best place for bait in metro

  • perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    July 12, 2010 at 5:32 am #1268305

    i’m looking to pick up 1lb of large/jumbo leeches, and 6-10 dozen crawlers this week. is vados the best and cheapest place to get this in the metro?

    thanks for any help!

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    July 12, 2010 at 9:37 am #886057

    Vados is good.

    Also call Moores Bait in S Minneapolis

    Dog

    drifter295
    Hastings MN
    Posts: 413
    July 12, 2010 at 10:33 am #886058

    Lees in Prescott sells flats of crawlers for a fair price, not sure if he has access to leeches.

    kroger3
    blaine mn
    Posts: 1116
    July 12, 2010 at 11:00 am #886055

    Not sure about price but my money would be at vados. Can’t put a price on good bait.

    shoot_n_release
    Mora, MN
    Posts: 756
    July 12, 2010 at 5:22 pm #886126

    I see a new bait shop/general store opened inside Bear Country(???) liquor store on the east side of 65 in East Bethel. Their digital sign advertises $11.99/lb of leeches. I have no idea if the quality is anything, but that’s an unheard of price.

    Lars

    Justin Schneider (Woods & Water Insurance)
    Hugo, MN
    Posts: 1938
    July 12, 2010 at 7:36 pm #886175

    Fish Lake Bait is Harris, MN HANDS DOWN!

    A little further drive than most may like, but these guys carry the best quality bait i’ve found, and at a very fair price. They’ve went out of there way more than a few times for me to get the quality bait that I was looking for.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4439
    July 12, 2010 at 7:43 pm #886177

    We have stopped at Fish Lake Bait for years on any trip up 35E. The location in the middle of nothing, right of the freeway cant be beat and they always have what you need.

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    July 12, 2010 at 8:36 pm #886191

    Hey what do you mean middle of nothing? Harris, Stark, North Branch, Rush City, Rush Point, Sunrise, Cambridge! C’Mon thems my old stomping grounds!

    Fish Lake Bait is good. My buddy’s kid works there and sometimes I get even better deals. And the archery place just south of there is pretty good too. That is run by a guy in my class named John Tiedon. JT’s Archery (I think).

    dd

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4439
    July 12, 2010 at 8:53 pm #886199

    Middle of nothing = not in a zoo of strip malls, side streets, gas stations and fast food restaurants

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    July 12, 2010 at 9:25 pm #886207

    There’s a flea market pretty close to Fish Lake Bait.

    dd

    ggoody
    Mpls MN
    Posts: 2603
    July 12, 2010 at 10:09 pm #886224

    I still have Leeches from the MN Walleye opener alive and well in my fridge from Fish Lake Bait….

    chriswallace
    Andover, MN
    Posts: 275
    July 14, 2010 at 12:01 pm #886694

    Thorne Bros has live bait as well.

    perch_44
    One step ahead of the Warden.
    Posts: 1589
    July 14, 2010 at 12:39 pm #886706

    thanks guys!

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