As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

Why learn how to catch crawfish? Well, whether you call them crawdads, crayfish, or mudbugs, crawfish are one of the most lethal live bait you can put on a fishing hook. Any decent smallmouth angler ...

Some of the best fish foods you can cast out might require you to collect them yourself or find a regional shop that carries harder-to-find baits. There might even be a few species on this list that ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission needs the public’s help in preventing the spread of giant apple snails, an invasive aquatic species native to South ...

When it comes to feeding time, nothing gets more intense than live prey. This alien-looking fish faces off with a freshly caught crawfish in a jaw-dropping encounter. The reaction is as shocking as it ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor muskellunge rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Van ...

Gulf Coast crawfish are back on the menu in Colorado after state officials reversed a decades-long ban on importing the invasive crustaceans that was largely unheeded and unenforced. The Colorado ...

MATTAWAN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor muskellunge rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Van Buren ...

MATTAWAN, MI — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is attempting to figure out how an invasive crayfish entered a pond at one of its fish hatcheries. On Thursday, July 24, the DNR said it ...