Steamboat is a good location for both bass and pike. Look for the wild rice beds and other vegetation in shallow water. One thing that is present throughout Leech Lake is that the bass stay in shallow weedy areas all year.

Sucker Bay is a very good area to find both species. Again look for the weeds. The best area is Boy Bay behind Bear Island. Same structure will hold fish. Also the upper most part of Portage Bay has a good population of bass.

Most of the areas also hold pike but the big pike head to cooler water soon after spawning. They suspend and feast on Cisco's.