July 19th to 22nd Lakes Oahe/Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

[Hutch]

It is getting tougher to come up with consistent limits of over 20 inch fish on Oahe but the numbers for limits of 15 to 17 inch fish are still there. I guided the Eric Wilson group from KC area, then the Dave Lazenby group and then Leonard and Jane Tenrus family from Omaha to possession limits of walleye, some northern and some smallmouth. We caught plenty of fish on all these trips but it was harder to come by the bigger fish however we did have some over's. We caught most of these fish in around 25 to 30 fow pulling spinner crawler rigs and either Berkeley gulp worms or night crawlers. The weather has been nice but very hot with temps over 100 degrees daily encouraging early come in times to beat the heat. Lake Sharpe is putting out limits due to the fact there is no minimum size limit until September and Salmon fishing continues to be poor. Congratulations to both John Campbell and his former partner Ted for winning back to back tournaments on Oahe. These two go way back on the tournament trail and earned the wins. I think they found a tree full of big ones and they sure know how to catch them.

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