Where to Buy Bait in the MN West Metro?

Arco (the old food and fuel) on hwy 7 at Christmas lake rd has minnows

Dogfish wrote:

I see lots of Canadians using frozen/salted minnows (probably due to regulation and convenience as opposed to effectiveness?), has anyone given that a shot around town and if so have a recommendation for places to get them?

I know someone who knew the guys at JR tackle in BP and he had them freeze the dead minnows from there tanks and would take them up to Canada. Not sure if any shops would do that for you and also not sure if they salted them or just tossed them in a bag a froze them.

John Rasmussen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dogfish wrote:</div>
I see lots of Canadians using frozen/salted minnows (probably due to regulation and convenience as opposed to effectiveness?), has anyone given that a shot around town and if so have a recommendation for places to get them?

I know someone who knew the guys at JR tackle in BP and he had them freeze the dead minnows from there tanks and would take them up to Canada. Not sure if any shops would do that for you and also not sure if they salted them or just tossed them in a bag a froze them.

IGH sells frozen dead minnows, they say cat fisherman use them

I know someone who knew the guys at JR tackle in BP and he had them freeze the dead minnows from there tanks and would take them up to Canada. Not sure if any shops would do that for you and also not sure if they salted them or just tossed them in a bag a froze them.
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I don’t think you can take any bait to Canada–dead or alive. I might be wrong about that but thought all bait had to be bought in Canada.

Ace Hardware in Champlin has fatheads, crappie minnows, suckers, and shiners as well as waxies. I’ve also heard JR’s tackle fishing outlet near the fleet farm in Brooklyn Park has bait but haven’t gone there personally. I have a 5 gallon tank in my garage with just a filter constantly running, and I’ve had bait in there for weeks with very few minnows dying off. Just have to maintain it and change water out when it gets murky. (Suckers will dirty up the water quick). Definitely helps stay stocked with bait considering I live down the street from where Big Bs used to be.