With the water warming up on Leech Lake and a small fly hatch this past week our Leech Lake Walleye Guides report “fish are starting to fall into their summer spots.” This also means summer patterns are a go! When it is fairly calm out our go to tactic has been spinners. They allow you to cover a lot of ground in a short time and you trigger a reaction bite for even the laziest walleyes. A few things have been key to us catching these walleyes, the tackle and the location.

Most of the fish our walleye guides have been catching have come on only a few different colors of spinner rigs. White and pink has been #1 with a close second being purple and gold. We prefer to run these spinners behind a 1.5 oz bottom bouncer. One tip that has helped us when the sun is bright and its flat calm out is to down size that bouncer to a 1 oz. This allows you to get it further away from the boat compared to a 1.5 oz. The idea is to keep it close to the bottom but not dragging on it. Try to keep the boat moving at about 1.4-1.7 mph.

1st and 2nd Duck point, Ottertail point, Traders bay, Grassy point and the main lake humps have all been producing fish. Focus on the 8-12 feet of water with mid-day spots being a bit deeper. Most of our fish have been coming from the sand to weed transition. This type of fishing is best done with a longer rod and a soft tip. Setting the hook isn’t necessary and actually causes more missed fish. Allow the rod to bend back with the pressure of the fish for a few seconds and then begin your fight.

We still have openings for June but space is limited. Call now for more info or a Leech lake fishing report. https://leechlakeguideservice.com/contact-us/

Where the wind blows the fish will show! That has been the name of the game for our Leech Lake Fishing guides this past week. Without the wind the lake has been tougher to catch fish. Our most active fish have been eating in the mud and are coming up with small leeches attached to their mouths. Paying attention to these little things is part of what makes your guide successful. Two different presentations have been putting fish in our Leech Lake charter boats.

Crank Baits: Run these guys over the weeds and along the edges to find the active fish. Shoot for 1.8-2.2 Miles per hour and 80-110 feet back. Perch and crayfish colors have been most productive in 8-12 feet of water. We prefer to run the Berkley Flicker shad or Rapala shad raps but Hot-N-Tots have also put nice walleyes boat side.

Crawler rigs: Running Spinners with crawlers has also been productive but a little more cumbersome with all the little perch in the lake right now. Our Walker MN Fishing guides have been working the same areas and the same depths with the spinners. However, It appears that they are hitting the spinners more so in the low light periods.

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The common theme this past week is using green and brown colors with an occasional day that pink is hot. Don’t get discouraged with the small perch as the walleyes are mixed in with them.

We have a few days open for this month but are starting to book into September. We are also taking reservations on our Ice house rentals too. https://leechlakeguideservice.com/contact-us/ To call and book, Don’t wait!

Working for our walleyes and covering ground has been the name of the game for our Walker Minnesota Leech Lake Walleye Guides. The water temps are in the high 70s and that has made the walleyes slow down.

We have been targeting walleyes in any where from 7-22 Feet of water with the most productive area being about 11-13 feet. Running spinners with bottom bouncers and crawlers has out shined pulling cranks so far. Wind swept shorelines and the goose flats near goose island have been good for us as well as the Walker Bay narrows.

We did have a large storm come through this morning and do some damage. We received 2 inches of cool rain in a short time so hopefully that cools the lake down a bit.

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/