Fishing report Lakes Oahe/Sharpe Pierre Area for Aug 3rd and 4th 2014

[Hutch]

The bite on Oahe is improving daily as more fish/bait fish are showing up on the lower end of the lake. The fish still are on the smaller healthy 14 1/2 inch size however getting a mixed bag of walleye, smallmouth bass and some northern pike along with a lot less boat traffic and some bigger fish in each daily bag made Oahe my choice for the last two days. I guided Don Smith and his grandson from Mn to possession limits of both walleye up to 18 inches and smallmouth (around a 17 inch avg) along with a nice northern (15 lbs) seeing maybe a half a dozen other boats on the lake. We used nightcrawler/bouncer rigs and also Berkley Gulp/bouncer rigs to catch these fish in around 25 fow to 35 fow. I think the gulp out preformed the crawler's on this trip. Lake Sharpe continues to put out fish with a lot of muddy water almost down to West Bend making the bite tougher some days especially if the corps runs either not enough or too much current. Boat traffic is high so if that is a factor in your fishing Oahe might be a better choice. Fly's are abundant so repellant in the boat is a plus. I use horse stable spray and it helps but is not fool proof.

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