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By: uplandsandpiper
Posted: 1/22/2019
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/18/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the morning ice fishing Leader Lake. Ice was 7" thick.
Right away I found three Crappie but after that Perch and Bluegill dominated the catch. I probably caught 30+ Bluegill but turned all t...
Posted: 1/15/2018
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/14/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Couldn’t talk the wife and kids into driving past Leader lake to go over the pass to Patterson lake in the Methow for some Kokanee ice fishing action. (Shout out to upland sand piper on his video and ...
Posted: 1/7/2018
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Today would of really been more of a 3 star day but my ice auger that I set up attached to a 18v Makita drill worked like a boss! Forget the old days of getting all tired. Now I just punch holes. G...
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to pull the trigger on a full set of 4 buck bags personal pontoon boats to add to our fleet. These will come in very handy in the future. So we had to try them out. Leader lake is 7 miles...
By: coolhand
Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
When our chores were done on Sunday my oldest son talked me into a quick Bluegill trip to Green Lake for the possibility of a fish taco supper. He was armed with a dozen new jigs purchased with his al...
By: northfork
Posted: 9/10/2016
Species: Crappie
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/10/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Was on the water before the sun made it's appearance.
Launched at a rough launch so I wouldn't block the main ramp as I assembled the boat. It was the West end where you first come into the lake.
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By: northfork
Posted: 9/9/2016
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/9/2016
Hot Spots: 3
What an awesome day of fishing!!
I have never caught a Bluegill or Crappie in my life. Was raised a trout and salmon guy.
On the lake at 0730. A spectacular sunrise with no wind.
I couldn't locate ...
By: northfork
Posted: 9/8/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the lake just after sunrise.
The wind was already blowing 15 mph.
As I am not into wind surfing I decided to pass on inflating the raft.
Headed down to Rufus Woods for a look. The Game Warde...
By: Thatguy
Posted: 4/15/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/11/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Went back to Leader for the second year in a row. Neither year has there been very good fishing. I believe it is due to the irrigation draw downs that not a whole lot of fish make it through summer. T...
By: timber bliss
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/19/2013
Hot Spots: 3
i wasn't going to report on this fished out lake, but i wanted to share pic's and story of a couple that camped next to us. as in me and my fishing buddy. first of i have truck and 17ft glasply, my bu...
By: mwdehaan
Posted: 8/30/2011
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Okay I'm giving this report because I've got a lot to say about the three times I've fished there in the last month and a half. Great lake. Lots of fun and from what I've seen and lures I've used I'...
By: lesborntofish
Posted: 5/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Great day at Leader Lake. Caught limits each day we were there. Trolled wedding rings tipped with worm. Bluegills and crappie weren't biting yet but the trout were and they were fat and nice. Take a l...
By: Malottguy
Posted: 5/10/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Was another great day, We used ever color of powerbait we had and everyone would have limited out but we kept missing them. I lost one about 20 inches right next to shore. Weather was great in mid to ...
By: christopherbeebe
Posted: 6/25/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/23/2008
Hot Spots: 0
day 2 of my camping trip targeted rainbow trout again another good day on the water i was using chartreuse power bait on about 3 ft of leader and on the first cast in 3 minutes wham!! missed fish... n...
By: christopherbeebe
Posted: 6/25/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2008
Hot Spots: 0
well well well I'm sold on the whole drop shot method for bass.. went out to leader lake in okanogan county on Sunday for some camping and fishing. had a great time, got to the lake about 12, set up ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/1/2006
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/31/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fun Time on Leader, first time for me. Had a bunch of strikes from small mouth bass most very small. Did catch one about 11 inches. Nice Fighter!! I think this should be a good lake but I could only f...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/26/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 8/6/2005
Hot Spots: 0
We decided to try out leader with our new boat and we had a great time. We caught two nice crappie and I caught a 1lbs. bluegill.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
got there at around 6 or 7 pm and started fishing of the left side of the lake. caught 7 bluegills, a crappie and 2 largemouths, only kept a largemouth and 2 bluegills.
next day we woke up and caught...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/16/2005
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/16/2005
Hot Spots: 0
If you love to bass fish this is the lake to go to. It has a nice boat launch and even a camp ground. It was a thriving trout lake but some idiots planted bass in it. But, oh well. good fishing, b...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/1/2005
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
We fished the morning and evening bite today off the shore, right below the main dock. AM - My brother caught 3 12-14" rainbows within 15 minutes and I caught a good size Crappie with a lure about 6'...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2005
Species:
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/14/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Hey all you bass fisherman. This trout lake has a good Bass population now. Population probably started by illegal planting but it sounds like the bass are thriving. Some up to five pounds have been c...