Fishing report for Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre area for July 6th,7th, and 8th 2014

[Hutch]

Oahe right now around the lower end of the Lake is challenging. Smaller walleye under 15 inches are more the norm than over 15 inch fish and over 20 inch fish are much harder to get in daily bags. I finished guiding Tim Vogel and his wife from Sioux Falls SD to a limited success day on Oahe coming in with a limit of smaller fish after they had a much nicer day fishing down on Sharpe getting limits of 16 to 17 inch fish. We caught the fish in 20 fow to 35 fow on crawler/bouncer rigs. I then spent two days with the voice of NE Football Sean Callahan his dad Pat and friends Larry, Rod, Keith and Kenneth down at West Bend. With guides Dave Spaid and Scott Van Leare helping we put possession limits of nice 17 inch avg size walleye and some smallmouth bass in all three boats for both days. They also had a couple of real nice fish meals cooked at the Lodge. Just a great bunch of guys from down Nebraska way and everybody had a great time in some real nice summer weather. Most of the fish were caught along tree beds in 25 to 30 fow however we also caught some shallower in 5 fow to 10 fow. We fished bouncer/crawler/ gulp or spinner rigs rigs deep or pulled flicker shad plugs in around 10 fow to 15 fow. Sharpe continues to be the best bite for this size walleye this year. Right around Pierre dirty water from farm island down to around Joe creek continues to make the bite tougher in that area. Having sun screen, bug spray and lots of water in your boat is a real good idea. The fishing pressure in many area's is still high but has come down some after the 4th weekend.

Hutch's Guide Service

Hutch