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thegildedgopher
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You can probably find frozen smelt, but frozen ciscoes are illegal in MN now I believe. Minnesota DNR has info on using dead bait here.
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Canoe Dude
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Wondering if frozen bait such as Ciscoes are available in Ely? As I recall, a while back, there was big ordeal with them being obtained illegally or what not. I recall hearing some interesting stories from Jim at TGO before he sold the store and passed away. Wondering if there are any available or if I should be on the hunt for some frozen suckers instead.
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yogi59weedr
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Yes call 1 800 FBI.
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thegildedgopher
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Canoe Dude: "shock: "pick up some suckers from your local bait store and freeze them , i do this for every BW trip and they work just as good if not better than ciscoes  i layer them in a 6-pack type cooler and have deadbait for the whole trip, tucks under a canoe seat nicely."
I was going to probably do this. I have seen you post about this before and think it is a great idea.
As far as Ciscoes being illegal in Minnesota, they are only illegal if they are not VHS tested. I had gotten some from Jim at TGO back when he was around that were certified VHS free back when VHS started to become a thing. Anyway, probably just going to be easiest to freeze some sucker minnows like Shock suggested."
My impression is that there is nobody supplying vhs-free frozen Cisco in Minnesota anymore. Love to be wrong.
And I’m not going to wade into the TGO debacle or the ongoing international investigation into another outfitter up there…
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shock
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pick up some suckers from your local bait store and freeze them , i do this for every BW trip and they work just as good if not better than ciscoes i layer them in a 6-pack type cooler and have deadbait for the whole trip, tucks under a canoe seat nicely.
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Canoe Dude
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shock: "pick up some suckers from your local bait store and freeze them , i do this for every BW trip and they work just as good if not better than ciscoes i layer them in a 6-pack type cooler and have deadbait for the whole trip, tucks under a canoe seat nicely."
I was going to probably do this. I have seen you post about this before and think it is a great idea.
As far as Ciscoes being illegal in Minnesota, they are only illegal if they are not VHS tested. I had gotten some from Jim at TGO back when he was around that were certified VHS free back when VHS started to become a thing. Anyway, probably just going to be easiest to freeze some sucker minnows like Shock suggested.
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