April 5th Fishing Report

[Hutch]

The weather all winter has been record setting with above average temperatures the norm .27 days above normal in March There have been more boats on both Lake Sharpe and Lake Oahe then I can remember and most fishermen are catching limits. I fished up on the Cheyenne (Oahe) two days last week and both days produced limits plus. The nice part of these trips were the amount of big fish that we caught and released. On Wed. four fish over 24 inches with one over 29" We kept limits of avg size walleye around 17 inches for supper. Caught all of these fish pitching Berkeley Porgy's shallow but saw fish being caught all the way out to 35 feet deep on bottom. bouncer/minnow presentations. We also caught around 10 northern a day but none over 15 lbs I heard about someone weighing in a 28 lb northern Thursday so plenty of these bigger ones around. Catfish excellent in very shallow water in back of bays/creeks on cut bait/smelt. .From the dam up is putting out fish on Oahe but since they are in all depth's it is tougher to find them. Those who know the lake are doing well. For this reason I will call Oahe as good to very good. Sharpe continues to put out excellent fishing with a lot of nice sauger in the 19 inch range along with walleye. Most fish in 15 feet or more but many walleye are being caught pitching into shallow water. Trolling plugs shallow, dragging or pitching jigs with minnows or gulp all good and most common. From Pierre all the way down to the Big Bend good to excellent Take your time on both lakes as new sand bar's all over on Sharpe and lower water on Oahe makes for many danger spots. I will do one report or so a week now until May and then do at least one every 3 days I will start putting pictures in report next week. Have a nice Easter.

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