Bringing bait into Minnesota?

  • brentbullets
    Posts: 318
    #1692457

    It is my understanding that I can bring night crawlers into state but I can’t bring leeches or minnows. I will be fishing Lake Winnie in July. I plan on buying all minnows from resort but would like to purchase a pound of leeches before arriving. I usually go through a pound or more of them a year and probably 3 flats of crawlers. Don’t really want to buy leeches every day and am trying to save some money.

    Coming east from Fargo where should I stop for leeches. I would pre order them.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    #1692461

    As long as they are dehydrated first and not brought in a container of water, you should be fine.

    walleyebuster5
    Central MN
    Posts: 3916
    #1692486

    I wouldn’t give it a second thought..

    roosterrouster
    Inactive
    The "IGH"...
    Posts: 2092
    #1692489

    I wouldn’t give it a second thought..

    X1000

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3867
    #1692515

    I wouldn’t give it a second thought..

    YUP!

    Won’t catch me dumping out minnows or leeches at the landing either. Of course they never get lake water either, they stay in iced cooler.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    #1692521

    probably 3 flats of crawlers.

    3 flats of crawlers??? If I recall correctly, there are about 50 dozen crawlers in a flat. You use 1800 crawlers? Wow!

    brentbullets
    Posts: 318
    #1692551

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>brentbullets wrote:</div>
    probably 3 flats of crawlers.

    3 flats of crawlers??? If I recall correctly, there are about 50 dozen crawlers in a flat. You use 1800 crawlers? Wow!

    Around 500 crawlers per flat and I and the wife fish pretty much every weekend and some long weeks.

    Thanks for advice.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    #1692584

    Why not order them from Valdos or such…either to your house or pick’em up?
    They are Minn based.so should be good….

    brentbullets
    Posts: 318
    #1692607

    Talked to Vados today kinda high on flats but my normal bait guy hasn’t been answering phone.

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