Osage Bait & Tackle — Bait & Tackle in Osage, MN

Contact & hours

🚤Nearest public landings

DNR public water access sites closest to Osage Bait & Tackle — buy bait here, launch there.

• Straight Lake Public Water Access Site on Straight

  ~0.3 mi

  Trailer Launch · Concrete Slab · 1 dock · 7 trailer spaces · Directions ↗

  In Osage on southeast side of Straight Lake.

• Shipman Lake Public Water Access Site on Shipman

  ~5 mi

  Trailer Launch · Natural · 1 dock · 8 trailer spaces · Directions ↗

  5 miles south of Osage, off County Road 125, on the south shore of Shipman Lake.

What they carry

• Live bait
• Tackle
• Fishing licenses
• Gas

Listed by the Minnesota DNR as an in-person license agent — a verified, currently operating fishing retailer. Inventory flags are based on the business type and name; for specific minnows or leech sizes, call first.

🐟Fish near here

• Big Sand~15 mi
• Pelican Lake~23 mi

Species in these waters: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill & Sunfish, Yellow Perch

🎣Gear to grab before you go

Things worth tossing in the cart while you're picking up bait here:

• Wire or fluorocarbon leadersPike bite through mono. Every rig needs a leader.Shop at Amazon →
• Casting spoons (red/white, five of diamonds)Classic Minnesota pike hardware for weedlines.Shop at Amazon →
• Quick-strike rigsSucker minnows for pike and muskie — hook them fast, release them clean.Shop at Amazon →
• 8 lb monofilament lineFresh line before the season — old mono loses jig-bite fish.Shop at Amazon →
• Soft plastic worms & crawsTexas-rig on weedlines — Minnesota largemouth eat them all summer.Shop at Amazon →
• Small jigs, 1/32–1/16 ozTip with a crappie minnow or waxworm — panfish all year.Shop at Amazon →