Fishing Report Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre area for Aug 27th thru Sept 2nd 2014

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I guided one of my favorite bunch of guys from around Belleville Kansas for three days getting them possession limits of walleye to take home. Steve and Doug Sederlin along with their friend Gary Simmons have been coming up for a lot of years and once again we had some great times. We fished both on Sharpe and Oahe catching the bigger fish on Oahe. The bite down at West Bend is going to be much harder to put limits in the boat now that the 15 inch limit is in effect. I then guided Dick Schutes and his friend Glenn from Iowa for one day staying on the river around Pierre and this was a big mistake as from the Bad river on down was real muddy from recent rains and the bite up to the dam was not good. I think until water clarity clears up and more of the fall fish start to arrive it is better to stay on Oahe. I then spent three days with Bill Lyons and his daughter Mary and his son fishing Sharpe at Big Bend day one and keeping some small fish for eating. The bite was lots of fish in 5 fow on night crawlers . The next two days we spent fishing on Lake Oahe getting their limit each day and also plenty to eat while they were here. The fish we caught were an easy 16 to 17 inch avg. and were all like the walleyes of old on the lake. Big around and full of fat. For anyone worrying about a shortage of bait and size of the fish in the lake take a look at the pictures of these fish. We caught all of these fish in around 25 fow to 35 fow on both night crawler/ Bouncer rigs or Minnow/ bouncer rigs however many presentations including lead core line are working . Creek chubs are also a great bait but a little expensive and I have found over the years that two big minnows on a hook are almost as good. I think the fall bite on the lake is going to be good especially for experienced anglers that know the lake. It seems like there is more bait from the Cheyenne river to Mobridge and if you are coming fishing concentrating your efforts from Little Bend to the 212 bridge in the Pierre area is better because of the bait fish abundance.

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