LIVE BAIT is cheating. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it 10,000 times. The level of cheating, of course, varies by species and age. Any child under 15 can use live bait for whatever he or she wants.

At Chris Baliban’s bait and tackle shops, two workers can cover the 9-to-5 shift. But Baliban always has three people on the job when things really start hopping. That’s from midnight to 4 a.m. on ...

Live bait is working best to catch striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing for stripers between Rocky Branch and Hickory Creek parks. Trolling with brood minnows or umbrella rigs ...

Live bait is working best for striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing for stripers from Prairie Creek park south to Point 12 where the White and War Eagle arms of the lake meet.

Today Ivo and Claudio fish for striper while fishing during some heavy winds. Claudio lands the striper with a live mackerel ...

Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...

Jon Conklin, fishing guide from Goshen, said brood minnows or live shad are the best baits. Stripers are scattered on the northern one-third of the lake from Point 9 to Beaver Dam. Locate schools of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Anglers drifting live bait are continuing to hook limits of striped bass and some halibut in San Francisco Bay as charter boat captains get ready for crab/deep water rockfish combos ...