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Lake Oahe, South Dakota Fishing Reports
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, September 2, 2010
By:
Fishing Hutch
on 09/02/2010 10:35 AM
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Guided Mick Hoffman and his lovely wife from Nebraska to a limit of Oahe walleyes but wind was 30 mph plus so catching limits was about all we could do. Bite was in around 25 to 30 feet on bouncer/crawler rigs and just drifting across points that the wind would allow us to. Salmon fishing drawing more interest as several bigger fish in the 20lb,or bigger range being caught. Bite still not a lot of numbers for salmon but bigger fish with possibility of new state record generating more traffic for them. Corps running a lot of water out and lake dropping daily so walleyes getting deeper and relating to humps with current. Some boats are doing well trolling plugs. Very little boat traffic around but expect more over labor day weekend.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, September 2, 2010 | |
Sd husker, about 2 weeks ago I was fishing Ohae and some of the walleyes and alot of the smallmouths were puking up 3-4 inch perch. So I went to a firetiger spinner and did pretty well, and also dug through my takle box and used a worton's spin glow firetiger looking like perch color. I also believe where you find the smallmouth, bigger ones that is, you will also find decent walleyes. unusally shallow this year, in my opinion. I can't wait for oct - nov this year, I think it's going to be a good one!!
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | |
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I have seen some earlier this summer, not lately though. Most fish we have caught this summer have had relatively empty stomachs but nice and fat walleye. Talked to a guy at the "cleaning station" Sunday and he said he had some shad in his livewell. I think its the shad that are keeping them shallow, JMO. Im sure there are deep fish also following the smelt, but I think the shallower fish are easier to catch. no pun intended.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | |
Has anyone been finding small perch in the eyes they have been cleaning? I should have paid closer attention last weekend when I was out there and cleaned a mess of fish, but I don't think we saw any. I can't recall a year when I've caught so many 6" perch. It seems strange to me that so many walleyes are still in relatively shallow water in late August. I've heard theories about the water staying cooler than normal because of all the runoff, but I also wonder if the presence of the perch as a food source is what has kept the fish in the 15-25' range so late into the summer.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | |
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Fished on Saturday and Sunday out of Walth and then out of Mobridge. Did well both days. It is important to move around till you find active fish. Used jigs tipped with worms.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Monday, August 30, 2010 | |
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Fished Sunday the 29th out of Akaska and fishing was really good. Started at 7:30 and had a 3 man limit by 9:00. Most fish were in the 16-19 inch range. Also had one over that was 22 in and lost a few other nice ones by the boat. Fished slow death in 12-20fow. My dad fished the day before and had a pretty good day as well. Started fishing at 9:00 and had a 2 person limit by 12:00. All fish were 16-19inches and were caught in 19-22fow on slow death.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Saturday, August 28, 2010 | |
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Let's try this again...Sdhusker, myself and a buddy went out on Saturday. Put in at Walth Bay and went south. Fishing was fairly slow, but ended up with 10 nice big fat walleyes, averaging about 18-19 inches, as well as a 17 inch smallie. When the wind went calm, the fish were much harder to come by. Spinners, Slow Death and even one on a crank were good in 14-25 fow. I think the fishing will pick up when the weather stabilizes a bit this week.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Sunday, August 29, 2010 | |
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, August 26, 2010 | |
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Wrll Aug. is about over and wow!! what an August it has been ,the fishing is great ! size and numbers are the best I have seen in year's !! the last three week's we have fished from Mobridge to Akaska and there are fish everywhere!! crawler's are still the best for me. 12-24 fow. the smallmouth bass are also biting great and the size is phenomonal!! biggest of the year for my client;s so far is 19.5 in. 4.2 lbs. if this is any indication on what the fall and winter is we are going to have a fun season ahead !!
