April 30th Lakes Oahe/Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

[Hutch]

I finished out the month of April guiding Mike Holen from Loomis Ne. and Joe Cipov from Rocklin CA. to real nice limits of 17 to 18 inch avg. size walleye and a few white bass on Lake Sharpe. We fished the Pierre area looking for males that are staying around the spawning area's. We caught around 40 fish releasing the one's below 16 inches. For the most part we caught these fish in shale/pebble rock areas in around 10 fow either dragging or pitching jig/minnows or Jig/Gulp. The weather was 70 degrees and very little wind so these guys got lucky and had a great trip .Sharpe is going strong for both walleye and small mouth from the Pierre area down to the big bend area with most of the action shallow. Lake Oahe continues to put out great action for walleye and northern pike for those who know the lake. All the major creeks from the dam up have action mostly in the warmer stained water usually found further into the creeks and back of bays. Northern/cat fishing on dead smelt and cut bait very good along with spawning walleye males .My reports usually cover Lake Sharpe from the Big Bend area up to the 212 bridge on Oahe. Weather report looks pretty good for most of the week so I expect to see a good number of fishermen out and will have next report out in 3 days or so.

Good Fishing,

Hutch's Guide Service

Hutch