A hot-button subject in the world of fishing is the use of live bait. I’m talking about minnows, worms, leeches and all of the other critters that fishermen use to try to coax an unwary fish into ...

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

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

THERE'S NO DOUBT about it right now. The big alewife and herring (we'll group them together as "herring") runs in our coastal tidal waters are in full tilt right now and with them a surprising amount ...

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