BRAINERD, Minn. – For hundreds of bait shops across Minnesota, Urbank Live Bait Co. in Otter Tail County is ground zero for minnows. So, it wasn't good news last week when owner Marshall Koep said his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The city of Springfield has restocked the Watershops Pond with fish Tuesday morning. With the help of MassWildlife, the city received permission for largemouth bass and ...

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A looming minnow shortage caused by a brutal winter could leave Minnesota's 2.1 million anglers on the hook this season. Winterkill has wiped out many shallow minnow ponds, meaning ...

Hannah Anema tosses minnow feed into one of the 15 Minnesota DNR fish ponds in New London Monday morning. The flathead and sucker minnows are food for new muskie fingerlings, which arrived last week ...

Boat and motor ready for the walleye opener on Saturday? Check. New line on the reel? Check? Minnows for bait? Not so fast. A cool spring following a winter that saw many fish perish in shallow ponds ...