How To Tie A Crawler Harness

[Martin]

This may be of little interest to many, but I know at least a few guys have been asking about crawler harness's. You can buy them in some tackle stores but you can tie your own and save some bucks, plus, catching a walleye on a rig you tied yourself is pretty neat. A few years ago, our old friend Powerdive sent me this article on a website. It is really easy to follow and Lord knows, if I can do it, anybody can. lol. I usually tie two hook rigs for crawlers and one hook rigs for minnows or leeches, although I think leeches are going to be a thing of the past soon, if not already.

So, click the link if yall are interested.

http://www.walleyesinc.com/walleyeinc3/howtotie.html

Good luck !

[powerdive]

Tying harnesses is fun. You can be really creative. A quick tip: Don't worry if you can't seem to get the hooks to line up. That takes practice (and I still have trouble with it myself). It really doesn't matter. Two hooks facing opposite directions will stick a fish just as well as two perfectly aligned hooks. The only thing that matters is hanging the crawler so it slides through the water naturally, and even that is only an occasional factor. Have fun!

[rps]

I am ignorant. Why do you think leeches will become a thing of the past?

[Martin]

There has been alot of information about importing leeches from other states, alot of it was mis-information. As far as I can tell. it is illegal to buy leeches and take them or ship them into Arkansas. Not sure about Missouri, and to tell you the truth, I don't want to post up some info that is wrong. It has to do with the hemmoragic (spelling?) fish disease they have had problems with in the more northern states. I'm pretty sure none of the bait shops around Bull Shoals or Norfork can legally get them. Maybe Powerdive or some of the other walleye nuts will chime in here. At this time, they may still be available and / or legal in Missouri, but again, I haven't done any homework recently to back that up. I caught a few eyes at BS with leeches and a couple at Norfork, but that was a few years ago, before the ban. Sorry if it seems I'm beating around the bush rps, but you asked a question I cannot answer totally with confidence. lol.

Powerdive, help !

[denjac]

This company says they ship to missouri,

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[rps]

Thanks for the answers. I have read they are good walleye bait, but I've never seen them available around here. Oddly, I just bought a jug of Gulp leeches to try. If they work, I will sing out.

[powerdive]

Sorry, I dunno any more about it than anyone else. Leeches are restricted somehow in AR, still okay to use in MO, and the trend is to avoid the use of non-native species in general. Nightcrawlers excepted, of course. That's about all I can figure.

[Quillback]

I have some Gulp leeches - they look good, I just need to try them out.

[rangerman]

Leeches are a phenominal bait, I haven't used them on BS but on TR, everything loves them. A good lively leech will continue to undulate as you stop boat movement so when fish following see this, they usually can't resist and grab it. I don't go to South Dakota without them.