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Thursday, August 26, 2010 | |
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Fished Wayne Henderson Group from around Lodgepole to a real nice batch of big walleye's (all over's to 24 inches) and a limit of smallmouth bass. Had nice weather and a great day. Caught most of these fish right around submerged trees in about 20 feet of water fishing Spring Creek/Cow Creek area. The bite from the dam to the Cheyenne river is a little harder because a big amount of all species are living in the trees and are harder to get at. The size is very good though so it is worth it if bigger overall size is what you want. Cheyenne to 212 bridge still very good and probably a little better for numbers of fish. Bouncer/crawlers still guide preference but you can catch them pulling plugs in 15 to 35 feet of water also. August is going to be one of the best we have had for a long time. September might very good also especially on lower end of lake if fish start to move out of trees.
Good Fishing Hutch www.fishinghutch.com |
Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | |
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Hey everybody, sorry I havn't posted a report for awhile, still recovering from the SD Walleye Classic. What an awesome week with great events, great people and an incredible bite that only Lake Oahe could produce. The bite that week was as good as anyone could of ask for and it seems to be still going strong. The numbers havn't been there for me, but the size is the best I have seen in years. The last two days I was able to get limits, but the number of overs we went through today was a treat to say the least. We caught a total of 19 walleyes today with 10 of them being over 20 inches, most of them were over 22 inches. We had 2 fish over 25 inches. The last two days I have been pulling cranks, mostly because of the gusty NW winds. We have been using planner boards with Husky Jerks, 600 series reef runners and Lindy Shadlings. We caught most of our fish yesterday on lead core, but today they seemed to favor the boards up high in the water column. (If its white, it right) seems to still be a good game plan, but other colors like perch and gold did see some action. One of the boats that fished with us today did catch a big salmon, which was a great thing to see. Hopefully this is sign of things to come.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Monday, August 23, 2010 | |
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Fishing over the weekend was very good for some and spotty for others. Some big fish catches reported around Spring Creek area mostly on bottom bouncer/night crawlers. Pulling plugs can be good in 20 to 30 foot range around lake Oahe. West Bend area getting a little tougher but those who know the bend still catching all they want . Depth there getting around 20 to 30 feet most of the time.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Saturday, August 21, 2010 | |
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Late July thru August fishing on Oahe has been excellent. Been out 6 or 7 times in the past 4 weeks and limits of nice fish (17-22 inch) have been pretty easy to come by. 2-3 overs per day as well with several fish in the 22-26inch range thu those 4 weeks. Most days also produce a ton of throw back fish in the 12-15 inch class. Slow death has been the most effective for us but several other anglers I spoke with are having luck on spinners or crankbaits. Shad style crankbaits were the standout presentation in the Akaska Walleye Classic. Anywhere from 15-30ft has been good with an occasional nice fish coming from shallower (10ft) or deeper (35ft) water. Much different from last year when the Mobridge-Akaska area was dubbed "The Dead Sea." I hope the bite continues to hold on like this into early September.
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | |
Questions. First what is a rap DDT 15? Not sure if that is a shap rap or a rapala. Also, when guys say they use slow death hooks with spinners, does that mean they have a spinner above the slow death hook or do they use a line with just a slow death hook and a line with a spinner. I did not know you could add a spinner in frint oif the slow death hook. One last question. I am not a big walleye fisherman yet becasue I jsut moved out to SD. But, with bottome bouncers above the dam on the main river, is 3/4 punce heavy enough for 20 foot of water ir do I need a 1 1/2 oz becasue of a current. I could feel the heavier bouncer better but did not know if this spooked the fish. Should I have the lighter bouncer further back to keep it down? Thanks guys! I hope to try some of these tacticts net year. Guys have any luck with gulp fake worms compared to real nightcrawlers?
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Lake Oahe, Missouri River - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | |
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Fished brothers Mike Ed and Nolan from Nebraska and Wyoming for the last two days. Went on Oahe on day one and got all of there over's on walleye and some smallmouth bass and northern pike pulling plugs over trees on some of the big flats. Went down to the bend on day two and got 16 fish limit of nice fish so they had a nice amount of fish for their annual reunion fish fry. Fishing on both places going great however we stayed on lower end of lake day one looking for big fish which we got but struggled for numbers. Better for numbers at west bend or Cheyenne North. Live bait working but trolling plugs also very good presentation Lead core or shallow plugs with wind both work.
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