Memorial Weekend Fishing Report

The LOA guide crew had a busy Memorial Day weekend on Leech Lake.  To say the fishing was great would be an understatement.  From beginners to experienced fisherman, clients of all ages went home with sore shoulders and memories that will last a lifetime.  With this special weekend in mind, we want to take the time to honor and remember all of those who are serving and have served to protect our freedom.  Without this, none of us would be able to spend these great moments with one another.  For that, we are extremely grateful!

With East winds present for the last two weeks, we focused our efforts on western shorelines.  Fish were found still in shallow water close to spawning areas, with some of the bigger fish starting to move out along the first set of breaklines.  Shiners, Rainbows, Leeches and Crawlers all produced.  Jigs and minnows worked best, but a few of us experienced that first few fish of the year on a lindy rig, always a good feeling!

Really, all areas of the lake produced over the weekend.  Some of the more popular places we spent time on were Hardwoods, Star Point, Ottertail Point,Traders Bay and Walker Bay.  Each of these areas produced good numbers as well as a few fish in the slot. 

This bite should continue for the next week or so until the water warms up to that 60 degree mark.  Right now we are seeing anywhere from 52-57 on the main lake, and 48-51 in Walker Bay.  Soon fish will start moving out past the first breaklines to some of the mid lake structures. 

Stay tuned, as a few of our guides will be fishing the Leech Lake Walleye Tournament this coming weekend.  We will make sure and give a full report with results after the weekend is over!

 

 

 

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Leech Lake Walleye Fishing Report - 4th of July Weekend

Happy Independence Day from all of us at Leisure Outdoor Adventures.  Holy buckets the past weekend was a busy one for the L.O.A. crew.  We have been greeted with great weather the past week but with that warm temperatures we have had a huge mayfly hatch.  The walleyes, well, they are putting on the pounds chowing down on all the mayflies but we are still catching lots of big walleyes each trip along with some eaters.  The main lake rocks on Leech are putting out numbers of good eater fish and the Walker Bay Area is putting out the big ones.  Depending on wind and cloud cover we have been fishing 10 feet all the way down to 22 feet.  The rig bite on crawlers and Leeches seem to be putting the most fish in the boat along with pulling a spinner and bottom bouncer.

We had several boats out over the weekend and everyone had a great time on the water.  Here are photos from my boat over the weekend.

It's truly amazing the amount of big fish we have been catching on Leech Lake.  If you would like to share a boat with one of us at Leisure Outdoor Adventures contact us at 855-LOA-HOOK or visit us at www.LeisureOutdoorAdventures.com.

"Make a Memory"
Jeff Andersen

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The Olson Crew with a bunch of big walleyes!

Maasch Family with More Big Walleyes 

They caught all of these fish in 4 hours.  What a trip!

Alex, TJ and Pam with an evening trip filled with big fish and good laughs!

A monster pike at the end of the day...

Leech Lake Walleyes - The big ones are biting

A day of golf at Tianna Country Club, a great dinner at the 502 Restaurant, a night stay at beautiful Chase on the Lake and some great fishing with Steve, Steve, Thor and Baker is what I had the chance to do this week on Wednesday and Thursday.  It was a rain filled couple of days but that didn't dampen our spirits!  It was the first time I had the chance to golf Tianna Country Club and what a beautiful course.  I'm not golf pro like the crew mentioned above but I hit enough good balls to want to play again!  I have to mention that my last chip for the day my club almost went farther then my golf ball as the club slipped out of my hands because of the rainy conditions.  The boys thought that was a pretty funny!  After we had enough rain on the course we decided to go dry off and enjoy a nice dinner and I can't think of too many better spots then the 502 Restaurant at Chase on the Lake.  We sat next to the window looking over beautiful Leech Lake as we talked about the big fish that were waiting for us to catch in the morning!  We chowed down on some amazing food, watched the Minnesota Twins in one of the beautiful lake side condos and we hit the hay in the most comfortable beds in the planet. 

The alarm rang early in the morning and yes it was still a misty windy day but the boys were eager to set the hook on some ol' marble eyes.  Toby and I got the Ranger Boats ready to rock and we hit the water.  Our goal was the catch a few eaters then go for some big ones.  So off to the main lake flats we headed.  After fishing several spots and catching a few keepers, which were very spread out, we decided to head to big fish zone.  Toby had found a school of biting fish and like a great partner called us up and said come on over.  The sun came out and it was game on and it didn't take long for the rods to be bent with big fish giving the boys all they could handle.  After doing battle with some big walleyes we decided to go clean up the keepers and call it a trip. 

Below, of course, are a couple of fish from the trip!

"Make a Memory"
Jeff Andersen