03-05-2003, 05:14 PM
[cool]Legal and highly effective...wherever leeches and walleye coexist, these little bloodsuckers are an integral part of the fish's diet during parts of the year then the minnows and young of larger fish are scarce. They are great when fished like crawlers on a harness rig, or with one end pinned on a jig.
I did some major damage on big white bass one year at the mouth of the Jordan, above the pumps, fishing through the ice. Used about a half a leech on one hook of a small silver Kastmaster, jigged just off the bottom.
I never dug the leeches myself, but got them from an old guy that got them out of a couple of the warm water ditches nearby. Said he just pulled up clumps of water weeds and the leeches were like worms in the lawn.
In some of the midwestern lakes, leeches are a "must have", along with nightcrawlers and minnows, for any serious walleye expedition.
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I did some major damage on big white bass one year at the mouth of the Jordan, above the pumps, fishing through the ice. Used about a half a leech on one hook of a small silver Kastmaster, jigged just off the bottom.
I never dug the leeches myself, but got them from an old guy that got them out of a couple of the warm water ditches nearby. Said he just pulled up clumps of water weeds and the leeches were like worms in the lawn.
In some of the midwestern lakes, leeches are a "must have", along with nightcrawlers and minnows, for any serious walleye expedition.
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