Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre area fishing report for May 15th thru May 18th 2014

[Hutch]

Free fishing week end drew a lot of anglers to the Pierre area with boat traffic on Sharpe and the Cheyenne river area on Oahe catching a lot of angler pressure. For the most part most anglers brought in limits of fish but the pressure on well known spawning area's made sharing spots and fish common. I guided a real nice couple Ken Johnson and his wife from Rapid City to nice fish limits at West Bend on Sharpe. I then took repeat customers the Sam Thomas group for two days at the Bend on Sharpe and one day on the Cheyenne arm of Oahe. We got there possession limits of walleye to take home and a real nice fish meal as a bonus. We are catching the walleye on Sharpe in around 10 fow to 17 fow and on Oahe from 10 fow all the way out to 30 fow. Both place's minnows seem to be the bait but crawlers are starting to work and gulp/jigs still is a good choice. I then started my next trip with Brad Steede and his friend from KC on Oahe catching a nice limit of walleye and one big catfish using minnow/bouncer rigs.The boat traffic on Sunday was much less making fishing easier. I would describe the bite both place's as very good but if you are fishing in well know spots around a lot of other boats it can be harder. The walleye are starting to move away from the spawning area's so I am starting to look in area's that have bait/ warm stained water on their route's to summer haunts. Weather is still a big factor.

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