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An opportunity to purchase what is now Mitlyng's Bait and Tackle sounded like a good idea to two brothers who loved to hunt and fish back in 1974. One of those brothers has stayed with it ever since, knowing that his customers still consider a bait shop near the Lac qui Parle dam a very good idea indeed.
The bait shop is busy only on the weekends. Summer is best, but also whenever word gets out that there is a bite on the lake or below the dam. Ice fishing on Lac qui Parle Lake has been picking up in recent years. Ice fishing on the lake was long considered “a guy thing,” said Steve, but not so much anymore. In 1997, Jeff Drexler, owner of American Surplus, began turning out Ice Castle fishing houses at his shop down the road in Montevideo. It’s changed everything, said Steve. It’s brought families out on the lake’s ice like never before, he said.
A good idea keeps this bait shop and its owner going An opportunity to purchase what is now Mitlyng's Bait and Tackle sounded like a good idea to two brothers who loved to hunt and fish back in 1974. One of those brothers has stayed with it ever since, knowing that his customers still consider a bait shop near the Lac qui Parle dam a very good idea indeed. 6:12 am, Apr. 10, 2021 × Steve Mitlyng continues to greet customers at the bait shop he and his brother purchased in 1974 near the Lac qui Parle dam. Its former owner operated it beginning in 1952 and its history go...