Captain's Fishing Report

Wednesday, April 4, 2008

Lake Sharpe is still putting out a lot of Walleye, just have to go through a lot of 14 inch fish to find some keepers. Looks good for next year, there will be tons of fish available. Lake Sharpes future is looking good. There is a huge FLW Walleye tournament coming up and it should be very interesting to say the least. West Bend and Joe Creek should cash a check for those guys in the tournament. That is where I have had my best luck lately, both pulling plugs and livebaiting. Lots of Big Smallmouth available too. Lots of fun. I have been getting the Walleyes in the usual spots both on the channel edges and the big flats, both are working well. There is still a lot of fish in the Pierre area but there seems to be more keepers downriver.

Lake Oahe is going pretty good up north and in a couple weeks the Walleye fishing should pickup in the Mid section of Oahe. There is some Walleye being taken in the mid to lower section of Lake Oahe now but the main pod of Walleye is still in the upper end of Lake Oahe. It will not be long and the fishing will get really good from Gettysburg to Pierre. I caught a few really nice Walleye on the lower end of Lake Oahe last week pitching jigs up shallow. Nothing fast but the fish were absolutly fantastic. Fat and healthy. This summers Walleye bite on Oahe will rival or exceed the great bite of the the early 90's. I cant wait, more and more Walleye are moving downriver every day. Once we get these crazy spring snowstorms out of the way the Walleye fishing will really pickup. Its been a crazy spring weatherwise.

The Salmon fishing is slowly picking up, The morning bite is best and I have caught Salmon all the way down to 55 foot. Spoons and crankbaits have been working the best but I have caught a few on a flasher / squid set up also. Once again the Salmon bite is also being affected by all the cold fronts we have been seeing. Once we get steady warm weather I think the Salmon will really take off. I have been catching most of my Salmon by the Dam and by Chantier Creek. I am starting to fish really hard and will keep you posted. Sorry I havent updated this report in a while, I had some computer problems that have now been fixed. Thanks