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Catfishing haven calls it a day in Cities
- Article by: Star Tribune
- Updated: August 24, 2010 - 9:06 PM
Bob Moore and Heidi, his dog, greeted visitors at Moore’s Bait and Tackle in Minneapolis.
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Small bait shops in Minnesota have slowly faded away, like ma and pa resorts, row boats and cane fishing poles.
One of the only bait shops left in the Twin Cities, Moore's Bait and Tackle at 58th Street and Lyndale Avenue in south Minneapolis, recently closed its doors. Owner Bob Moore said health problems were to blame, not lack of business. He opened five years ago, filling a void for metro anglers.
"All the shops in Minneapolis had closed down," he said.
Moore was a one-man show, working 70-hour weeks and opening his shop at 6 a.m. He catered to catfish anglers, offering bullheads for bait, and catfish tackle.
"It was a lot of fun," Moore said. "We got to meet a lot of nice people."
"There's a huge hole in the catfishing world because of his closing," said Brian Klawitter, a guide in Lakeland, Minn. "No one in the metro area carries bullheads. All the big box stores have some of the cat gear, but not all."
Moore, 54, said he hasn't decided what he will do now. (His wife, Meg, works in the advertising department at the Star Tribune.) He hopes to do more fishing. "Well, that's the plan, at least for the rest of the year," he said.
Fishing mostly slowThe recent hot weather has kept some anglers home, and those who have gotten on the water have found some slow fishing, according to conservation officer reports. But others are finding action. Conservation officer Ed Picht of Montevideo reported fishing on the Minnesota River has been great. "One group of three fished all night long and filled two coolers of fish," he reported. "Their bag included three limits of catfish, one walleye, several silver bass and numerous freshwater drum."
Doug Smith • dsmith@startribune.com
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