September 15th to 19th Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

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There is a good bite going on in the back of any creek arms on Oahe that have a lot of bait present. Most of these fish are shallow from 10 fow to 20 fow and are being caught mostly on crawler/gulp presentations. A lot of these walleye are smaller 14 incher's but enough big fish are there to make looking around shallow worth the time. There are a lot less boats fishing Oahe right now as the bite on Sharpe is real good making most of the fishing pressure there. I spent a day fishing with Rocky and Kim May then fished repeat customer Troy Swift and crew and then fished repeat customers Chuck and Sonja Harkins all on Lake Sharpe. On all of these trips we had great fall weather and great fishing catching limits daily and getting plenty of action. We had at least a 17 inch avg size walleye in all the limits with many over 20 inch fish. We caught all of these fish on spinner/bouncer rigs using night crawlers for bait. We fished in 10 fow or less along weed lines or sand bars south of Pierre. Most baits are working (minnows, Gulp etc.) and pulling plugs is alright except floating grass on Sharpe make's that tougher. If this is your first trip on Sharpe this year or Oahe take your time as new sand bars etc. are around on Sharpe and lower water on Oahe can make for unwanted surprises if you get in a hurry. Fishing is very good on both lakes and should get even better especially on Oahe as night's cool lowering water temps and bringing more fish up shallow.

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