GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The next time you reach into your minnow bucket to thread a shiner into a hook, take a second look. Are you holding a juvenile Asian carp? The Michigan DNR is asking anglers to ...

I never thought much about it. At the end of every fishing trip, I’ve always carried the minnow bucket to the water’s edge and dumped all of our unused minnows back into the lake. I figured I would ...

Don’t dump your bait. The Asian carp situation is without a doubt a serious matter. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and other agencies are spending a lot of money to keep these fish in ...

Elbows rested on the tables, and backs lined the walls in the American Legion conference room Tuesday night as a large crowd gathered for Dr. Peter Sorensen’s talk about carp. The University of ...

Some of my favorite memories involve occasions when family, friends and I took off, hung up the sign, so to speak, and went fishing. I was taught to never release the first fish caught regardless of ...

Golden shiners, a shimmering live bait favored by winter walleye anglers, are at the center of an escalating policy dispute between bait shops barred from importing the minnows and fisheries managers ...

Heavy summer rains had glutted the ditches along the Soo Line railroad tracks. Karo syrup pails on our belt loops bonged our thighs as we kicked rocks, hearing them clatter with the joy of a carefree ...

Three Asian carp caught in the Humboldt Park Lagoon have joined the display of invasive species at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. The carp are huge, old and beady-eyed to boot. So how did they show up in ...