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.