My first live shrimp offering in more than a year sailed ahead of the jaunty red and white cork and plopped several feet from the jetty rocks. The cork drifted perhaps two feet in the pulling current.

A dozen for you, two dozen for me, 50 for that family over there, and 100 for the charter-boat cap’n. Boy oh boy, does it add up. But still, you might be amazed at the number of live shrimp your local ...

Using shrimp turns this fishing session into a constant stream of strikes and quick fights. The fish swarm the bait with zero hesitation, making it feel like every drop is a guaranteed hookup. The ...

As happens tens of thousands of times each year, a Texas angler walks into a bait shop, fishes a thin cardboard box or plastic bag holding a pound or so of frozen shrimp from the stack in the store’s ...

Shrimp is commonly used as bait, but the Texas Parks and Wildlife warns that using non-Gulf crustaceans when fishing in Texas waters could be harmful. Imported shrimp "may carry several known viruses ...

There are bigger bait-and-tackle stores, no doubt. And some that offer a wider variety of live baits. Others may carry all the latest gadgets — electronic and otherwise — designed to put you on top of ...

Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research shows. Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research shows. In ...

As happens tens of thousands of times each year, a Texas angler walks into a bait shop, fishes a thin cardboard box or plastic bag holding a pound or so of frozen shrimp from the stack in the store’s ...