Fishing Report Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre SD area for Sept 18th and 19th 2014

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I guided Lucas Ahrens and his friend James Mcgowen from Beaver Crossing and Valipraso, Nebraska for one day of walleye fishing and one day of smallmouth bass fishing. We got limits of both each day with real nice walleye day one along with a big northern and limits of bass to almost 5 lbs. with several over 18 inches and one almost 20 incher. We fished Oahe both days in water depths around 20 feet for both species and caught most of the walleye on night crawler/bouncer rigs and the bass on minnow/bouncer rigs. The walleye were and easy 17 inch avg and so were the bass with all of these fish fat, healthy and showing signs of plenty of food to eat. I am also marking huge schools of small bait fish now even down on the lower end of the lake north of cow creek and up to the bend so barring any unusual happing the lake should be healthier in the future. Most good fishermen that are fishing in the right area's are doing limits on Oahe but due to fishing pressure in some areas it can be challenging. Lake Sharpe is an on again off again fishery so far this fall with nice fish one day and hard hunting the next day. A lot of fishermen over look the smallmouth fishery but from the smiles on the faces of the recent customers I have taken bass fishing, that might not be the best fish to overlook. There are real good numbers of 17 inch to 19 even 20 inch fish available and they are some of the best fighters in the lake. They are also very good eating especially if cooked either fresh or not kept in the freezer to long. The key to finding them is easier as just get around underwater trees anywhere and usually this time of year there will be some around. Hunt for the areas holding the most bait fish to find the walleye.

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