05-04-2018, 04:45 AM
I used leaches lots and lots in Colorado for everything from trout to perch to Walleye to ......... There is a reason fly fishermen use so many leach patterns.
I found that for Walleye, leaches worked best in the early spring, but worms worked better in the heat of the summer. In Idaho (I think they have outlawed importing them now), I found that Smallmouth loved the leaches all year round.
Washington State outlawed importing leaches because they feared a disease (VHS) might be transmitted. To my knowledge, no evidence exist that VHS has ever been transmitted by anything other then other fish, but they would rather not take the chance.
A pound is really not that much if you fish a lot, but I bet the shipping is expensive.
But, they will catch fish.
PS, ribbon leaches do work better then blood suckers, like horse leaches, etc. I suspect it is scent, not color, shape, action, or size. For some reason, catfish seem to like the blood suckers as well as Ribbon Leaches, but I can't ever remember catching a Walleye on a Blood Sucker.
I found that for Walleye, leaches worked best in the early spring, but worms worked better in the heat of the summer. In Idaho (I think they have outlawed importing them now), I found that Smallmouth loved the leaches all year round.
Washington State outlawed importing leaches because they feared a disease (VHS) might be transmitted. To my knowledge, no evidence exist that VHS has ever been transmitted by anything other then other fish, but they would rather not take the chance.
A pound is really not that much if you fish a lot, but I bet the shipping is expensive.
But, they will catch fish.
PS, ribbon leaches do work better then blood suckers, like horse leaches, etc. I suspect it is scent, not color, shape, action, or size. For some reason, catfish seem to like the blood suckers as well as Ribbon Leaches, but I can't ever remember catching a Walleye on a Blood Sucker.