Fall is a good time to stock forage species in ponds and lakes, according to Scott Jones, small impoundment extension specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. One reason for the timing ...

DULUTH — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program is investigating new ways to grow more golden shiners, a popular but often hard-to-find and expensive bait minnow used by walleye anglers. In ...

A golden shiner in a bait bag. Minnesota Sea Grant researchers are trying to grow a bait-size golden shiner, about 2-3 inches long, in just one year rather than the usual two, to alleviate a shortage ...

Duluth, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and partners are investigating new strategies for increasing in-state production of Golden Shiner for Minnesota’s bait industry. The ...

Barry Thoele stands in front of one of his greenhouses near Staples, Minn. As part of the Minnesota Sea Grant golden shiner project, Thoele will grow baitfish right alongside his hydroponics system ...