Live Leeches

[bassman]

Hey gang, 

I took a long break from the board but I see a lot of familiar names still here. I hope everyone has been well and catching lots of fishies. Does anyone have a line on any live leeches? I know it's late in the season but I'm hoping to get lucky. I've called dozens of bait shops with no luck. If you know of anyone in the Durham/York/GTA area, please let me know. Alternatively, if there's someone in the Peterborough area, I'll be fishing nearby in a couple of weeks.

Thanks

[CrowMan]

Difficult to find leeches after the end of September. Once the water temp is below 55f or so, they roll up into a little ball of snot and are not too active...not very enticing to fish. So not much demand for them, hence no one's selling them.

[Rizzo]

this makes sense. Havent used leeches in years but we used to have a cottage near Parry Sound and leeches were amazing for smallmouth. Didn't even need to get in the boat. Part of our shoreline was deep water, just drop a leech straight down off the dock and you would have a 2 to 4 lb smallie almost instantly