Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre SD area fishing report for April 25 thru May 3rd 2014

[Hutch]

The fishing season is in full swing with the bite very good on Sharpe from Pierre to the big bend area for spawning male walleye and smallmouth bass starting to come on bite. The lake from below the bad river down past the De gray area is muddy from the bad river etc running muddy water from the recent rains and big winds but where you can find clean/stained water you can catch fish. I guided The Jerry Fennel party ( Wisconsin NE and Kc) Jerry, Randy Collasch and Jim Weaver to real nice limits of male walleye for two days. We caught these fish in around 10 fow or less on minnow bouncer rigs. We threw a number of fish back and ended up keeping thirty two walleye with a 17 inch avg size. The wind was up around 20 mph so drifting the spawning reefs worked well. I then went out with my friend Jon Sailer for a quick check of some other area's on Sat and we kept 8 fish for super in some on and off rain but less wind so we used jigs and minnows or gulp. You can catch the fish with bouncers /jigs/ plugs so if you have a favorite way it should work for you if you are anywhere around the spawning ground areas. Lots of boats on Sharpe this week end so that might favor some fishing on Oahe for me but the report for Oahe is more spotty with fishermen that know the lake coming in with limits of walleye/northern but working much harder for them than you have to on Sharpe. Many of the walleye on Oahe are still coming from 25 fow to 35 fow but pitching jigs to the shallows is starting to work and will just keep getting better as the water warms. This is a very good time to come fishing but remember this is spring so you can have some weather issues. Bring rain gear, warm clothes and watch the extended forecasts when planning a trip.

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