Yep, you were less than a mile from my house. I live right in town. I'd yell at you for not letting me know you were in town, but I'm just coming out of a nasty, nasty case of the flu. Not pretty. Wife said that if I wouldn't have gotten a flu shot it would have been worse. Any worse I'd be dead.
Frank's is a pretty nice place. Nice people. One of the principal owners of the store also owns the campground/marina down on the bay. Did you take a ride down to the bay and check it out? Being how nice it was Wednesday it was probably like a small city out there. When I go by there on the way home in the morning (7:00'ish) you can't get another truck in the parking lot. And every truck has a shanty and 4wheeler in the back or on a trailer. There's even reports of a few guys driving there trucks out---9 miles! Not me, no matter how thick the ice is.
I got 2 more places near here that I also go to. The small party store here in town probably sells just as many minnows as Franks mainly because it's on the way to the bay access. You can get your bait, munchies, beer, etc all at one stop. Plus he will order me anything that Franks sells, only cheaper. I usually go up to Franks to look at guns, find the one I want, then see Doug at the party store/sporting goods store and have him order it for less. Good deal for me.
Just 5 or 6 miles up the road in Pinconning is Northwoods wholesale outlet. This store is worth the trip up by itself! I believe they have more fishing stuff than Franks. Plus hunting gear, camping gear, Christmas stuff, food, a little of everything, and heavily discounted to boot. Being a wholesale store the inventory changes all the time. So it's like a whole new store every time you go in there.
Now you can see why they call Linwood the walleye capital. Walleye is king here, winter and summer!