This story, “Getting the Bait’s a Bail,” appeared in the May 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. The morning sparkled as bright and shiny as a new dime. The river was clear and purling along, its voices ...

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 nowadays is often portrayed on TV as an intense, passionate, complex ... and yes, expensive pursuit. But for every competitive bass fisherman, screaming across the water in a $20,000 bass boat ...

Our live bait operations at our local harbors sell anchovies and sardines, but few people understand how the live bait gets there and ultimately into bait tanks aboard our fishing boats. Sportfishing ...

Every great wahoo trip starts with one thing — the perfect live bait. Join the action in Key Largo as we hit the water to catch the speediest baitfish in the shallows before heading offshore. From ...