Archives for July 2019

Well I think our Walker MN fishing Guides are finally out of the May fly hatch. Over the last 3-4 weeks we have been seeing may flies in the water column as well as on the surface. They seem to have stopped hatching finally. But the big question is, what does that mean for walleye fishing on Leech Lake?

With less food in the water for these walleyes to eat the bite has picked up. Young of the year perch are gown up enough to chase for these big walleyes so look for them to feed on a perch pattern. Our guides have been focusing on a few parts of the lake with the same characteristics to find active walleyes.

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Look for shallow (under 14 feet) sand and weed transitions. The small perch are in there and the walleyes are in return chasing them. Most of our luck has come on spinner rigs with a perch or gold pattern tipped with a crawler. Depending on the day our targeted speeds have been anywhere from 1.2 – 1.8 mph.

We have a few openings available for the month but are starting to fill up. Feel free to call, text or email us https://leechlakeguideservice.com/contact-us/

The Leech lake walleye fishing has either been lights out great or slow. No in between for us. Our Guides out of Walker MN have been putting in the time the last week and finding fish a variety of ways. Target places that have water that is 18+ feet deep near by or good weed growth. Traders bay has been good as well as Ottertail and Duck points.

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Keep in mind that the water temp is warming up so the fish are starting to move a little slower. As the sun gets high in the sky look for them to seek cover and out of shallow water. We have been catching them nearly every way possible but our most productive days have been using two different methods.

Live Bait Rigs

One of our favorite ways to catch Walleyes on Leech Lake is using a Snell or live bait rig. We have covered them in past reports and not much has changed on how to fish these rigs and what to look for in your equipment. Typically, when using crawlers use a longer snell. Look for something close to 7-8 feet long especially on calm days. If you are using a leech or minnow a shorter snell is easier to control. 5 foot is a good length to shoot for on these.

Covering Ground

What I mean here is moving faster with a presentation that allows for just that. Basically you are looking to cover water looking for active fish and trigger a reaction strike from them big Leech Lake Walleyes. Pulling spinners with crawlers in the 1.2 – 1.8 mph range to find active fish has been good when the fish are neutral. If you prefer an artificial method Crank baits have been working also.

We have been picking them up using Rapala shad raps in 11 – 17 Feet of water. As far as color a bleeding shad, perch, or crawdad pattern have been our go tos. This is a little faster method. Generally we target the 1.8- 2.6 mph range.

We Have limited spots left for July but do have a openings available for August. https://leechlakeguideservice.com/contact-us/

Our Walker MN Walleye guides are picking up fish. Focusing on break lines that come up to the 10-13 foot range have been key. Crawlers have been the ticket the last few days as we have been having small may fly hatches nearly everyday.

Our guides on Leech lake have been picking up walleyes all over the lake, from the north end of walker bay to duck point and traders bay. The key piece is being close to deeper water. We have been using two different methods of fishing to keep our customers on fish.

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Method #1

The First method works better if you have a little wind or at least some cloudy weather. I have found that walleyes tend to prefer a lindy rig more when its not flat calm and sunny. If its flat calm and sunny see the second method below. Typically we will tie our own but in a pinch going to the Lindy Fishing Tackle prerigged Lindy snell can save a bunch of time. Tipping these lindy rigs with a crawler and blowing it up to keep it floating has really made a difference. A red hook on a six foot or longer lindy rig has been working great for us with a black hook coming in a close second.

Try to position your crawler on the hook so it wont spin and will slide through the water with ease. Also make sure to keep your worms cool when it is hot out so they will stay alive longer and look healthy.

Method #2

If you have a calm sunny day covering ground with a spinner and bottom bouncer is preferred. Again, we are using crawlers as bait on these rigs. Try to keep the boat moving at about 1.2-1.6 mph. Aim to keep your bouncer just off the bottom. If your speed is consistent it should occasionally tick the bottom.

We have a few openings available for the month but are starting to fill up. Feel free to call, text or email us https://leechlakeguideservice.com/contact-us/