October 11th to 14th Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

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The weekend was absolutely picture perfect weather and the bite on both Oahe and Sharpe remains good to excellent for those fishermen that know the lakes and are good at fishing. Oahe smallmouth fishing is at a peak as these fish have come out of the shallow water and are all over in 10 fow to 25 fow. Minnows/gulp on either bouncer rigs or jig's and even trolling plugs all work for them. The walleye are there two and all the last trips I have made on Oahe we have come in with limits of both fishing with minnow/plain hook/bouncers staying in around 20 fow. Sharpe is still going good for walleye and nice ones but if they aren't running the right amount of current it can be a little harder to put the fish in the boat. Crawlers are still working but take minnows along as some days they are what the walleye prefer. Jig/minnow's or jig's/ gulp are starting to be the number one presentation on both lake's. My friend Jim Randash from Rapid City sent me the above picture of this 13lb 5 oz walleye he caught while fishing in Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan. Guess they had half a dozen over 10 lb fish but he felt it wasn't as good a trip as in years past catching 15 fish or more last year over 10lbs. Any way you stack it up it looks like Tobin is still a very good place to go if you are looking for big trophy walleye. It does sound like you need to bring some real warm clothes though as Jim said the weather was plenty cold and wet and they had to earn these fish.

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