Bait shops in Metro

[Volkan]

Good morning everyone,

Just wanted to know if people could share bait shops close that they know and where abouts of it, I believe it will be really helpful to eachother. Especially when you want to fish new waters the best place to get advice is a bait shop close to it.

Thanks in advance!

[MrSchrute]

Blue Ribbon: On Century just north of Stillwater Rd.

1985 Geneva Ave N

Oakdale, MN 55128

Blue Ribbon: On Hwy 96 just north of White Bear lake.(the old Hansen's bait)they are having a grand opening sale this weekend with giveaways.

5051 Stewart Ave

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Joe's Sportin Goods: Rice St and 36

Kathy's Live Bait: 1239 Rice St, St Paul, MN 55117

Matt's Lucky Bait: 757 St Croix Trail S, Lakeland, MN 55043

I'm sure there are others but I can't remember them

[mjk]

Vados Bait and Tackle

Address: 7895 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432

[McJubjub]

Shakopee Bait and Tackle. Very happy to see a bait shop open up right in my neighborhood in Shakopee. So far the bait has been lively, the service good and very friendly. Give them a shot...I love a good family owned bait shop!

[Flaco651]

Clark gas station

9200 Old Cedar Ave. S. Bloomington, MN 55425

Diamond Lake Ace Hardware

5425 Nicollet avenue South

Minneapolis Mn 55419

[hauntedbywaters]

Holiday gas station at 965 Sibley Memorial Hwy, lillydale,

St Paul, MN sells waxies. Comes in handy every now and then.

[Fowlmouth]

Prior lake bait and tackle - 15760 hwy 13 prior lake mn

Burnsville shell and bait - 14801 cty rd 5 burnsville mn

Mikes bait on 8 - 6595 lake blvd n forest lake mn

Wayzata bait - 15748 wayzata blvd wayzata mn

Hartys boat and bait 1920 e medicine lake blvd plymouth mn

[Tommy1990]

Shakopee Bait and Tackle. Very happy to see a bait shop open up right in my neighborhood in Shakopee. So far the bait has been lively, the service good and very friendly. Give them a shot...I love a good family owned bait shop!

Wanted to throw another shout out to Shakopee Bait. I live near there and have been there the past couple weeks and couldn't be happier with the bait and more importantly the guy running it. Very friendly and happy to chat.

[tj417]

SHAKOPEE BAIT right off on the west side of Marschall Road just south of the video store & pizza place in Shakopee.

Support that business! Beautiful new shop, great people!

What a nice addition to the south metro.

[nofishfisherman]

In St. Paul I use Kathy's Bait on Rice Street about a block north of Maryland. Always been happy with their prices and size of scoop. Not the most chatty shop around though.

The other place I go is Joes Sporting Goods on Rice and 36. Their prices are higher but they have longer hours and they guys working there usually have more information to share. Customer service in the fishing department at Joe's is always very good.

I'm lucky that I live within 2 miles of 2 good places to buy bait. I like to support both places as much as possible. I buy most of my bait from Kathy's but I try to buy a lot of my gear from Joes.

[BoxMN]

Bald Eagle Bait, the white gas station, just north of Bald Eagle public access on 61. Good place, as is Blue Ribbon new store on 61 and 96 right by WBL.

edit - oh yeah, the Clark station on east side of 61 just north of where 96 comes in from 35E, has bait too. They also have good propane exchange price, but they don't fill there. I think Blue Ribbon fills and Bald Eagle Bait fills as well.

[fishTankin]

cabelas in rogers, off of 94, hardware hank in saint Michael off of 241W, ebner's bait shop...off of 101 on hwy 10E heading towards anoka,

[Tom7227]

I buy most of my bait from Kathy's but I try to buy a lot of my gear from Joes.

Give some thought to buying gear from the small shops. They can't make it on bait alone. You may pay a few bucks more but keeping those places going makes a lot of things easier.

[toja9801]

Big B's Bait and Tackle on Bass Lake Road in Maple Grove

[RiverDewey]

Kathy's Live Bait, Rice Street, Saint Paul

Joes Sporting Goods - Roseville

Cabelas on 94 in Rogers

[Fowlmouth]

I'm surprised Fleet Farm hasn't gotten into the bait game yet seeing as how Gander and Cabelas both sell bait.

[nofishfisherman]

Give some thought to buying gear from the small shops. They can't make it on bait alone. You may pay a few bucks more but keeping those places going makes a lot of things easier.

I do buy a few things at Kathy's but they don't have a big selection of tackle so its more one off items I'll pick up there. I do usually pick up soda and a candy bar with the bait though.

I buy a lot of my stuff at Joe's because its also a local family run shop, just a bigger one thats been around forever. They might have slightly higher prices but they do a great job hiring knowledgeable staff.

[EJ]

Fleet does some bait at Station Store in Carver. Limited, but cheap crappie minnows, small suckers and waxies.

[Mr_Lunker]

Smack'em Bait and tackle in Crystal ,Mn

[PurpleCatMan]

I just discovered the Amstar at 169 and Medicine lake Road has a very small selection of wax worms and crappie minnows.

[ameyers41]

Big B's opened a while back on Bass Lake Road in Maple Grove/Plymouth. Used to be Johnson's bait. New owner is friendly and I like there's still a bait shop in that area. I also buy from Harty's if I'm fishing Medicine. Drop Joe a donation for the road he plows out there. Small price for the service and report on ice conditions and fishing.