YUCK!!! Are Leeches Good Fishing Bait?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Are leeches good for fishing bait? I think so!
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Old school Uncle Josh black split tail eel on a finesse jig. Looks just like a leech. Caught many bass on this, still use it.
thats a winner too!
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Well Matt, just don't let Sara catch you storing them in the refrigerator! Crawlers are one thing but leeches may result in an indefinite stay in the dog house...
haha
Looks like I’m headed back to the tackle shop.😂
when aren't we..lol
@@mulder5118 It’s more of a collection now.😂
Nice!
I use the little HDtackle Hellgrammites- looks very similar but it's an insect larvae. I'll have to try the leeches out as well- river fish love stuff like this.
sounds good!
The Jackall Crosstail Shad looked just like a leach! Looked perfect on the Hover Rig.
i love those!
Great video! Even trophy trout in the lakes of the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains love leech imitations. Especially the marabou jig. 👍🏼
Very cool!
That reminds of the time when I was a young boy and my family went fishing and we used live leeches as bait. My uncle picked this giant honking leech, put it on his hook, and cast out in the water. After a while he noticed his line acting funny so he picked up his rod and started to reel it in. There was a large channel catfish on the end of his line, but it wasn't hooked. That leech had reached out and attached itself to the fish and just never let go! Damndest thing I ever saw!
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hmmmm
the northland jiggin leech is a go to for me catches everything
awesome!
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thanks!
The old school reaper has been a split shot favorite of mine since I first bought a couple when I was like 7. I always have a stash for tough days. I use oversized ones on heavy jigs for musky every year.
I'm in SE Wisconsin. Lives leeches catch everything that swim, but I'm always looking for plastics that are good imitators. The gulp ones work, but those Kitech ones look interesting.
Thanks for sharing
Berkley needs to bring back the Powerbait Bungee Leech. Used to crush bass on a split shot rig with a Bungee Leech!
Yep
I’m from Minnesota and leeches are a forgotten classic here. I’ve been reminding ppl about the leeches consistently over the last week and a half so your vid comes at the perfect time lol now I’ve got some reference material for why leeches are such good bait. Got two tubs of leeches out in the bait fridge for this weekend lol
thanks for sharing!
I use leech imitation’s in the river all the time. We kept catching large mouth and small mouth and they would have leeches in their mouths. It was a no brainer to throw some type of leech bait. 😂
interesting!
Ooh, I’ve never seen those leech type baits before! I’ve always thought a short flat worm type lure would be good- like the thickness of the tail of a ribbon tail worm
give them a try!
Really like the Berkeley Gulp leeches. Have used them since they first came out. Also consider taking a clue from the fly fishing community and try a Wooly Bugger. Black or Olive seem to work best. Throw a little crystal flash in the tail for some added attractor flash.
they work great!
Man I didn't know it I text me to leach I have to acquire some of those! Great info Matt. Congratulations on a good tournament and an amazing season. That reminds me of a story when we were kids and my cousin had a leech on his foot. We stopped at the closest neighbors house. And there were two guys outside that came to help us. One went inside to get matches. And the other went to get gas. First guy came out and poured gas on it when the next guy came out of the house and said I got matches and it seems like he was striking them on his way over LOL needless to say we stopped him and he did not burn my cousin alive. But it was a hilarious story
Hey Matt ... I've watched (Ed the diver) around Marinette county, playing with leeches.. It reminded me of a curly tail plastic worm... I told myself that I was going to try shortening a Berkeley curly tail and try fishing it Texas or Nid rig style ???
i like his stuff!
Always leeches in the boat, black Mr. Twisters in various sizes always, and black with chartreuse tip Berkley Power Worm always . Live leeches are the only thing I can get the bluegills and crappies to bite this year.
they work great!
I have a pack of HDTackle Leeches I've never used, I'll put one on my Nichine dropshot and go try it out. Lol Thanks
Nice!
The Gulp ones are great for Trout as well!
yep!
Hand tie some rabbit fur with tungsten bead!
awesome!
