Fishing on Leech Lake

  • JoeyHoudek
    Posts: 2
    July 28, 2006 at 10:10 pm #1284866

    I am fishing for the first time on Leech Lake this week and I was wondering if anyone had any pointers for me?

    Logan
    Big Lake, MN
    Posts: 389
    July 28, 2006 at 10:16 pm #464832

    What are you fishing for, what species? Walleyes will be deep in Walker Bay otherwise in this heat, I would opt to muskie fish some weed beds around the island!

    Bob Bowman
    MN
    Posts: 3544
    July 28, 2006 at 10:23 pm #464835

    I was just up there last week fishing muskies. The fish were not moving much with all this heat. I got a ton of panfish off the dock, nothing of any size, but it kept my son busy all day long.

    hooknfinger
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1290
    July 28, 2006 at 11:27 pm #464852

    A buddy of mine went up there a week ago, he said those stupid birds have killed the great walleye fishing that used to be there. They went a week with only getting a few small eye’s and a few in the slot.

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    July 29, 2006 at 5:10 am #464906

    Hey Joey!
    Welcome to IDA! I would need to know what you’re fishing for and where you are planning on fishing before I would hazard advice. Like an earlier poster said the walleye fishing isn’t anywhere near as good as it was 10 years ago. But you can still catch them. Good luck!

    dd

    walleye_wisdom
    Big Sky Country Helena, MT (Adel, IA home)
    Posts: 1160
    July 29, 2006 at 1:52 pm #464925

    Do not fish over by Brevik, or Bear Island, that area is void of any fish, seriously. I fished over there for a week last year, i can count the fish we caught on both hands, then caught 2 fish in 2 days up there this year. Between the Commorants and Indians netting, the fishing population is horrible on that side of the lake…

    klee103
    Nevada, Iowa
    Posts: 15
    July 31, 2006 at 11:36 pm #465433

    We did really well for 3 and 4 pound northerns in Boy Bay east of Bear Island, 2 weeks ago. You have to be mobile. Didn’t get anything but, northerns, perch and rock bass.

    Bill Marty
    Bloomington,MN
    Posts: 108
    August 2, 2006 at 8:48 pm #466121

    I heard the bass fishing has been great. The walleye fishing keeps getting worse every year in the big water area. Although Walker Bay, Agency and Traders Bay are Okay. I know the comorants have put a big dent in the population. Who knows about Indian netting up there. No one seems to know. I have caught a couple of Muskies. No big ones yet. I like to fish the big boulders for muskies. For bass fishing you have to go the the shallow bays like Boy Bay and the around Federal Dam.

    2Fishy4U
    Posts: 973
    August 6, 2006 at 10:25 pm #466947

    Thanks for the reports. Years ago I fished Leech while working up there and it was great. Our last few trips have been to Rainy Lake (Minn side) and I have no complaints, but we were thinking of trying a different lake next year.

    Any suggestions, based I what I have read on this post it sounds like Leech is out.

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