DEER RIVER, Minn. - Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Fishing season is right around the corner, and anglers already have their eyes on walleyes across the state. To reel them in, some fishermen feel they need golden shiner minnows - ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - In support of the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) strategic recovery plan, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reintroduce the endangered Topeka shiner minnow ...

Chris Overmyer wants to put the sparkle back in fishermen's bait buckets. He's not alone along Ohio's expansive Lake Erie shoreline. Emerald shiner minnows, a native of Lake Erie, are by far the most ...

Complicating the shortage is a Minnesota DNR requirement that minnow dealers who trap spottail shiners in waters designated as infested with zebra mussels must remove their gear by Monday, May 23.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between. But a shiner ...

WASKISH, Minn. -- Jonny Petrowske admits he was worried. That’s to be expected when you’re a minnow trapper, and about 65% of your annual income depends on catching spottail shiners on Upper Red Lake ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A live bait favored by winter walleye anglers is at the center of an escalating policy dispute between bait shops blocked from importing the minnows and fisheries managers who say ...

DEER RIVER -- Standing in waders, hip-deep in a lake near Deer River, Bill Powell flipped two modest scoops of spottail shiner minnows into a holding tank on his boat Wednesday afternoon. "Kind of ...

DEER RIVER, Minn. — A shortage of spottail shiner minnows is causing a ripple effect across north-central Minnesota, frustrating anglers and worrying bait dealers who rely on the fish for a ...

gold•en shin•er (gol´den sh´ner) It's the bait that catches fish. Walleyes particularly. Better than a fathead, a golden shiner flashes in the water, attracting predators big, small and in between.