Awesome, thanks for the detailed suggestions Steve. I will try a few of the areas/techniques you recommended and will see if I can run into a few ‘eyes. Any recommendations on live bait on the bobbers or color patterns on the cranks? I will check back in after the weekend to let you know how I fared.

Thanks Again,

Hey Steve/Josh-

I’m making a trip up to Leech this weekend (fishing Friday and Saturday), I’m fairly new to the lake, and wanted to get your thoughts on which technique to employ and which locations to focus on to catch some walleye in Late September? It sounds like the leadcore trolling bite has slowed down on the sand flats from earlier this month and jigging with chubs/minnows hasn’t quite picked up. It also sounds like you have done pretty well with bobbers in real shallow water Phil? Any advice/thoughts from either of you would be appreciated!

We plan to stay on stony Point, so we should be in a good location to travel to most spots on the lake.

My wife and I went out Saturday from about 8-1:00. The bite was quite slow in the river and on Pepin. Tried lots of areas towards the head of the lake and didn’t see many boats. We were checked by the DNR and they said it had been slow for everyone else they checked that morning (one boat had one small walleye in the livewell). There were a few mayflies in the river, and even more once we got out into the lake. Tried live bait (1/8 Oz.jigs and slow death rigs) as well as crankbaits. Caught lots of catfish/drum and one 15″ walleye on the slow death and switched over to all cranks around noon. Was able to land a 23.5″ eye on the last pass before packing up. The last fish salvaged what was otherwise a challenging day on the water (as it can be in late July).

Good luck & tight lines!