Lake Oahe, Missouri River, Lake Sakakwea Fishing Reports Fishing Reports

Made it out on the water this afternoon and got to enjoy the beautiful day.  Fishing was pretty good with a nice limit of fish caught using both jigs tipped with minnows and crankbaits.  The fish are really scattered right now and don't seem to be relating to any certain depth.  Caught one fish in 2 feet of water and one in about 10 feet of water and any where in between.  I expect the fishing to really pick up in the next few days with the nice weather we are having and the spawn getting over.  Hope everyone gets a chance to get out and enjoy what's left of spring.

If you are interested in fishing the Missouri River contact Brian at lakeoaheguides.com

I think we can finally say the open water season is here to stay and Lake Oahe Guides is ready to start up another season.  Made it out on the Missouri River south of Bismarck again today, and despite the major snow storm this past weekend and the below average temperatures we've been having the fish cooperated way better than I anticipated.  We caught some solid walleyes today pitching jigs tipped with minnows on to the sand bars.  Up until now the bite has been kind of hit and miss and this seems to be the most consistent it has been and should only get better with time as the spawn approaches and the water temps rise in the coming weeks.  If we can get the weather to cooperate we should have another ecxellent spring here on the Missouri River.

Check out the picture gallery for some of the recent action on the River.

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We have still been on a pretty consistent walleye bite on the Big Lake, with lots of fish in the 14 to 16 inch range with a good number each day between 18 to 20 inches with an occasional 22 to 23 incher.   But still lots of action each day with all the different species of fish including some pretty big northern pike, which makes for a fun day.  We are catching most of our fish on lindy's or spinners in 20 to 30 feet of water on mostly main lake points and the bait of choice is still the nightcrawler.  I have heard some guys doing good on cranks but haven't done much crankin myself.  I don't see any reason for the bite to slow anytime soon so if you get a chance get out and enjoy this wonderful fishery while the weather holds.

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Saturday was one of the toughest bites I have seen this year and had us wondering if the bite was done for the year or if it was just the cold front.  After being on the water Sunday I would definately have to say it was the cold front.  Sunday we had two boats on the Big Lake working different sections of the lake and both did very well with numerous fish over the 20 inch mark.  Still lots of bass and a few Northern Pike mixed in which makes for an exciting and busy time.  Most of our fish have been coming on spinners with nightcrawlers.  The weather plays a big part of how well the fish want to cooperate this time of year.  If the weather is consistent for a few days in a row the walleyes seem to be pretty aggressive.

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Catching lots of fish on the Big Lake right now with lots of 13 to 15 inch walleyes and about 3 to 6 really good ones a day, and by really good ones I am talking 21 to 23 inchers.  Most of our fish the last few days have been coming in the middle portion of the lake around the Douglas and Hazen Bay areas.  We have mostly been using live bait rigs such as lindy's and spinners in 10 to about 25 feet.  Start in the shallower water in the morning and as the day goes on slide out a little deeper into that 20 plus foot depth.  We have not experimented with cranks yet because we haven't needed to but I would think they would work well.

If anyone is looking to enjoy the great bite going right now check us out at lakeoaheguides.com and give Brian a call.

We had a great week on the water but one thing is for sure, the fishing is definately better with a little wind on the Big Lake.  Had boats out pretty much all week with very good success, but it was definately better during the week, I think partly because there was a little more wind to stir things up a bit and partly because of less boat traffic during the week.  However despite the calm winds this weekend we still caught good batches of fish both Saturday and Sunday we just had to work a little harder and move a little more until we found active fish. 

We worked the lake over pretty hard in the last week fishing it from the 83 embankment all the way over to Beaver and I cant say one part is better than the other.  We did pretty well in each area, just depends what area a person prefers.  We also experimented with some different presentations.  Of course we did use lindy's but also caught fish with spinners, crankibaits, and jigs.  One thing that remains consistent is the depth these fish are coming in, most  fish are still in that 10 to 15 foot range, especially if there is a mudline.

It is amazing to me all the different species getting caught in this lake right now, on Saturday we caught 9 different species of fish.  The smallmouth fishing is amazing right now with 20 to 30 a day and that isn't even fishing for them.  There is also some real nice Northern Pike getting caught up to about 10 lbs.

It doesn't seem as if this lake is going to slow down anytime soon so get out and enjoy this great fishery!

If you are interested in fishing Lake Sakakawea check out lakeoaheguides.com and give Brian a call.

 

We had a great few days on the water.  It started with Sakakawea on thursday we had two boats working the east end of the big lake.  We did very well with bottom bouncers and crawlers fishing 10 to 15 feet of water.  Seems to be a lot fish around this area and they are very aggressive, if you can find them on the graff they will bite.  Also had a couple boats working the same areas this weekend and same story, it seems you just need to move around and fish points and underwater islands with livebait and you will find fish.  Not sure about the crankbait bite because to be honest we haven't tried yet. 

Also, this weekend I was down at the stateline area fishing from the Cattail bay area all the way south to the ND/SD stateline and to my surprise did very well.  The biggest fish was 24 inches and had a few in the 18 to 20 inch range.  Also caught a lot of little ones with a variety of species caught.  We caught walleye, northern pike, perch, drum, white bass and also crappie so make sure you bring plenty of bait.    We fished in about 8 to 15 feet with livebait rigs.  The hard part now is to decide whether a person should go north or south?

If anyone is interested in catching walleye on the Missouri River System or Lake Sakakawea check out lakeoaheguides.com and give Brian a call.