I like your videos a lot. I like fishing moving rivers. Could you do some videos of techniques for fishing for bass in current?
yep!
reapers also imitate a leach well .leaches are one of the best baits for most fish
agreed!
was so disappointed when Roboworm stopped making them
I know you like new terminal tackle. Have you seen the new heavy duty Decoy snap? It’s a little different. Tackle Warehouse just posted a vid on it today on their new Icast releases. I was wade fishing in my pond and 3 big leaches were attached to my ankle area.
I will check it out
Good video, I have some snagproof lure leaches
nice!
Split shot rig and a leach is a bass killer up north.
yep!
Roboworm reapers were the best, for mojo rigging, or drop shotting
Northland tackle has a jig leech thats awesome.
nice!
I have never used leeches as a bait but I can see where it would be very good in your neck of the woods, very interesting!!!
yes sir!
Have you tied up marabou on your hover rig. Would be killer for sure ! Not sure of the sizes of the hover rig. Would be cool if you offered a micro version... balanced leech style. like the fly.
Why not paint up some of the bodies. Would like to see purple glow, green or pink on the hover rig. Inserted into translucent plastic baits. We are talking multi species killer !
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maybe...
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"The secret's out..."
Haha
Matt.... Bio Baits leeches in the 3.75 and 4.75 inches are KILLER!!!!
ill check them out!
If you can find them the Z Man Scented LeechZ are very life like and it's elaztech so they actually last. They're awesome on a dropshot or anything really.
thanks for sharing!
Thanks Matt , I Never tried them.
give them a whirl!
#BewareOfYourSurroundings - Nature certainly has a way of helping us on the water if we take the time to slow down and look.
Agreed
Fishermen have a direct existence with nature, by directly communicating with nature.
You know what else looks like a leach? Fruit rollup. I'm just saying.
hahahaha
A fruit roll up doesn't suck on you, instead you suck on the fruit roll up (because it's stuck to the roof of your mouth)
Do you find that the Gulp baits do better because of the scent? I've been using their saltwater baits lately trying to catch flounder. The flounder seem to be somewhere else, but I get lots of bites from other species. I definitely get less bites on other other types of baits even if I put scent on them. The tails get bitten off, which is annoying but telks me that my bait is attractive to fish.
they just seem to get bit!
live leeches are hard to find in bait shops around here.. i've bought jars from far away, and they keep well. but Yet again, you have to put it in front of the fish's FACE
Yep
JBros Lures makes a really nice leech too
ill check them out!
trout love leeches too people, if any of you are looking to up your trout fishing game.
Thanks for sharing
I think we need a hellgramite video.
good idea!
Live leeches have been a staple walleye bait for ages. After being in the jungle I'd rather not touch one ever again. Soft plastic is another story. I've several bags on the boat. The leech I think is somehow related to the lamprey. Talk about a nasty critter, that would be the lamprey. Their both damn blood suckers! But yes they are fish catchers.
agreed!
A reaper bait looks spot like a leech.
awesome!
My grandpa, dad and myself used leeches for walleye
nice!
True sleeper of a bait
yep!
How good are the Baitmate soft plastic leeches?
Haven’t tried them
@@MattStefanFishing Baitmate the fishing formula company makes them.
A leech reminds me of a piece of bacon for a fish. Like a tadpole or a goby. How could a fish resist a helpless chunk of meat!?
haha!
"that's what she said"
If you want to catch lots of fish, always watch what the asian guys are doing. They were using live leaches and slaying walleye off the bank. They all caught their limit and left with dinner within an hour. I just wish i got a look at how they were rigged.
haha
Watched an old Korean guy fishing walleyes. Used a leech with a splitshot about two feet up
@@simbajohn1882 I think that's how they were doing it but idk how they kept them out of the rocks. It's nothing but snags there.
@@misterbulger thanks
@@misterbulger thanks
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thanks for watching!
Nice leech story yuck baby leech yuck
Yuck is right!
Kinda looks like Deps cover scat
little bit!
I hate leeches . Fake leeches no problem
Haha