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I am from the Midwest and leeches are the go to bait for everything especially walleye. I have caught thousands upon thousands of walleye on simple lindy rigs/bottom bouncers and a jig tipped with a leech. They are also amazing for smallmouth and panfish. The two best things about them are that they are very durable on a hook and keep very well at home (just keep them in cold water , feeding not nesscary and they will last for a year). My question is, has anyone used them on the upper Potomac or anywhere else with any success?
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I have never seen them for sale as bait around here. When you were in the mid west did they sell them or did you catch them yourself? -
Bait shops sell them back home in South Dakota. I did know anyone that trapped them, but probably could have.Originally posted by therevolution View PostHobie fleet:
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We just bought them from bait shops, they were around 30 dollars for a pound of medium/large leeches which equated to about 200-250 leeches. The leeches you buy from the bait shops are called ribbon leaches and they are not blood suckers.Originally posted by therevolution View Post
Here is a good video about leeches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qjOwE0mKRc
When i finally get my kayak i am going to order a few pounds of leeches and try them out on the potomac. A few pounds will last almost the entire year.Comment
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+1 on never seeing them around here, but i'm sure i'm sure LMB and pretty much anything else would take those in an instantsigpicComment
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The only place in MD I have used leeches is at Deep Creek Lake, where they worked well on smallmouth and walleye. They sell them in bait shops there.Carpe PiscesComment
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The only time I've ever used leeches was up in Maine on Panther Pond. You could find them in the rocky shallows of the lake. We used small dip nets to scoop them up when we spotted one.
Never caught a damn thing with them.
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