June Wrap-up- Leech Lake Walleyes

It has been a very busy June, with a lot of great people and great fishing to boot. June typically starts out with very consistent fishing, with jigs and shiner minnows being the standard presentation. Later in the month, walleyes expand their forage menu to mayflies, crayfish, larvae and perch. A wide variety of presentations are now being used including; crankbait casting and trolling, lindy rigging chubs and leeches, slip bobbers and leeches, vertical jigging lures, and casting jigs and plastics near weeds and rocks. 

Pictured below are just a few highlights from the past month of fishing on Leech Lake.

Note: I'll be switching into hard-core muskie mode soon, but am still looking forward to walleye fishing three-to-four trips per week or so in July and August. Mid-September until the end of October is typically good walleye fishing on Leech Lake too, I still have many dates available for fall fishing.

Not too many of these in South Carolina.

Tiana with the fish of the day! 

Limits of quality eating sized walleyes are the norm during the first six weeks or so of the season. 

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Stormy day limits.

Mid-lake fish. 

More mid-lake action.

Sunny day slab of a walleye.

Grip and grin.

A nice cold-front fish.

Reef donkey.

Tough conditions but getting it done.

Digging them out of the weeds.

A nice golden fish from shallow water.

A rare triple! 

21" Smallmouth Bass for Chris, the biggest I have seen! 

Cheers and hook-sets! 

Capt. Phil Bauerly 

Leech Lake Fools Gold - May 2017

We are just 3 weeks into the MN walleye season, and I must say, the bite has exceeded my expectations. Good catches of keeper sized fish, and picture-worthy specimens are coming in each day. Shallow, hungry fish have been taking mostly jig-and-minnow combos.  June should follow suit, with fish likely being a bit more spread-out, and likely falling to more varied presentations. 

 Cheers and hook-sets! 

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Guide life.

Catching (our breath) in June- Leech lake *Pic Heavy*

Wow! With 30-45 mph gusts today, I find myself with an afternoon off of the lake. June has been a whirlwind of meeting great folks, netting fish and staring at electronics. Not every day has been uber-productive, but overall, the fishing has been great here on Lago Leech. The big walleyes stole the show this week with 9 fish covering 26 inches or more of my bump board, and 30+ fish over the two foot mark. As always in late June, we have some ideas where they will show up tomorrow and what they will bite on. But most likely, we will have to try several presentations/locations this week to really get dialed in.

Here is a great slip-bobber fish caught in 4' of water earlier in the month. 

Limits are great, and when the keepers are averaging 17-18 inches, it's hard to beat. 

A healthy looking portage bay fish.

Smile blades are well named.

"Day off" slip bobber fishing with my boy.

Another great slip bobber fish.

Windy days usually mean limits for all.

One of 5 bigger fish this day. 

Thick fog? No problem. A 29" gravel lizard from Walker bay.

Regular client Jeff  and company went on a tear before their Canada trip, boating a whole bunch of 23"-27" walleyes.

26"er

25"

Here is dad, scouting and helping me get dialed in before a trip.

Even the guide gets to land a nice one. 

Dad strikes again!

1st Muskie hunt of the year, we moved some really nice fish but couldn't seal the deal. Action plus pike made it fun though. 

The spinner/crawler bite has been hit or miss, this fish did hit on a post frontal, sunny day. 

Cheers and hook-sets! 

Captain Phil Bauerly- Leech Lake