As the water temps remain in the low 70’s fishing over all has stayed consistent except for the allusive muskie! We are seeing great eating size perch showing up in the shallow weed bays such as steamboat, sucker, and kabakona bay. Walleye tactics still include slip bobbers, lindy rigging and trolling crank baits. Casting spinner baits in the pencil reeds…
Walleyes continue to bite well on the mid lake structures around Moses and horseshoe bar in 14-17 feet of water trolling spinners and crawlers. More fish are beginning to show up on the near shore structures around sugar bar and river bar in 8-12 feet of water. Trolling crank baits in these areas has been highly effective. Mixed perch are…
Walleye bite on Leech Lake has been very steady throughout these summer months. With water temperatures in the Walker Bay area staying around the low 70’s on most days these are definitely mid summer patterns. My best bite has still been using a slip bobber tipped with a medium to small leech. I like to keep my bait 1 foot off the bottom as these fish…
Kevin JoslynLeech Lake Guide Team Lake Winnie Fishing Report 8/8/2022 Lake Winnibigoshish walleyes continue to be caught using a variety of methods. Trolling spinner with small leeches or fatheads on the weed line in 10-16 feet of water is producing great numbers of keepers. Slip bobber rigging had also been highly effective on the mid lake humps in 18-22 feet of…
Lake Winnibigosh fishing report 8-1-22Lake Winni walleyes continue to cooperate well for most anglers into the first week of August. Most keeper sized fish can be found in 6-14 feet of water on the south and west shoreline breaks trolling spinners tipped with crawlers or fatheads. The scattered mid lake humps are also producing keepers and a few more big…
Fishing on Leech Lake has remained steady. Walleyes have been found in and around weed beds in 12’-18’ of water in Walker Bay, Kabekona Bay, and Sucker Bay. Continuing to move around until you find a group of fish is important. Recently the fish seem to moving around quite a bit day to day. A spinner rig and leech or…
