Live Bait Available?

[Fishntotz]

I am going up to Arnesen's in mid-January and was trying to find some extra large shiners or maybe some chubs. Something much bigger than a fathead but not a huge muskie sucker. Last year all I could find were fatheads and huge suckers, does anyone know of a bait shop around there that would carry extra large shiners or smaller suckers/chubs? Looking for a tip-up bait that isn't too big for larger walleyes but might entice a large pike. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Thank you,

Greg

[Hydrostreamin]

Check with riverside bait in Warroad. I know they have frozen most of the time. There was a shiner shortage last year, but i am sure they have some by now.

[NAMASafetyDirector]

I dont think you're going to find much along the lines of what you are thinking up here. Basically your going to find mostly what i would call "normal" size minnows in the fathead/chub, live shiner, rainbow, frozen shiner's. I think what your looking for is something along the lines of the larger Spot tail shiner's that they use down in the central and southern lakes like Leech. My advice if you are hoping to tie into a northern while your walleye fishing would be just to dedicate one of your lines to a tried and true northern rig and fish eye's out of your other hole (space them a ways apart if possible). In my expereience if you try to do both at the same time you might be in for a long day. The fish have been rather finicky the past 3 weeks, they are very ruluctant on even small baits on jigging set-ups so Im thinking a large bait will be kind of sketchy. Northerns might not care but the smaller eater size walleye's arent going to like it. If your after northerns..target northerns same goes for eye's. Good Luck!

[Fishntotz]

Thanks guys that's kind of what I was expecting. I usually run large golden shiners on tip ups in northern Wisconsin for pike and occasional walleye and bass. I can run some suckers for pike I guess they just seemed really big for tip ups.

[CJH]

So if I am heading up mid January to Zippel Bay, am I pretty much hosed? I'd love to get some shiners for once. Any place in Baudette that would have them still?

[lakowoods]

I'll have live emeralds for awhile yet, also fatheads and rainbows. Steve@logcabinbait

[1DIRTBALL]

I fished out of one of Arnesen's house's about 3 year's ago! They furnished the bait and what bait it was! The largest fathead's I've ever seen! I'm not exaggerating at all when I say they were huge! I don't know where they got them. Maybe they raised themselve's! If you stop in to see Steve at Log Cabin Bait, ask him if he has any rainbow chub's. Sometime's he will have some that are pretty good sized. They are an excellent minnow! Super lively so you don't have to keep jigging them! Good luck and Merry Christmas! 1DIRTBALL

[CJH]

I'll have live emeralds for awhile yet, also fatheads and rainbows. Steve@logcabinbait

Thanks Steve, we'll check in with you!!

CJH