Opener Results

[Rick]

How was your opener?<P>How was the fishing and what tactics worked for you?

[teamtingler]

Fishing was poor on Leech for our party. Last year we had limits by 10 AM and this year we didn't have our first walleye until 2 PM (started at 5:30 am). We tried jig's, lindy's, spinners and even rapala's but the only set up we caught walleye's on was a lindy rig with a long snell (5-6 feet). There just wasn't enough wind until later in the afternoon...it was good to be out though! Maybe this weekend will be better!

[Guest]

We only caught four fish, 23-25 inches. We fished from 6-3 on Saturday and I only saw three other fish caught. We fished around Goose, Star pt, Big and Little Hdwd, and The Meadows. We fished with all the boats and away from boats. After the wind whipped up we only stayed another hour. Around 42 degree water.

[I Like Worms]

We fished Boy in the am, 1 small walleye, about 1 1/2 lbs.<BR>Went to Leech in pm, got very wet, caught 1 that went 3 lbs, got even wetter.<BR>saw quite a few fish caught where we were on the S.E. corner. Watched one guy in a small 14 ft lund boat catch and release about 8 nice 3 to 4 pound walleyes. I tell you what, everyone was watching him and trying to figure it out. It looked like he was just back trolling and bouncing a jig with a shiner. After he frustrated about 35 other boats, the guy finally left, he didn't keep a fish. My hat off to him if he reads this message board.

[AJ]

Worst opener on Leech for me in 15 years. Very slow bite. Fished all over (crowds, no crowds, honey holes etc.) with little luck. Managed a few fish for a dinner and released a 3 pounder on Sunday afternoon. Perch bite was slow, walleye bite was slow. The fish we did catch were in the evening in about 9 feet of water. Spoke to many boats and they did worse than we did. Some guys with no walleyes in 2 days of fishing. Very tough.

[MrBig]

Ditto! Same as Teamtingler and AJ. Worst in all our years. We caught enough to eat, but not much more. We tried all the spots, and nothing was working. Saw very few fish being caught. The report at our resort was the same. Guess that's why they call it fishin and not catchin. Did catch one nice 'pout also. Ish!

[blgoose]

The resort we stayed at! 45 guys and only 9 eyes were bought in bye sat at 5:00p. Our group of 3. only boated! 1 eye and 13 perch for the whole weekend.We pulled the pinn sun at 5:00p. This was a lock jaw weekend on leech.

[Guest]

Slow was the key, jigs and minnows in a little deeper water than you would have thought. I was vertical jigging in 12-15ft moving as slow as the trolling motor would move the boat.

[limitedout]

fishing was slow on the west side. i have never seen anything like it on opener. looking forward to the fish starting up shortly as the shiners are starting to move pretty well. IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER!<P>------------------<BR>LEECH LAKE FISHING<BR>JIM F.<BR>1-800-278-4080<BR>cigar lit fish on!<BR>[email protected]