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Spring Creek Resort Fishing Report
August 12, 2010
The fishing is has been good from Bush's to Sutton Bay for Walleye and Small Mouth Bass. They are catching them on bottom bouncers with a single hook with half a crawler. The depths are from 10 feet to 30 feet of water. Anglers are starting to use crankbaits both in shallow water to deep water using snap weights and lead core.
The fishing is picking up around Spring Creek with Walleyes being caught using bottom bouncers and half a crawler. Fishermen are going both North towards Combine and Agency and South to towards the dam. I weighed one Walleye this week that was 11 pounds 4 oz caught at Pieoria flats on crankbaits. The Salmon are still going well with many being caught in the 16 pound range, one was 19 pounds. They are fishing from Spring Creek with the fish in depths between 60 feet and 125 feet. They are using Herring with flashers and with no flashers.
It looks like August and September should be great fishing out of Spring Creek and we look forward to seeing all of you soon. We appreciate all of your support and hope you will stop by and say hi when in the area.
Don't forget, we have great bar and the best steaks in the country. Bring your fish in and we will cook them for you.
Fishing Report from Great Lakes Tourism
LAKE OAHE
August 5th, 2010
In the Pollock area walleye fishing is good and there is plenty room for more people. It’s the time to get up there and catch some of those walleye. Lots of limits coming in. Anglers are using crawlers and spinners with most fishing being done around 10-25 feet.
At Mobridge walleye fishing is also very good. The fish are not usually in the same place two days in a row so you need to keep looking. Anglers are using crawlers and spinners in anywhere from 10-17 foot depths.
At Akaska the fishing is very good with anglers fishing in the 8-20 foot depths. Anglers are pulling plugs and also using crawlers. The Akaska Walleye Classic & Festival is scheduled for August 12-14.
At Gettysburg fishing has been good. Walleye are being caught in 15-30 depths mainly using crawlers. Resorts are seeing a lot of fish limits coming in. If you’re looking for smallmouth action, now is the time to be out on the water. They are catching the smallmouth on crawlers and leeches – many anglers get them along with the walleye and they are fighters.
Around Spring/Cow Creek the fishing is very good around the Cheyenne Arm, Bush’s Landing, Sutton Bay and Little Bend. Bait being used is crawlers, leeches and crankbaits in 10-30 feet. Salmon anglers are using primarily artificial bait and herring. The salmon seem to be at any depth from 80-100 feet.
Lake Sharpe has seen good walleye fishing in the Pierre area from the Oahe Dam down past Antelope Creek. It’s really heating up in this area. Anglers are using a variety of live biat and crankbaits. Fishing should be good into the fall. At West Bend the fishing is still going strong. Anglers are catching smaller fish, but there is a lot of rod-bending going on! Best fishing on Lake Sharpe north of Chamberlain is from Iron Nation to the Big Bend Dam in 10-20 feet of water.
LAKE OAHE 2010 FISHING FORECAST
Water levels increased to normal pool levels during 2009 and depending on mountain snowpacks, should remain normal. As water levels increased in 2008 and 2009, the flooded shoreline vegetation increased the productivity of the lake. Many species of fish increased in abundance by using the newly flooded vegetation as spawning habitat, including northern pike and yellow perch. Yellow perch have become an important prey fish, again. Rainbow smelt numbers have been increasing since 2002, but are not back to levels observed during the mid 1990’s. Gizzard shad are found throughout Lake Oahe and serve as an additional food source for many species of fish, including walleye and Chinook salmon.Lake Oahe should have good fishing for many species of fish during 2010.
