Fall Fishing Picking Up

This week fishermen are having more success with walleyes. Yesterday, 3 of the 4 boats that launched here returned with their limit. Fish size has not been great, primarily 16 and 17 inchers, with a few fish 20+. Good smallie action at the same time. I was told that the GF&P has started scenting the salmon ladder at Whitlocks this week.

Not Much Change

This past weekend, fishing remained spotty. A few boats did pretty well in the Little Bend area, while others caught just a few fish. Size has been decent with a few over 21 inches, but the big fall bruisers haven't shown up yet. Depth varies all over the board, some catching in 15 feet, some in 50 feet. We need more boats on the water to get a really good indication of the fishing mood.

The walleye bite is starting to pick up again following a slow couple of weeks. The water is clearing up and the walleyes are moving back to shallower water. It's still not easy for a boat of 3 to get their limit, but the quantity and quality are improving. The Cheyenne River arm seems to be the hottest spot right now.

Governor's Cup Results 2008

2008 Governor's Cup Fishing Tournament - First Day

(Top 5) Official weights

1. Novotny 20.63
2. Diegel 20.09
3. Girard 19.60
4. Walter/Nincehelger 19.58
5. Pike Haven - Dusty & Alex Miller 18.07

Big Fish 6.92

Governor's Cup

Saturdays Governor's Cup proved to be plentiful. We were the last boat to launch and the first one off the water at noon.

We used crank baits and caught 8 beauties. Weighing our 7 fish, the total was 18.5. Tomorrow morning we will add the leading weight for the day.

Mouth of Cheyenne

The mouth of the Cheyenne is really hot. Lots of numbers with some quality fish. South of Mail Shack to Combine Point there are less fish but better quality. Fish are still fairly shallow (12-16') but some are starting to catch at 20-30'. Water temperature is at 69 degrees.
Question??? Call Dusty at 605-264-5465.

PORK CENTRAL

Here is a photo from Monday June 16th, of a group of guys I guided for.

Nice fish guys

Here is a photo of Don Walton and his winning fish from the truckers tourn, held here over the weekend.

CONGRATS DON W.

The Fishing's Hot!

The Trucker's Tournament was held from Thursday, June 19th through Saturday, June 21st. The winner, Don Walton, landed a walleye weighing 6 lbs 8 oz. Numerous 5lb+ walleyes were caught. The tournament is held every year at Pike Haven.

The migratory fish are moving down the river and are between Charlie and Mission. Increased number of small fish are being caught with larger fish mixed in.

South of Agency still slow, but the fish caught are considerably bigger.

THE FISH ARE REALLY STARTING HERE

If you like to pull plugs now is a great time for that around here. keep the boat in 18 - 25 feet of water with plugs that dive to 15 feet.
If not into pluging the best info I can give u for here is dont be afraid to move around fish a point for no more than 30 mins if nothing find a different one. People are catching them on minnows and worms on a lindy rig or bottom bouncer. anywhere from 15 to 25 feet of water. Some people are catching a lot of fish while others are really struggling.
The fishing north of here is still really good as well even better than down here. But the reports are the fish are a little smaller and the fishing pressure is really high. Some people are catching a lot of fish while others are really struggling. Hope this helps any other questions give me a call 1-605-264-5465

Today was the first real good day for fishing on Oahe in sometime. We had three boats go out today. Two of the three didn't do so well only getting one nice walleye to the boat only to be knocked off by the net. I also went out today, got on the water about 10:00 am and fished until 5:00 pm. Caught nine walleyes, 8 of which were over 20 inches the biggest being just a shy under 26. My only under fish was 19 &7/8. Also caught 8 small mouth bass all around the 17 inch mark but very fat. Will post a photo of the largest fish later tonight or tomorrow. Have to find the usb cord first lol.

I think the fishing will only get better as time goes. The females are just starting to eat again after the spawn and the males are full of smelt, from the smelt run.

Any questions please reply or give me a call @ 1-605-264-5465

Dustin

FLW Tourn. Results for Lake Sharpe

Here is the link for the results of the Tourn. that went on last week down in Pierre. Looks like there were some nice fish caught over the four days.
http://walleyetour.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?cid=5&t=results


Good luck fishing everyone. Any questions Give me a call @ 1-605-264-5465

Lake Oahe on May 9 and 11

The weather has made fishing challenging. We had two decent days sandwiched around wind, some rain and cooler temps. Surface water temperature has been running 48 to 50 degrees. The few fisherman out in this area are catching a lot of smallies and a few walleye. Each are nice sized, 17-18 inch smallies, 20+ inch walleye. Fish are being caught in shallow water, most in the back of bays, where weeds are coming up.

Pierre and surrounding areas

Over the past couple weeks have made it out on the water a couple of times. Below the dam the fishing is still great. You have to pick through the little ones but should have no problem bring in a limit of 16- 18 inch fish, with an occasional fish over 20. Just on Monday saw a walleye that was 33.5 inches long caught pulling plugs.

Southern Lake Oahe is slow but the fish caught are very nice. i went out on Wednesday of this week and pulled plugs around little bend for a couple of hours and caught two smallies that were 17+ and two northern that were between 6 and 8 pounds. Mobridge is starting to pick up, but people are having a hard time catching fish under 20 inches

The Salmon bite is starting to pick up as well. Most people are fishing for them around the intakes but you can find them most places on the lake.

The PWT is here this week fishing below the dam will post the final weights on Monday May 12th.
Any questions about the fishing give me a call @ 1-605-264-5465

Lake Sharpe Outing

Fished Lake Sharpe on Sunday, April 13th. Caught 4 nice walleye in 8 to 10 foot with jig and a minnow. We fished about 3 hours around Farm Island. Dusty

I tried northern fishing with dead smelt on Sunday (3/30) afternoon in the Little Bend area and caught nothing. It was not an ideal day with lots of clouds and cool temps. I am going to be busy and won't get to try it again for a week or so.

The lake was about 50% ice covered. Where the ice is depends on the wind. It should be gone in a few days. - Dusty

Ice Out Progress

The ice is retreating along the shorelines in the Little Bend area. Down by the big dam, there is quite a bit of open water, with some boats launching. I plan to try some shoreline northern fishing this weekend and post a report Monday. Dusty

Update: Lakes Oahe & Sharpe

Hope you had a great Easter. It looks like another week of cool weather coming up. Lake Oahe is still frozen except for a ribbon of open water along the shoreline. The ribbon is no more than 20 feet wide. The ice is looking pretty dark. There has been a slightly larger open area in Engineer's Bay down by the dam. I saw a vehicle by the water there, but am not sure if they were fishing.

I did get out on Lake Sharpe this weekend with a friend. We put in down stream from Pierre and fished around trees between Antelope Creek and Stoney Point. We caught about 40 walleyes over about 3 hours of fishing. A few smaller ones, but most were in the upper teens. We caught them on jigs tipped with a minnow in about 8 feet of water.

Check back, I'll keep you posted. - Dusty

Lake Update

Lake Oahe is still ice covered here, but with warm weather we should be catching norherns like these.

Some of Last Year's Catches

Big Walleyes were being caught all summer. This one was no different.