upper ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - In support of the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) strategic recovery plan, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reintroduce the endangered Topeka shiner minnow ...

Golden shiners, a shimmering live bait favored by winter walleye anglers, are at the center of an escalating policy dispute between bait shops barred from importing the minnows and fisheries managers ...

gold•en shin•er (gol´den sh´ner) It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch are finally making an appearance along the Ohio shoreline, but where are the emerald shiner minnows? The most popular bait for catching yellow perch has been ...

DEER RIVER, Minn. — A shortage of spottail shiner minnows is causing a ripple effect across north-central Minnesota, frustrating anglers and worrying bait dealers who rely on the fish for a ...