Ling and Leeches

[mthuntr]

Anyone have luck using live leeches for ling?

I can't imagine it wouldn't work but never heard of anyone using them.

[meandcuznalfy]

I'd try them, they'd probably work just as good as anything else

[Griztrax]

If you are talking through the ice, I'm guessing few have tried because live leeches typically aren't available in the winter months.  I would imagine you could catch them in the summer on leeches but I have never tried or inadvertently caught one on a leech while jigging walleye or perch.  We have inadvertently caught a small handful of ling through the ice with maggots on a jig.  For best results we use chunks of sucker meat.

[lundin-loading]

I have caught several over the years jigging leeches in the spring, not a repeatable pattern, just by-catch while targeting walleye.

[PerchPounderMT]

Caught my best ling night fishing with leeches at holter