Fishing on Leech lake has been very good this past week. Walleyes, Crappies, Sunfish, and Pike are plentiful right now. Sand flats in 7’-12’ of water adjacent to shoreline rocks are holding a good number of walleyes right now, and they are hungry! A KenKatch Tackle Co. 3D eye jig with a spottail shiner was as good as it gets this past week, especially if you have any wind or it is overcast. Although a jig and minnow is still the primary bait of choice, a slip bobber and a leech did produce some fish this week as well. The fish are moving quite a bit lately, so continuing to move to stay on top of them has been extremely important.
As far as panfish go, there are plenty of fish to be caught. Shallow weed lines in 2’-4’ of water are holding both crappies and sunfish. These fish are in the midst of spawning, so please practice selective harvest and release the largest spawners. A simple bobber rig with a small jig tipped with a crappie minnow, panfish leech, or wax worm is all that is needed to catch a few of these fish.
Steve Nobisch
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