June 14 and 15 - Good Fishing Continues

The fish continue to bite in the Cheyenne River arm. Sansarc had lots of fish but many are smaller. Joe's Creek was good for better size. Biting on crawlers, leeches and minnows. This is Jason Grof and his friend.

June 12, 2011 Report

The Cheyenne River arm is hot. Nearly all fishing there were doing well over the weekend. All sizes of walleyes were in the creels. The Sansarc area was probably the easiest bite, but reports were good from about every bay in the arm. Shallow water was the key, from 10 feet to the shoreline.

I fished with the Larry Marchant family from Rapid City, shown in the first photo. Drew, the youngest of the group caught the most fish. Besides catching our limit of walleye, we caught many pike, catfish, white bass and a few smallies.

I am posting some other photos from the weekend also.

By the way, lake access is normal as is boating on Lake Oahe.

June 9

Quick note on improved fishing around Cheyenne River. Took the Larry Merchant family of Rapid and Huron out and caught our limit ranging from 15 to 22 inches, plus good numbers of small pike and few of everything else. Shallow water on minnows or leeches or crawlers or pitched crankbaits. More later. Getting on the lake is easy at Little Bend.

Memorial Weekend Report, May 30

I fished with Doug & Amy Lindhorst and Kris Beckler from Nebraska for two days. Day one was 20 mph winds which limited our options. We mostly fished in the back of Rousseau Bay in the Cheyenne River catching northern pike and white bass. Day two brought less wind early but overcast and some rain. We went back further in the Cheyenne but found it to contain dirtier water than I like. Ended up catching a couple of walleye, pike again and bass around Joe's creek. Amy caught this 28 inch walleye on a crankbait and a 19-20 inch white bass that she was proud of.

Chuch Keuck of North Sioux City was fishing around the mouth of the Cheyenne and pulled up a surprising catch with his walleye jig. This picture shows his 36 inch, 10 pound Burbot, just a couple of pounds off of a state record. I bet that was a scary moment when it first came into view.

Ramps are open on Lake Oahe

We heard rumors that fishermen couldn't launch boats on Lake Oahe due to high water. This is NOT the case. The ramps are constructed to accomodate high water conditions.

The high water does create some challenges for fishermen in that the water is slow to warm and generally cloudly. The Cheyenne is where we have been getting our fish still and it will be running pretty hard for a while. Still some good fishing in the lower third of the Cheyenne. Peak for this part of the Lake will again be later than usual.

Cabin Opening for 2011 Trucker's Tournament

A late cancelation has created a rare room opening for this years tournament. Give us a call if you need a place.

Early May, 2011 Report

We slipped up into the Cheyenne River yesterday. The weather was perfect. We caught three nice walleye, 25", 27" and 28", two smaller pike, lost a big pike and one white bass. We were using a jig/minnow in the Fish Gut area at about 15 feet. Here is a picture of the biggest walleye.

The water level is very high again this year. The eroding shale banks continue to mound up on the boat ramp, requiring regular removal, but we are keeping it open.