Feeding Leeches

  • Wade Boardman
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 4453
    September 18, 2011 at 1:02 pm #1273815

    What do you guys do to keep your leeches fat and healthy? What do you feed them?

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    September 18, 2011 at 1:18 pm #995559

    walleye saliva… I have never fed my leeches

    a-and-t
    By Rochester,MN
    Posts: 708
    September 18, 2011 at 1:26 pm #995560

    Raw hamburger

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    September 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm #995569

    Iv’e used Frabil Fat and Sassy Leech bedding with some success…3-4 weeks tops tho..and 4 is pushing it.

    baldwin4
    NE IA
    Posts: 736
    September 18, 2011 at 2:43 pm #995581

    Quote:

    Iv’e used Frabil Fat and Sassy Leech bedding with some success…3-4 weeks tops tho..and 4 is pushing it.

    x2

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    September 18, 2011 at 2:45 pm #995583

    Is it just in the fall that you need to feed them ? I have “kept” leeches from opener, mid-may until early July ??? Easily 7-8 weeks, with no food ???

    dewarsh2o
    Northfield, MN
    Posts: 46
    September 18, 2011 at 5:03 pm #995585

    Raw liver or the belly meat of walleyes / perch.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    September 18, 2011 at 6:12 pm #995601

    Sometime mid june i put a bait bucket into the fridge with 4 doz minnows and 4 doz leeches.

    and i FULLY INTENDED to change the water on them every 2 days. AND did the first week.

    Well, after a bit longer without changing it, i just didn’t want to ‘do the cleaning…’

    Well, Sept15, wednesday, finally had to have the space in the fridge…

    The minnows, well, there were as expected.

    The leeches?? Lost 4 leeches out of the whole 4 dozen.. Gotta figure they were eating minnows…

    gonecribbin
    reads landing MN
    Posts: 517
    September 19, 2011 at 1:58 am #995694

    I keep leeches over the winter every year… Keep something in the tank for them to use to rub their slime off (I use mosquito netting)… Dont need to feed them… Just dont buy them to early in the fall, leeches die after they spawn… Gotta try to find non-spawners in the late fall (right now)… Aerate them if you can or change water regularly..

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