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Lake Oahe Fishing Reports
Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
By:
vogelcheese
on 03/17/2010 6:52 PM
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Thanks alot for all of the info. Really helpful stuff. Might get out on sunday but not sure. Will post report if I do.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | |
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In response to you comments and questions from my latest report...I am a little hesitant to say that the shorelines are safe because they change so rapidly. As of yesterday the conditions had improved some on the shorelines, but we are still driving our four wheelers through 16 to 18 inches of water off of the north ramp at Swan Creek. There is probably 35 feet of water before we climb on the ice, but so far we havn't had any issues. The travel on the ice with the quads has improved everyday. Last week was almost like boating, but now most of the water has seeped through and made things much more enjoyable. There are still some slush pockets but they are pretty easy to see now since I have been stuck in almost all of them. Yesterday, the bite was off in the morning, we only had one good keeper and a bunch of little ones. That doesn't mean much we probably missed an afternoon or evening run. Seems like lately we only get one or the other. Hope this helps, be safe.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | |
Oahe Wings: Is it difficult to get on the ice now and were you able to drive 4 wheelers on or not? If so, how sloppy are the shorelines getting? I assume one can get out to swan creek with no problem at all as the roads are all paved, but Im wondering how travel gets after that. I would guess that the gravel roads out to Bowdle Beach and Lebeau are not passable. Let me know if you get a chance sometime this week. Like Kaptain said, thanks for the reports. This information was helpful!
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Monday, March 15, 2010 | |
Oahe wings and walleyes, Thanks for the report. I found myself in the garage all weekend putting in axle bearings and seals and brakes in my truck so I didnt get on the ice at all. I do appreciate the report though. Thanks!
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Monday, March 15, 2010 | |
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Saturday had us back out of Swan Creek, fishing was very active. More walleyes were caught this week. However, the majority consisted of small mouth bass, catfish, and small perch. The fish on Saturday were found in 35 to 45 fow. We did put out set lines, but had no success with them...the fish came all on jigs. We ended up with 9 good keepers fishing from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. One of the small mouths that we caught was pushing 5 lbs. Sunday found us in the same area north of Swan Creek. The fishing was slow. We worked really hard for the 9 walleyes that were kept. I think that we would have done better if we would have moved into shallower water earlier in the day. Seven of the nine keepers were nicer fish and we found those in 14 to 18 fow. Again, all came on jigs. 3/8 oz silver jigmaster was by far the best. On Sunday, we did not catch a single small mouth after catching at least 10 the day before. We fished from noon to dark on Sunday and the best bite came right before dark in the shallow water. This morning, Monday, we were on the ice by 8 am and the fishing was good right away in the shallow waters again. We missed a couple and caught two nice keepers and then the bite died shortly thereafter. We worked until noon and keeping only two more nicer fish from the deep water (35 to 45 fow). Ice conditions are decent, however the shore line has approximately 18 inches of water and is getting deeper each day. I will try to get out over the next few days, but with the predicted warmer temps, we will see how the week progresses. If you do venture out , please be careful. |
Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Monday, March 15, 2010 | |
Was anybody on the ice this past weekend?
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Friday, March 12, 2010 | |
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Friday, March 12, 2010 | |
Im sure the water will be muddy by Mobridge again. Snow and rain will be running into the Grand river all spring. That doesn't mean that fishing won't be good though, they just wont be jumping in the boat is all. We fished Mobridge in a tournmant at the beginning of last May when everyone was fishing at Pollock and we still were able to limit out with slot fish and take 6th place. We also fished near Walth bay for a tournament the next weekend and took 7th while all others ran to Pollock for their fish. Fishing was definetaly slower by Mobridge and Akaska, but good fish could still be caught if you worked hard and put in the time. We fished loud, rattling crankbaits. I think that helped attract fish through the dirty water.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, March 11, 2010 | |
I think as long as the water is clear this year the fishing around Mobridge should be great!
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | |
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Does anybody think the walleyes will move back down towards the mobridge and akaska area. i sure hope so fishing last year sucked.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | |
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Does anybody think the walleyes will move back down towards the mobridge and akaska area. i sure hope so fishing last year sucked.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Saturday, March 6, 2010 | |
Fished by the singing bridge at Mobridge today (March 5th). Fishing was extremely slow and required alot of hard work. We caught 6 small walleye and 12 small perch, all of which were too little to keep. It was difficult to get around on the ice as there was still large amounts of wet snow and slush. Because of conditions, we left our 4 wheeler at home and slid our equipment quarter to half of a mile through the snow. Later in the day, we witnessed another angler get stuck several times with his ATV before finally giving up. We fished everywhere from 15 fow to 50 fow and marked fish in every depth between 30 -50ft. I believe that almost all of the fish we graphed were perch and very small walleyes because many times we would show 3 to 4 small marks on the Vexilar at once. Overall it was a tough day of fishing and alot of physical work for minimal results. I might try again in two or three weeks in hope of an ice out bite. Will probably try Swan Creek next time.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Friday, March 5, 2010 | |
Thank you all for the updates.......very helpful information about locations and depths. Might try to get out this weekend to Mobridge or Akaska if the weather holds. Will post report, good or bad.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, March 4, 2010 | |
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Well, I made it back to the Pollock area on Monday to get my kids on the ice. Both kids were able to catch a couple of fish, but the bite had slowed considerably since Saturday. They still had a ball and were able to enjoy a great meal later at the West Pollock resort. Bob and the staff were excellent with Samantha (4) and Beau (3). They are still talking about the pizza and ice cream. The fish that did bite that day came in 45 plus fow. We were unable to move to much, but we just didn't mark the fish we had found on Saturday. On Tuesday, I went out of Swan Creek for the fifth time this winter.. I was really hoping to break the streak that I had set of being skunked everytime. And that we did, but they were not all the targeted species. Actually, very few of them were, but the action was better than I expected. We started the day with 3 huge white bass, then a 16 in sauger, more white bass, and then an 18 in smallmouth. Not your typical day ice fishing on Oahe, but the action was appreciated. We caught a couple more white bass and then a couple of catfish before we headed in at noon. We came back out at 3 o'clock and fished till dark....several more whitebass and catfish kept my kids busy all afternoon and right at dark we did catch one more 18 in sauger. We went out the last two mornings and had mixed bags again, but each day only one or two walleyes/saugers were caught. Most of these fish were caught jigging in 35 - 40 fow. We did not try set lines, but I believe that it would have worked. I am just enjoying fishing fifteen minutes from home no matter what kind they are. It is really hard getting used to not seeing another fishermen, track, old ice holes or any other sign of life in an area that normally gets a lot of traffic. Hopefully this is a good sign that the bite is moving down river a little, but i'm not sold quite yet. If I had to catch walleyes, I would still head to the West Pollock area.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, March 4, 2010 | |
Were heading up to whitlocks this weekend, anybody know how the ice conditions are? Can we get around with the 4wheeler or do we need the snowmobile? Does anybody have any info about the bay area?? thanx for the info |
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