Leeches

[RHYBAK]

Has anybody ever bought their leeches from Pronature in town?

[brotherlund]

I have never tried them ,ever since I used to meet Big Ed in Walmart parking lot to by leeches I have been getting them from Billy Bobs .Does Pronature sell them by the pound?

[Oarin]

I bought them the last 2 years. They were large and healthy. I'll use the again this year.

[RHYBAK]

Thanks Oarin

Just looking at saving some time since Kipawa bait is basically an hour out of our trip.
I love dealing with Kipawa bait but that hour can be used doing better things line driving to our pick-up point

[limacharley]

my research so far for pricing:

Billy Bobs--------------flat of worms $50-----------------1 lb leeches $60

Trout Lk Bait-----------flat of worms $70-----------------1 lb leeches $60

Kipawa Bait------------flat of worms $62-----------------1 lb leeches $50

ProNature-------------flat of worms $55------------------1 lb of leeches $50       

cheers,
3 days to go
LC

[RHYBAK]

excellent

thank you

[SgtCrabby]

Thanks LC.   That's good info to know the price differences.

[NortonJoe]

@limacharley This may be a silly question...how many crawlers in a flat?

[RHYBAK]

about 500

[T]

I bought leeches from them two years ago.  Seems the price increased in two days.  I was told they were $50. When I got there, I paid $75.  Guess they saw me coming.

[1redneck1]

Good day. I am going up with my wife for walleye. I have never used leeches before but it sounds like they are the weapon of choose. do they last as long as worms on the hook. And how are they hooked?

Joe

[wvmedic]

@1redneck1

I'm no expert but, it depends on how you want to fish them.

Slip bobber rig.


Lindy rig.



On a jig.


Three way.


Jeff

[Jay Thomas]

Here's a reference to an informative video on slip bobbering walleye - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7pBPqTMWcs. I hadn't watched this video before today. Consequently, today I learned about wacky rigging leeches.

I use leeches when slip bobbering, bottom bouncing or jigging. Jeff provided some informative pictures describing some methods commonly used with leeches.

My own personal set up for slip bobbering is just slightly different than Jeff's. After I tie on a slip bobber knot to my main line (8/3 Crystal Fireline), I add a bead (to protect the slip bobber knot). Then I add my slip bobber and finally a small snap swivel. I always pretie fluorocarbon leaders (approximately 3 feet in length) with a small barrel swivel on one end and a Mustad double wide fine wire red octopus hook (size 4 and sometimes size 2) on the other end. If I get broke off or a snag causes me to lose my hook or my leader gets frayed, it's very simple to just add another pretied fluorocarbon leader and hook - especially in low light conditions. I carefully add small split shot to the leader for the weight required (enough weight to half submerge my bobber).

Leeches are a great bait. They are hardy and easy to use. I can catch more walleye on one leech than on one crawler.

Jay

[wvmedic]

@Jay Thomas

Thank you for sharing, I have watched this video before. Though I forgot about it.

Jeff

[1redneck1]

@Jay Thomas

Thank you for sharing, I have watched this video before. Though I forgot about it.

Jeff

What is a slip bobber Knot? I bought some of those stoppers for bass Pro. I there a better way to run them?