As live bait goes, it’s hard to beat crawfish for trout, bass, catfish, and more—yet they are wildly underused. That’s because it’s rare to find them for sale in bait shops. There are no commercial ...

Keith Jones, director of research for Pure Fishing, has advice on how to catch more bass: Take a plastic crayfish and tear off the head, legs, antennae and claws and put what?s left on the end of a ...