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Caught several 22 inch plus. Finding eaters was hard.

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Had a tough week but finally figured them out.lindy rig with a leech took fish in 7 to 10 feet.
Trolled with flicker shads in the evening or when calm and found fish.
Pine, hardwoods but duck was the best.

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When it’s calm on Leech, go to the weeds.

The water temp should be lower, when you’re there, jig and minnow might work better than we experienced.
I think we should have trolled more with the Flicker Shads and jigged less, we would have caught more walleyes.

Perch

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Damn auto correct..that should be #5 flicker shads.

Mods, please remove, duplicate post.

Sorry, that should be flicker shade.
Damn auto correct.

haleysgold wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Tom Faklis wrote:</div>
We’ve never fished Leech in September, but I hear people say there’s a big <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>perch bite at that time of the year.

Are the <em class=”ido-tag-em”>perch in the same “spots” as the walleyes?? I’ve also heard rumors that some of the perch have worms–true?? Is there anything we should avoid?

I wouldn’t call it a “big” perch bite…well, little ones yes but finding quality ones is much tougher these days.
A few years ago, people were taking baskets of big ones out but that has died off in the last couple years. I think the cycle for them is down right now combined with a few too many being taken in the hay days.
So if you’re expecting big and numbers of them, you might be disappointed.
Yep, some of them do have worms. The little black ones and also the ugly white worms in the flesh. You gotta cut the white ones out and a few black ones aren’t supposed to hurt you if cooked thoroughly.

Thanks for the info.

I’m not greedy, I don’t keep everything I catch. I just thought if the perch were schooling this time of the year, and walleyes have lock jaw, we’d go look for a few perch for dinner.

We’ve never fished Leech in September, but I hear people say there’s a big perch bite at that time of the year.

Are the perch in the same “spots” as the walleyes?? I’ve also heard rumors that some of the perch have worms–true?? Is there anything we should avoid?

Thanks for the help, Phil!

Thank you sir!!

When you say “shallow”–10-12 feet?

Flicker shads, Flicker minnows work ok?

Oh, I forgot to mention, we’ll be staying near Pine Point…

Phil Bauerly wrote:

September is one of my favorite months here on Leech. Cooling water and wind temper and re-oxygenate the shallows, and a good jig and minnow bite usually occurs. The action can still be a bit hit-or-miss with bites coming in windows, but when she hits, it can be really outstanding. We often have big number days in September.

One other draw in mid-September is the perch bite. Typically, larger schools of larger <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>perch move into shallow expanses. Some great mixed bag days can happen in September.

Cheers and hook-sets!

Thanks for the reply…wow! Big perch! I could get into that. Where, on the lake, would we find the perch?