Walleye really! like Leeches

After a rainy start to the day we finally took the opportunity to get on the relatively rain free lake mid afternoon.  The 3rd spot Lynn dropped anchor was THE spot.  To digress slightly, we have been having trouble getting minnows to walleye fish due to some warm weather here a couple of weeks ago.  After consideration I bought leeches in lieu of minnows.  I was assured the walleye like them just the same and these are not the blood sucking kind of leeches.  I had never used them before but the fun started when we found the right spot.  In a matter of just over an hour I landed 4 restricted size fish.  In Ontario there is a one fish limit on Walleye over 18 inches.  I started with a 19 inch and moved larger as the hour progressed.  The largest and last of the day was 23 inches and went over 3 lbs., a new personal best. Walleye Comp_0013 (2) All the rest are back in the lake to grow even larger.  Maybe next time Lynn will try a creepy leech for bait. It was indeed my day!

In hindsight I have been having a pretty good year in landing personal best fish.

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