October 15th to 21st Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe, Pierre SD Fishing Report

[Hutch]

The fishing on Oahe is still excellent when the weather is good. Sharpe is okay but a little slower some days. Weather is starting to be a big factor and Wed and Thursday we had 40 mph winds with 70 mph gusts so any fishing that was done had almost no results as about the only place safe to fish was directly below the dam or not at all. Friday the winds tapered off and I guided repeat customer Troy Swift, Dad, and party from SD to a great day of fishing on Oahe getting limits of walleye and smallmouth. We caught these fish on minnow/bouncer rigs in around 20 fow on Oahe. Had a great time as I always do with this group and the weather cooperated for a nice trip for them. I then took out Father/son Lee and Edgar Pierre from down Omaha way and we did very well catching limits of smallmouth and nice walleye limits with all there over fish every day and one big northern pike that went in around 20lbs.The same thing worked as we stayed on Oahe in around 20 fow with minnows/bouncers. They got their possession limits to take home along with some real nice meals cooked up here at the Outpost. This time of the year most of the pressure on both systems is winding down as hunting starts to get into full swing. Where we fished in three days we saw around 3 or 4 other boats all day. There are a lot of fish being caught by pitching jigs/ gulp/minnows on both Oahe and Sharpe and although some days crawlers work minnow/gulp presentations seem to be the baits of choice for most anglers.

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