If you are an outdoorsy person, fall in MN is an incredible season.  “Sweatshirt weather” as some call it features the changing colors of the leaves, the migration of birds coming from the north and in these parts, means the shiner and walleye run on the Rainy River.

It’s a fall tradition for many.  Coming to the Rainy River to take advantage of the fall run of walleyes chasing the millions of emerald shiners running up the river is what many anglers dream of.  Some anglers will bring their own boats, and you don’t need a very big boat to fish the relatively small Rainy River.  Other anglers will jump on a charter boat or in with a guide from a local resort.

If you chat with a resort owner or bait dealer, they talk about the shiners in terms of “gallons”.  This is the time of the year folks in the bait business really to stock up on the effective and popular bait that is used four seasons per year.  Emerald shiners are an awesome bait both alive and frozen.  These minnows are normally…READ MORE