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Lake Oahe Fishing Reports
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
39°
The smallies were holding tight to the boulders and you would rarely see them off the bottom on FFS. If you did see them up they were extremely aggressive. Long pauses were a big key and working the bait over isolated boulders to get the fish to show themselves.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Crankbaits 0-6'
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Fingers and points that had rock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
64°
Find some big rocks and creep a swimmer over them, see what comes out and takes it. If you want to learn more check out my YouTube Video. Ways Raasch
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Perch
5/14/22 - 5/15/22: The bite was a little tough with the high wind and big rollers but we were around the right caliber of fish in the Inaugural Governor's Cup Bass Tournament. We managed to bring in a few over the four pound mark and found the 1-3 pound bass prevalent in some areas. The heartbreaker was have two giants (6+ lbs) come off within 5 feet of the boat. The only baits they would really bite were deep diving suspending jerkbaits in perch color and a green pumpkin tube dragged at a painfully slow pace.
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Shiver minnows, crawler and minnow live bait rigs. Jig, bottom bouncer and Lindy Riggs. Also pulling cranks and having great luck
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Cisco/Whitefish
Drag a drop shot with hot shot minnow over the rock pile with long points . Ned rig over rocks . after the bite dies down use the Feider fly in black and keep that bow in the line running above the rocks keeping contact with the bottom . Texas rig with a 1/2 oz wt with the adrenaline craw dragging it over the rocks .Swim bait 3/8 oz
Species
WalleyeSeason
Summer
Technique
Trolling 10-19'
Structure
Dam
Forage
Crappie
HotbaitVMC Moon Tail Jig 1/4 oz / Firetiger
Out of Stock
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
7/16 - 7/17: The fish have scattered much more from last week. We spent too much time up shallow. There were still some fish in 5 - 15 ft but the vast majority were chasing bait in 25 - 45 ft of water. They were very finicky and did not engulf the lighter ned rig like last weekend. I didn't have any luck with a hair jig, and very little luck with the tube. There were 2 main bite windows: early morning and mid day. Most of our fish hit a drop shot on the fall. A few would follow it down and hit it within 30 seconds of the drop after working the bait a little bit. With the waves it made it difficult to stay on the schools. The best bet is to sit on one rock pile. We ran around too much.
