KISSIMMEE, FL — The sun was starting to break through some morning clouds and shower us with the first light of the morning as guide Randy Yager piloted his boat through a thick mat of vegetation.

STAPLES, Minn. — It’s quite possible that many anglers will be skunked before they even hit the water for this weekend's Minnesota fishing opener as live bait supplies are limited, according to bait ...

DESCRIPTION: The Arkansas River shiner is a robust, diminutive shiner with a small, dorsally flattened head, a rounded snout, and a small, subterminal mouth. Dorsal coloration tends to be light tan, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo researchers are looking down at a 24-foot-long flume of shallow running water. Inside, about a dozen emerald shiner minnows are furiously attempting to swim ...

A three-inch fish dwelling in the Pecos River in southeast New Mexico could see federal protections as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to investigate whether it should be listed as ...

The Arkansas River shiner hasn't been seen in Arkansas since 1988 — in fact, it's presumed to have become extinct in that state. Even back in 1952, when it was first extensively collected from the ...

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 ...

The drought in Texas has all but dried up sections of the Brazos river, the only place in the world where Sharpnose and Smalleye shiners can be found. WSJ's Ana Campoy reports on efforts to save the ...

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.

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Game fish often become “lure shy.” After seeing and often biting the myriad of artificial lures, all that is left is natural forage. Minnows, crayfish, earth worms, crickets, frogs, insects, grass ...