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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Leeches or minnows?
 
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Savage Voyageur
05/22/2022 11:33AM
 
Jig and a leech is my go to.
 
jlw034
05/21/2022 11:37AM
 
Salted shiners for jigging, leeches for live bait rigging. Best combo.
 
missmolly
05/22/2022 08:02AM
 
jlw034: "Salted shiners for jigging, leeches for live bait rigging. Best combo."


Do you use a salted shiner on a bare jig or a jig with plastic or hair?
 
jlw034
05/22/2022 11:08AM
 
missmolly: "jlw034: "Salted shiners for jigging, leeches for live bait rigging. Best combo."



Do you use a salted shiner on a bare jig or a jig with plastic or hair?"



Either/or.
 
WhiteWolf
05/22/2022 11:40PM
 
leeches- leeches - leeches. Too much good experience with them compared to something like 'GULP' that imitates a minnow very well or even the real thing in a minnow-- but nothing does a leech movement --- try hooking one -- and then look at it in the water=== under a bobber. my two cents
Leeches for Eyes- Minnows for everything else.
 
NebraskaDano
05/19/2022 10:20AM
 
We always use leeches. Minnows are hard to keep alive. Unless you aren't doing much portaging leeches are much easier to transport.
 
jwettelrin89
05/20/2022 09:57PM
 
NebraskaDano: "We always use leeches. Minnows are hard to keep alive. Unless you aren't doing much portaging leeches are much easier to transport."
Minnows are a lot of work or downright impossible when the water gets warm, but when water temps are 60 degrees or lower minnows become a lot more resilliant. If you're going in July or August forget minnows. 90% of them will die on the first day no matter how many times you change the water.
 
BeDab
05/19/2022 10:02AM
 
With the late spring, what is your preference... jig and leech or minnow?
 
cyclones30
05/19/2022 12:17PM
 
Leech 9 out of 10 times
 
jwettelrin89
05/20/2022 09:50PM
 
minnows Spring and Fall. Leeches second half of June through August.