August 22 to 25 Lakes Oahe/Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

[Hutch]

Fishing is still about the same on Oahe with a lot of the over 20 inch fish being caught down as deep as 50 fow or even more. There are still numbers coming in with plenty of big fish but the avg size of the under 20 inch fish has diminished some to maybe keeping fish around 15 to 16 inch's the norm on Oahe. All ways are still catching the fish but my way has been to stick with spinner/crawler or plain hook/crawler/bouncer rigs. I guided the Jeff Hupka group from NE. to their limits on Oahe then started out guiding the Sederlin group from down Kansas way to their limits of nice fish on Sharpe. We caught a lot of fish and kept a nice 17 inch avg. pulling spinner/crawler rigs in 10 fow or less. The bite on Sharpe is in full swing for those that know the river and most boats are coming in with limits on both Sharpe and on Oahe in the Pierre area so you can take you pick of fishery's. On both lakes if you haven't fished for a while it is a very good idea to keep your eye's on your depth finders as lower water levels daily on Oahe and lots of new sand bars on Sharpe can cause problems if you get a little careless. Fishing has been very good along with great weather the last week.

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