leech

[fishinjosh98]

i dont like to use leeches for bait but how do u put one on good?

[reinhard1]

put your hook through the sucker hole. you should be fine.good luck.

[KyleM.]

I like to put hook right behind sucker in the cartilage they have there then right back around through the body, seems to keep them from balling up and keeps fish like perch from popping them off my hook and have lindy rigged same leech for 2 hours (fish weren't cooperating) still extremely lively.

Tried through the sucker and the perch pop em off on my lake too often, I do this for everything slip bobber rigging, lindy rigging, on jigs, etc.

hope this helps

[JBMasterAngler]

If you don't like leeches, try gulp alive leeches. I can't say how well they work on walleyes, but panfish and bass don't seem to mind they're not real

[paceman]

Yep like other said I put mine on through the sucker...

[mrklean]

i do might right below the sucker

[harvey lee]

Right below the sucker for me also.

[herefish101]

yup below the sucker. Leeches are one of the very best live baits out there.

[Jim Uran]

Right below the sucker, and you don't need to hook it anymore than once, they work best just hooked the one time through.

[pulleye16]

again, right below the sucker, good presentation also.

[Ice Shack Baby]

Rumor is that the sucker is the rear end of the leech. Been doing it for over 30 years that way. Tried the other end and caught more fish. Best bet don't hook it in the middle.

[GlassEyeangler]

absolutley right under the sucker for jigging; however, if you like to drift/troll with spinners hook them on the other end opposite the sucker. it's really cool what happens to it when a walleye smacks it. the leech goes flying up the line, and you can use it again. would have never believed it until a guide showed me how well it worked. it's supposed to reduce line twist as well.

good luck! leeches are also referred to as MN Gold! (wonder why)