Welcome to Dave Spaid Guiding
South Dakota Walleye Fishing & Pheasant Hunting Guide Service
South Dakota's Premier Hunting and Fishing Guide Service
Fishing guide for Lake Oahe and the Missouri River system near Pierre, South Dakota
Hunting guide and outfitter for South Dakota pheasant, duck and canada goose hunts

Fishing & Hunting with Professional South Dakota Guides

23 Years of service 

Dave Spaid is a premier South Dakota fishing and hunting guide service offering fishing guide trips for South Dakota walleye, salmon, smallmouth bass and nothern pike on Lake Oahe and the Missouri River system near Pierre, South Dakota. Dave also offers South Dakota hunting guide trips and outfitter services for pheasant hunts, duck hunts and canada goose hunting trips.  We are located on the largest section of water on the Missouri River and one of the most plentiful areas for fish and game in North America. Here you will see both upland game and waterfowl flying in the same horizon.

FISHING THE LAKE OAHE & MISSOURI RIVER SYSTEM IN SOUTH DAKOTA

More than 1,100 square miles of water and a fishing season thats open all year awaits you in South Dakota.

Today’s Missouri River system and Lake Oahe is far from the muddy, winding waterway Lewis and Clark traveled some 200 years ago. Four massive dams, completed in the early 1960s, mitigated the river and created more than 900 square miles of open water and 3,000 miles of shoreline.

Dave Spaid is one of the best and most experienced fishing and hunting guides in this area of South Dakota. He is the originator and inventor of the "Slow Death" fishing technique.  A bait rigging method for catching walleye and other species commonly used by nearly all of the walleye pro's across the nation.  His knowledge of Lake Oahe and the Missouri River system near Pierre, South Dakota has paid off for his clients over and over again.

If you are looking for a fishing guide trip for South Dakota walleye, salmon, smallmouth bass or nothern pike then feel free to contact us at Dave Spaid fishing and hunting guide service to help plan your next great outdoor adventure.

HUNTING IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Hunting in South Dakota is more than just a hobby... it's a passion.  From Labor Day through mid September, a huge migration of mourning dove occurs.  The shooting action is fast and steady.  Some say there is nothing else it compares to in the United States.  A Cast and Blast can be done here fishing in the morning and  shooting doves in the afternoon.  October through January is the time to hunt pheasant and waterfowl in South Dakota and the late season hunting is excellent.  In the winter months, jackrabbits and other varmints can be found occupying the treebelts.  They can do alot of damage to our trees and pheasant population if not controlled.  Its a great time to break out the varmint guns and fire some ammo. 

South Dakota Pheasant Hunting

How and when were pheasants
introduced into South Dakota?
It was in 1908, when a group of
farmers purchased a pair of birds
from an Oregon farm and released
them into a field near Redfield, SD.
The hearty pheasant not only
survived, but thrived on the prairie,
prompting the state to purchase
and release 48 additional pairs of
birds.  In 1919, the pheasant
population was high enough for the
state to hold a pheasant hunting season.

A century later, the combination of habitat, wildlife management and fortunate weather patterns have made our area in South Dakota a pheasant hunting haven and a world-class pheasant hunting destination.

South Dakota Duck Hunting

South Dakota’s prairie pothole country, located in the heart of the Central Flyway, consistently leads the nation in duck production. Millions of ducks migrate annually through South Dakota. They include mallards, gadwall, pintails and teal.

Local ducks can be found on numerous potholes and sloughs around the area in early October.  The bays of Lake Oahe gets a fall migration of ducks usually mid November.  Our area of South Dakota usually offers leftover non-resident waterfowl licenses for private land only sold over the counter and we have numerous stockdams, lakebeds, and sloughs to decoy or jumpshoot with that license if desired.

Along the Missouri River, the migration peaks in mid November with around 100,000 ducks, primarily mallards. This area of the state also hold ducks through the late season.  The duck hunting here in South Dakota can be some of the best duck hunting found anywhere.

South Dakota Goose Hunting

Although locally produced giant Canada geese can be found and hunted in eastern South Dakota in a special early season, the Missouri River corridor Near Pierre is the main route for more than 400,000 migrating Canada geese later on.  The migration starts here around mid November and the season extends thru the first weekend of February.  In the spring, the eastern half of South Dakota receives an annual spring migration of more than 2 million snows and blues.   

There are many areas of South Dakota that offer great waterfowl hunting action during certain times of the year, however the areas of Lake Oahe and Pierre, South Dakota offer great waterfowl hunting opportunities every fall and winter, year after year.  

What are you waiting for? Contact Dave Spaid South Dakota Fishing and Hunting Guide Service and experience for yourself some of the best fishing and hunting to be found anywhere!

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