Live Bait Articles & Videos

• The Best Live Bait for Bass in Texas

  Sometimes using a live bait is just the thing you need on your hook for some productive Texas bass fishing action. Although artificial lures are widely used, species of bass do relish numerous live baits. According to the Texas Parks and Wi… read more

• How do I Catch Live Bait for Fishing?

  Fishing with live bait often produces good results, especially if the angler can present prey that fish typically see in the course of their feeding. These creatures include worms, insect larvae, adult insects and minnnows. While you can op… read more

• How to Catch Shad for Live Bait in Minnesota

  Shad are a popular bait fish and minnow, often stocked by states' departments of fisheries intentionally as a feed for the larger sport species. There are some shad big enough to catch via a traditional rod and reel, but they are not a prac… read more

• How to Tie a Minnow Rig

  Many anglers will attest to how well live minnows work as bait. From crappie to bass, live minnows often provide the extra edge that can entice a fish to strike when other baits or lures may not be effective. A simple and effective rig for… read more

• How to Rig Live Bait for Saltwater Fishing

  Striped bass, grouper and king mackerel are among the saltwater species attracted to live bait as they prowl for an easy meal. Bait fish, including menhaden and shad, can be combined with terminal tackle and fishing line to create rigs in a… read more

• How to Walleye Fish With Live Bait

  Walleye are a favorite game fish of many anglers in many parts of the United States. Belonging to the perch family, this fiesty fish will feed on a variety of lures and live baits. Often prefering to feed during early morning and late eveni… read more

• Rules for Live Bait Fishing in Ogden, Utah

  Ogden, Utah is a mid-size city located along the Wasatch Front Range and next to Salt Lake City. There are opportunities for fishing in the Ogden area, including in the Pineview Reservoir, the Ogden River and the South Fork of the Ogden Riv… read more

• How to Catch Your Own Live Bait for Stripe Bass

  When fishing for striped bass, you want to use live bait that striped bass generally eat. You have several options for bait including flounder, sea herring, smelt, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, annelids (sea worms),… read more

• How to Find Shad for Bait

  Shad are a popular freshwater bait fish for a variety of species. According to Arkansas Stripers, shad are a principle food for black, white and striped bass as well as hybrid bass and crappie. Although shad are abundant in many lakes, stre… read more

• How to Catch Freshwater Rockfish

  Also known as striped bass or stripers, freshwater rockfish are a predatory species popular with game fishermen. The behavior of the freshwater rockfish can be hard to predict, which sometimes makes it a difficult species to catch. They ar… read more

• How to Make a Live Bait Tank

  Fishing with live bait is a great way to entice large game fish to strike. The natural swimming motion of live bait is hard to duplicate with artificial lures, and fish just seem to sometimes know the difference. Two common problems with l… read more

• How to Rig a Three-Way Swivel for Fishing

  Three-way swivels are a simple rigging setup that allows you to troll a lure or live bait with a sinker in a way that mimics the movement of a live fish more realistically. This setup allows you to run a sinker down along the bottom of the… read more

• How to Troll With Minnows

  Trolling with minnows involves dragging a minnow through the water in an effort to simulate live, free bait a fish might be attracted to. Trolling is a good technique on numerous types of fish, including trout, crappie, bluegill and perch.… read more

• The Best Places to Live for Fishermen

  While most parts of the country have local fishing holes, not many have world-class waterways teeming with trophy fish. If you're an avid angler you may be looking for a fisherman's Mecca that matches this description. Fishing hot spots do… read more

• Boca Grande Vacations Near Sanibel

  Situated between Ft. Myers and Sarasota, on the Southwest coast of Florida, Boca Grande is a quiet community on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island. Rent a boat, take a charter or sign up for a sightseeing cruise to explore 750,000 acres… read more

• How to Troll Live Bait

  From rivers to lakes, many varieties of fish will eagerly attack live bait trolled behind a boat. Rigging live bait is fairly straight forward, but there are some methods that will help prolong the life of the bait and allow for a more natu… read more