Live Bait in the Metro
If you are going fishing in the Metro area, here are some places to purchase live bait for your trip. Some Holiday gas stations, Fleet Farms and Wal-Marts also carry live bait.
| City | Vendor | Address | Phone Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka |
Lehmanns Bait & Tackle |
620 East River Road | 763-427-9700 |
| Anoka |
Anoka Live Bait & Tackle |
809 West Main Street | 763-433-9522 |
| Blaine | Gander Mountain  |
10650 Baltimore Street NE |
763-783-7200 |
| Blaine | Thorne Bros. |
10091 Central Ave. |
763-572-3782 |
| Bloomington | Dred Scott Automotive | 10800 Rhode Island Ave S | 952-944-0010 |
| Bloomington | Lynda Nathan Spur | 9200 Old Cedar Avenue | 952-886-0604 |
| Brooklyn Park | JR's Tackle |
8823 Zealand Avenue North | 763-424-8001 |
| Buffalo | Tesoro Gas Station | 1004 MN-25 North | 763-682-9512 |
| Burnsville | Burnsville Shell | 14801 County Road 5 | 952-892-6952 |
| Chanhassen | Ivan's Sinclair | 7910 Dakota Avenue | 952-934-7124 |
| Chaska | Ken's Bait Service |
5625 Count Road 140 | 952-448-7592 |
| Circle Pines | Olson's | 10210 Sunset Avenue | 763-784-2242 |
| Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids Dam Regional |
Park Visitor Center | 763-757-4700 |
| Eagan | Pellicci Ace Hardware | 1565 Cliff Road #22 | 651-454-2366 |
| Eden Prairie | Eagle Mobil | 12619 Valley View Road | 952-918-1144 |
| Eden Prairie | Gander Mountain |
12160 Technology Drive | 952-944-5422 |
| Excelsior | Lakeshore Market | 21380 Minnesota Hwy 7 | 952-470-8833 |
| Farmington | Pellicci Ace Hardware | 3560 213th Street W. | 651-463-4777 |
| Forest Lake | Mike's Bait on 8 |
6595 Lake Boulevard | 651-464-5150 |
| Forest Lake | Gander Mountain |
14640 West Freeway Drive |
651-464-0707 |
| Fridley | Trails End Pro Bass | 7597 Highway 65 NE | 763-784-9080 |
| Harris | Fish Lake Bait Shop |
5857 Stark Road | 651-674-4734 |
| Hugo |
4444 North 129th Street |
651-426-0365 | |
| Inver Grove Heights | Ace Hardware | 3098 65th Street East | 651-455-2228 |
| Lakeland | Matt's Lucky Bait | 178 St. Croix Trail N. | 651-728-0638 |
| Lakeville | Gander Mountain |
16861 Kenyon Avenue | 952-435-3805 |
| Little Canada | Joe's Sporting Goods |
33 County Road B East | 651-209-7800 |
| Maple Grove | Gander Mountain |
8030 Wedgewood Lane North |
763-420-9800 |
| Maple Plain | Olson's | 5249 Highway 12 | 763-479-6222 |
| Maplewood | Gander Mountain |
1747 Beam Avenue East | 651-770-4880 |
| Medina | Koch's Korner | 4355 Hwy 55, CR 19 | 763-479-1511 |
| Minneapolis | Diamond Lake Ace Hardware |
5425 Nicollet Avenue South | 612-824-8813 |
| Minneapolis | Settergren Ace Hardware |
5405 Penn Avenue South | 612-922-6055 |
| Minneapolis |
TJ's Bobby and Steve's Auto World |
328 Cedar Lake Road South |
612-377-4743 |
| Minneapolis |
Nicollet Ace Hardware |
3805 Nicollet Avenue | 612-822-3121 |
| Minnetonka |
15748 Wayzata Boulevard |
952-473-2227 | |
| Mound | Kirby's Bait |
2630 Commerce Boulevard |
952-472-1884 |
| New Hope | Perfect Carwash | 9400 36th Avenue North | 763-591-5960 |
| Newport |
Backwoods Archery & Sports |
1632 Hastings Avenue | 651-768-0599 |
| Oakdale |
1985 Geneva Avenue North |
651-777-2421 | |
| Plymouth |
1920 Medicine Lake Boulevard East |
763-546-6711 | |
| Plymouth |
Johnson's Bait & Tackle |
11540 Bass Lake Road | 763-383-8830 |
| Prior Lake | Carlson Ace Hardware | 16281 Main Ave SE | 952-447-2240 |
| Prior Lake |
Prior Lake Bait & Tackle |
15760 Highway 13 S | 952-447-6096 |
| Richfield | Something Fishy |
1236 East 66th Street | 612-861-6675 |
| Rockford | Ace Hardware | 7945 State Highway 55 | 763-477-5931 |
| Rogers | Cabela's |
20200 Rogers Drive | 763-493-8600 |
| St. Paul | Kathy's Live Bait | 1239 Rice Street | 651-487-5766 |
| Scandia | Big Marine Lake Store |
19261 Manning Trail North |
651-433-5043 |
| Scandia | Todd's Home Center |
14860 Scandia Trail North |
651-433-3227 |
| Shakopee | Sport Shop | 101 Lewis St South | 952-445-5282 |
| Spring Lake Park | 7895 Highway 65 NE | 763-784-6728 | |
| Spring Park | Shoreline BP | 4311 Shoreline Drive | 952-471-7577 |
| St. Cloud | Stoplight Bait | 45 8th Avenue SE | 320-255-9689 |
| Stillwater | High Five Archery |
5639 Memorial Avenue North |
651-351-5143 |
| Stillwater | Kwik Trip | 3550 Settlers Way | 651-275-0668 |
| Victoria |
Cabin Fever Sporting Goods |
1550 Arboretum Boulevard |
952-443-2022 |
| Waconia | In Towne Marina | 8 East Lake Street | 952-442-2096 |
| White Bear Lake |
Hansen's Little Bear Bait & Tackle |
5051 Stewart Avenue | 651-653-1326 |
| Woodbury | Gander Mountain |
10470 Hudson Road | 651-735-6101 |
| Zimmerman | Marv's Minnows |
25859 2nd Street East | 763-856-4038 |
If you sell live bait in the Metro area and would like to be included in the above list, feel free to contact us.
The above list is not an exhaustive list of live bait sources in the Twin Cities and inclusion in the list does not imply endorsement or recommendation by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
