Trapping Leeches

Thought i would try catching some leeches in the pond out at my playground it worked out pretty good i must say.

[@brockstarrr]

Thanks for the video, and thanks for having my song “Seven Hills” playing in the background. Very much appreciated my friend. All the best. Brock.

[@tristinmclaughlin9369]

Thank you for the video i tried that method of trapping leeches and caught 200 leeches in one pie plate

[@giglefest]

So simple! But so effective

[@MartinHentges]

Awesome video 😊 I’ll have to give this a shot. Thanks for the video

[@garyduncan3491]

this is gonna save me 10.99 every 3 days this is amazing thank you

[@saskguyoutdoors6421]

Gary Duncan thx you don’t need to use so big of peace’s of liver i just was testing it out so used what I had

[@elcazador9963]

Are leeches prevalent in all waterways? I'm in Kenosha Wisconsin and curious.

[@infantesb]

Could you tell me why do you pick up leeches? Thank's

[@pierremenard5850]

And you collected your traps to late. Right before or during sunrise is the optimal time. Onve the light penetrates the water they go in the mud

[@ultranitro437]

Pierre Menard, dude still caught a ton of leeches so obviously it doesn't make that big of a difference.

[@beebob1279]

@@ultranitro437 I would say that the idea is to catch as much as possible so you don't have to use a lot of liver / meat. It's wasteful. Get as much as you can and then you can always let the ones you don't use go back for another day.

[@louiskoger1069]

Does all pond and creek's have leaches uselly?

[@saskguyoutdoors6421]

Where I live I believe pretty much best way to find out is throw a trap in I would guess some are better then others

[@TantoYTS]

I love leeches so this was extremely helpful thx a lot

[@keevenestes6140]

You could of used them as bates for mudbugs/crawdads

[@pikeevans8559]

The openings don't have to be very big...just a slit is big enough....they will find their way in.

[@ole7146]

What species of leeches is it?

[@saskguyoutdoors6421]

Ole sorry but I really have no idea on that

[@ole7146]

Sask Guy Outdoors, ok thanks. The reason why I ask is, that we have european catfish in a few waters (Denmark) and I have often thought of giving leeches a go, but the Brits, who have way more european catfish venues, says that horse-leeches (most common in Denmark) are no good as bait.

[@yanphuc]

@@ole7146 horse leeches are usually very soft compared to the ribbon leeches a.k.a. Nephelopsis obscura. The ribbon leech is very muscular and does not have physically defined perpendicular lines/ridges. If it does, it will usually be very faint and non existant on the belly. Ribbon leeches are smooth and about as hard as grapes. One good way to tell also if to put the leeches in a container without a lid and if they can climb their way out then it is either a horse leech or another related bloosucker. Bloodsuckers and horse leeches have two suckers that are the same size whereas a ribbon will have one big and one very small which is the mouth. Ribbon leeches are scavenger very similar to earthworms while horse leeches are predators.

[@btblou]

cut back oh the smokes Sask Guy

[@pierremenard5850]

You use way way wayyyyyyyy to much meat in your trap. A 2 by 2 square is plenty

[@pikeevans8559]

Yes, no more than a small hand full is plenty. This was enough for 10 traps

[@beebob1279]

I've been checking out the traps being used and all of the videos are showing huge chunks of liver. I thought that to be quite wasteful. With the price of liver you might as well just buy the leeches. I'm looking for a cheap way to get them.

[@ajaygurung5914]

Put it on 🔥🔥🔥 I hate it

[@calmmusic8840]

Ablaze bla bla

[@NaveedH333]

is there anything that human won't catch or hurt on this planet?

[@beebob1279]

Grow up and understand life. I get preservation and not over harvesting but people need to live. What do you do? Sit around waiting for people to take care of you?

[@jtpainting4614]

Dog: “holy hell, I’m getting my ass out of this water!”