I guess there are people out there that feel that using live bait makes it too easy to catch fish. Well, it’s never “too easy” to catch fish and I hate it when people say that it is.

I agree with live bait users that this is one of the best things you can use to tempt fish to take a whack at what’s on your hook. Live bait works. How do fish know what live bait even is?

The process of catching, ­transporting and curing live bait is a time-consuming and ­laborious task, but the results of ...

Mighty River Recovery steams ahead; intro meetings coming soon Also, we’ve all struck out with live bait, only to toss out a hunk of frozen shrimp and bring in a quality fish. So the first ...

Let me state, however, that I do not consider live-bait fishing a second-rate method or in any sense unsporting compared to fishing with artificial lures or flies. Quite the contrary.

In an effort to protect Maine’s precious and fabled salmonid fishery, the state has enacted sweeping changes and restrictions for ice fishing with live bait, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Most winter ...