Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using plastic worms, jig and pigs or spinner baits for black bass.

Stephen Radicchi, kleft, of Montdale, and Jacob Falls, of Shavertown, look over a salamander at the Lands at Hillside Farms. Charlotte Bartizek photos/ For The Dallas Post Rick Koval, a naturalist ...

This challenge starts simple: toss out some minnows and see what shows up. But the moment they hit the water, the species count climbs faster than we can keep track of. Every cast brings a new ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

Fishing guide Austin Kennedy reports trout are biting well on prepared baits and small jigs fished with light tackle. The water is stained in parts of the tailwater, so small jerkbaits or spoons may ...