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| Going to leech lake sept 6 for the week staying at grand vu lodge looking for some tips for muskies and walleye any color work better on this lake and what depth do you think the muskies should be at this time whatever you got I will take lol.
Thanks Rob |
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Location: Waconia, MN | Its going to be a busy weekend Sept 5th-7th as the Frank Schneider Memorial Muskie Tournament will be going on. |
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| I'd say that's a lucky, rather than unlucky coincidence for a guy knowing not too much of this water. I spent $80.00 in gas just driving to one spot and back to the ramp, it's that big of a lake (3 Vermillions). I'd take total advantage of a thing like that. Watch the spots that just don't get left alone during the event and mark them (after they fish) or using the cursor on your graph if you know how. Take a camera with a long lens or binocs and take note of the baits, colors, retrieve speeds, especially if the guys look like they know something. I'd love to do that on a new lake, then have the rest of the week all to myself on those spots. Good Luck! PS. They may gather at the casino afterwards and be happy to talk if you are friendly! |
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| That right there is some good advice ..... |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | Go thru the Roosevelt Canal to get into Agency Bay. Still might have weeds and the Agency narrows heading to Walker Bay will have lots of reeds to fish. By then hopefully the perch will have gone into the reeds (the past few years that movement has occurred later than the usual mid August) and the big fish go in after em. Anything that you can get into and out of the reeds clean is good- homemade spinnerbaits or Boogerman's, or a Johnson silver Minnow with a plastic tail of some kind. Head north to the Grand View Flats- large 10-14 foot area of some cabbage. May not have any at this time don't know what the rusty crayfish have done there. Get into Walker Bay and troll the humps. They top out at 34 feet and can be found with a good map or easily with chip. I use larger Slammers that get down about 15-16 feet. If you have something that gets deeper try it too. Get to rocks at Stony Point, points in Walker Bay, Pelican, North Bar and Pipe Island. I like wood like Suicks and Reef Hawgs in perch or dark colors. Bulldawgs seem to get follows, according to my son. I throw a lot of top waters at low light. I like Rumblers and other prop baits like a Whopper Plopper and a TopRaider at low light like dusk. Any lure colors like black/orange, perch, dark colors, contrast like chartreuse/black. Double showgirls in black/silver and black/orange. I have a brown/gold Indiana blade Blackburn bucktail I keep thinking ought to produce, but it never gets a look- but I throw it anyway. I've caught more fish on slower deliberate jerk baits and top waters. Many times I troll a big spinnerbait or Slammer between spots. Don't be afraid to throw from shallow water to deeper water. |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | The Frank Schneider guys will be all over the North Bar and Pelican for the rocks and Agency and GrandView for the weeds. One more thing- go to Jim Murphy's site fishingleechlake.com and throw out your question. |
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| Thanks everyone for the reply. Great to have a board like this to get info when needed. I will post how I did. Thanks again for the tips
Rob |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Hire a guide it will be the best money you have ever spent in your life. It will save you gas money and hours and hours of wasted time on the water. Go out learn the lake you will be amazed how much you can learn in a day if that's what your looking for. |
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| I agree, hire a guide for at least the first day! It will be the best money you will spend on your trip if you really want to learn the lake. There are many great guides on this lake but from personal experience check out Al Maas, Ted Gwinn & Roger Larson. I wasted many hours on this lake and lots of money, until I hired these guys to teach me the lake and the muskies on this pond!
Greg |
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First trip to leech lake any tips