For year-round success, Weigle said, “A live minnow is always in the streams so it’s one of the best baits, period, because every stream and lake has minnows in it,” he said. Minnows can be threaded ...

Minnows are most effective as live bait, so they are best kept ... Placing a bobber a foot or more above the hook will allow anglers to keep track of the minnow's location and detect when a ...

and some guys will hook through the head and let the tail dangle so it has more action,” Weigle said. For live bait, Kagarise said, “Nothing ever beats a flathead minnow or some night crawlers ...

Live bait has scent ... or thread a minnow-shaped bait, fragrant with unnatural yet irresistible aromas, onto a jig hook and swim it through the river’s darkest pools. Mad River Manufacturing ...