The waters are warming up (65*) south of Pierre and the nicer fish are starting to bite.

Fish are starting to bite a little better. It has been taking all day. There’s lots of smelt and other forage fish everywhere with the cooler temperatures.

We were working for the Outpost lodge Brandon Brake is the new owner.  It was our first day on the lake and the bite was fairly slow. Our group did not limit on walleye but had a nice catch anyway. Some of the larger walleyes were running between 18 and 21 inches.

We fished the Pierre area today due to the winds.  The walleye seem to be a little better shape than West Bend. Our group today are from El Paso, Texas on their way to eventually Devils Lake. We found a decent concentration of walleye above the bridges and they cracked them pretty good on jigs.

First trip of the season is in the books. The bite was fairly slow with all the wind we’ve had the last few days. Warm stable weather would be nice. All four of us tried our luck throwing jigs and bottom bouncer minnows and we came up a couple short on walleye.

Grandfathers, grandson and in between get their pheasant limits each day.

In memory of Tom McGrail, a member of our group who passed away October 29, 2023. 🙏🙏🙏

Another fine day of SD pheasant hunting with a group from Kansas and Florida at our farm east of Pierre SD.

51 birds 17 hunters

Sept. 17.  Kansas grouse hunters fish Lake Oahe.  Limits of grouse the first two days on public land and limit of walleye on day three.

Sept 18.  Rapid City family fish Lake Sharpe today. Four limits brought in.

Jason Sherer and daughters from Modale,Iowa caught these nice walleyes and a huge northern on Lake Oahe today. We caught them in 20’ of water here and there. The bite was not easy and lots of baitfish in the well.