Minnesota Outdoorsman
Minnesota - Specific Areas => Lake Of The Woods- Rainy River- Rainy Lake => Topic started by: glenn57 on March 03/30/25, 09:29:45 AM
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hey you guys up on da border by Baudette.........i seen on IDO that this bait shop was up for sale and closed now? know anything about it. supposedly a pretty good bait and tackle store for the area.
especially for the rainy river fishermen?????? :scratch:
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I think Outdoors Again has kind of always been for sale for the right price. Good place to go. I have bought lots of stuff there. Lucky Bait is empty and also for sale. The owner died by going off a curve too fast on his bike. I knew him well. Steve was his name. Then the wife tried to run the place and unfortunately she died of an overdose. Sad story all around. Steve really fixed the place up too. Includes a rental cabin beside it.
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I've been in there several times. Well stocked with a lot of outdoor gear & tackle. Tough place to make a living. Being a destination place (LOTW, Rainy River) I think most guys probably purchase tackle elsewhere and bring it with them.
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hey you guys up on da border by Baudette.........i seen on IDO that this bait shop was up for sale and closed now? know anything about it. supposedly a pretty good bait and tackle store for the area.
especially for the rainy river fishermen?????? :scratch:
Ummm think your source on ido is a bad source. They are open. As mentioned i think it's always been for sale for a price.
I hadn't heard about Steve or his wife. Sold them thousands of jigs over the years. Knew him before he opened his own shop.
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hey you guys up on da border by Baudette.........i seen on IDO that this bait shop was up for sale and closed now? know anything about it. supposedly a pretty good bait and tackle store for the area.
especially for the rainy river fishermen?????? :scratch:
Ummm think your source on ido is a bad source. They are open. As mentioned i think it's always been for sale for a price.
I hadn't heard about Steve or his wife. Sold them thousands of jigs over the years. Knew him before he opened his own shop.
could be, just what I read next door.
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hey you guys up on da border by Baudette.........i seen on IDO that this bait shop was up for sale and closed now? know anything about it. supposedly a pretty good bait and tackle store for the area.
especially for the rainy river fishermen?????? :scratch:
Ummm think your source on ido is a bad source. They are open. As mentioned i think it's always been for sale for a price.
I hadn't heard about Steve or his wife. Sold them thousands of jigs over the years. Knew him before he opened his own shop.
could be, just what I read next door.
I'll help you out with a bad rumor. They are open today until 8:00 pm. They currently have river mix and frozen shiners in stock. And lots of jigs.
Dutchboy you are right. Tough place to make a living. Not a destination place.
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I think they are confusing it with Lucky Bait.
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:pouty: i just took the info from over yonder and posted it here!!!!!!! :doah:
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I think they are confusing it with Lucky Bait.
Yup, what Barry said. Outdoors again is still open. It has been for sale for awhile now. A million is a bit steep for my blood. Nice place and lots to choose from. Plenty busy. Hmm, river mix in stock. May have to make a run over there for bait Friday. :scratch:
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I think they are confusing it with Lucky Bait.
:scratch: :scratch: my memory isnt as good as it once was :surrender: :rotflmao: and i've only been up that way 1 time......but is lucky bait right on hwy 11 not far from whatever the hwy is coming up from red???????
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Yes that is where Lucky's bait is.
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Steve really did some major remodeling to the bait store and to the rental cabin. Looks real nice now. I think they drilled a new well so they could deal with minnows better too.
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A few years ago. ok a long time ago now, I looked hard at buying that (Lucky's ) from was it Hans? But could never get clean books from him....LOL I remember stopping in there one early morning and woke up the woman running it...Tracy maybe?
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Yes there was a guy running it for Hans when we moved up here. Hans got mad and knocked Gary down so he quit. Then this young girl Billy started working there. Then Steve and his wife bought it.
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Might have been before you moved up there. That girl who i woke up didn't seem to like clothes much. There were minnows all over the floor that morning and I rather enjoyed my coffee as I watched her pick up minnows.
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Might have been before you moved up there. That girl who i woke up didn't seem to like clothes much. There were minnows all over the floor that morning and I rather enjoyed my coffee as I watched her pick up minnows.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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Was she a skinny blonde that was pretty flat chested? LOL I have been here 19 years.
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Not having a reliable set of books is the only way a guy can stay in business in this tax hungry country.
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Was she a skinny blonde that was pretty flat chested? LOL I have been here 19 years.
Yep . She was easy on the eyes.
Dutchboy...I agree but there were some leans and other things. Was more than p/L.
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Oh ya she was a cutie. Very friendly too. She wanted to come over and work our horses for us. I didn't think the wife would think much of that so politely declined. Right before she was gone from here I saw here in the grocery store and her face was all bruised up like someone beat her up. I felt so bad for her. I just said hi as usual and she smiled back. I wanted to ask her what happened but with people around I left it be.
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I don't think we have to think to hard what was going on there. I remember her talking about that at bit. Sad deal for anyone to live like that.