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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) Fishing Reports
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Sunday, August 22, 2010
By:
Allen
on 08/22/2010 8:06 PM
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Stayed at Beaver Bay this weekend and spent a few hours fishing Saturday and Sunday. Some people are catching a few keepers, but nothing real hot. I caught a total of 2 eyes over the weekend that were above 14 inches and another 10 smaller eyes. Also caught a few nice perch, about 11 inches, some pike about 24 inches, and a number of small catfish.
Most of the active fish came out of 18-22 ft of water at one spot, or the other spot I found fish they were in 24-33 ft of water with the cats tending to come deeper. Wow for wind this morning! |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, August 16, 2010 | |
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Had one boat out Sunday morning till noon and picked up eight nice walleye. The fish were scattered and there really was no patter other than pulling cranks and covering as much area as possible. The wind really picked up making fishing a bit rough. All things considered, there still are fish hanging around and is a little better than the previous couple weekends. Sounds like from the some of the other reports that fish are biting up to the Hazelton/Cannonball area which means there’s fish scattered all the way down. That’s a good thing for this time of year and we’ll expect things to really heat up as September approaches. Should be a fantastic September bite and one can expect that to go all through winter. And of course the pike are a bonus when pulling cranks – at least for us they are. Action is action in some cases.
Sounds like the SD walleye classic down in the Akaska/Mobridge area went pretty good fishing wise. The reports are LOTS of fish were caught which is really positive for the whole system. Can’t wait till see what the next few years will bring. It’s simply an amazing fishery to be around. |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Saturday, August 14, 2010 | |
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Took one of my boys out, put in at Hazelton pulled cranks in various areas from Cannonball river, forst Rice and Hazelton in 13-15 fow. Caught 10 nice eyes from 17-22 in. Also caught a big bass, a catfish and 3 northerns. 3 of our fish can in the same areas others were all scattered.
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Thursday, August 5, 2010 | |
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Put in at the Rifle Range and fished the bluffs. We caught 6 walleyes, 3 hammer handles and 2 drums. We caught 4 eyes on live bait rigs and 2 and all snot rockets on cranks. No size to anything, one of the drums was decent size. Talked to others that and their success was the same.
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Thursday, August 5, 2010 | |
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Not much different to report on our end. Fishing has slowed a bit and looks as though the "dog days" are upon us. I'm not saying there's not fishing biting as some are catching a few limits here and there. The window is surely a bit more closed than what it was. It's kind of like clock work every year on this portion of the lake. One could expect conditions to improve as water temps drop back down to the 60's in early to mid-September. We'll keep reporting on a weekly basis.
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | |
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Had boats out Friday and Saturday walleye fishing still remains good on the North Dakota side of Lake Oahe. Friday of course had a few obstacles thrown in the way with bad weather being producing all of them. A minor storm came through about 10:30 am and did produce lighting that was too close, which knocked one boat off the water for about an hour. The second set came through at around 3pm and that one was a dandy that put on quite the show and ended the day. The fish were there, just a little confused with all the bad weather.
Saturday and Sunday brought much better weather and much better fishing with boats limiting fairly easily with nice walleye in a few different spots. Live bait and bouncers seemed to produce the best fish once again. Finally, we also had one guide (Jeff Enzminger) who fished the Dakota Walleye Classic Walleye Fishing Tournament on Lake Sakakawea this past weekend and ending up winning the tournament which was a $10,000 1st place pay-out. That’s Jeff’s 2nd major North Dakota Walleye Fishing Tournmanet win this year. His first win was the Big Muddy Walleye Tournament. Congrats to Jeff! |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Sunday, July 25, 2010 | |
hello i am going camping down at beaver bay and was wondering how the fishing is and if so good then what are you using and where at.. any info would be nice thank you
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Saturday, July 24, 2010 | |
Fished south of the rifle range. Caught several in front of Huff's Bluffs drifting but got tired of the snags. Moved several miles south and found a steady bite in 13-15 ft pulling cranks and spinners. All nice 17-19 on crawlers or gulp smelt.
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, July 19, 2010 | |
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Hello all, I have never fished Lake Oahe and am looking for some advice while fishing there. Im not looking for any hot spots (unless you want to tell me). I plan on fishing all day long on Thursday the 22nd. I plan on launching just south of Bismarck, unless there is a better place? I would appreciate any advice you give. Thanks
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, July 19, 2010 | |
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Had boats out Wednesday and Saturday of this past week walleye fishing Lake Oahe. The bite still remains to be fairly consistent for nice fish in the 17-20 inch range with a ton of smaller walleye mixed in. Half crawlers rigged up to plain hook and bottom bouncers along with spinners and bottom bouncers in 15-25 feet seem to be the ticket. I normally wouldn’t admit to a better live bait bite over pulling crank baits, but this year is surely proving to be just that. There is still a lot of fish hanging around and seems like when the picks up a notch, so does the bite. To see the fish from this past weekend, click on the picture links below.
Lake Oahe Walleye Fishing 7-19-10 (1) Lake Oahe Walleye Fishing 7-19-10 (2) Lake Oahe Walleye Fishing 7-19-10 (3) Lake Oahe Walleye Fishing 7-19-10 (4) |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, July 12, 2010 | |
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We had boats out Thursday and Saturday with fair to excellent luck both days. Thursday’s group of four fished the Stateline area doing very well and limiting in a half day of fishing. Most fish were caught on crawlers and bottom bouncers in 18-25 foot of water. Saturday was a little tougher in the calm conditions but still managed to boat 11 nice keeper walleyes and lots of smaller fish made for nice action as well. Same techniques applied.
There are still reports of good walleye action to the north as well which is good news for the next couple weeks. The stable weather patterns should keep fish going steady. |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Saturday, July 3, 2010 | |
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Fishing was good again this weekend. 3 man limits on Saturday and Sunday. Most were caught on Cranks. Did tie up in some trees and in 20 minutes had a 2 man limit of 4# cats and northers were easy pickens. Too much fun catching fish. my 13 and 4 yo are having a blast. The old man is too.
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Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, July 5, 2010 | |
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Took the wife out to pull some crawler rigs, I did OK with a limit of 15-18 inch fish in 15-20 feet of water. She had a little trouble catching eaters and only caught a 10" and 31" pair of walleyes. The 31" was a dandy.
Also caught a half dozen small northerns, hammer handles up to about 3 lb and a drum. Nice day to be on the water. |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Monday, June 28, 2010 | |
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Walleye fishing on the Missouri River / Lake Oahe this past week was some of the best of the summer had to offer thus far. Had a guide out Thursday fishing south of Beaver Bay and they had their three person limit in a half day using night crawler rigs in 10- 15 foot of water.
Friday seen better fishing yet. Again, fished out of Beaver Bay and had the lines in at 4:20 pm. At 5:15 we had a two person limit of very nice walleye pulling crank baits over the top of trees and vegetation in 9 – 13 foot of water. Saturday and Sunday seen the same action and methods. Truly some of the best fishing we’ve seen this year and goes to show what kind of fishery Lake Oahe and Missouri River are. Friday evening fishing picture Saturday morning fishing picture |
Lake Oahe (North Dakota) - Sunday, June 27, 2010 | |
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Went out all day on the 24th and 25th for 8 hours each day. Fished right in bismarck from the eagles nest all the way up to the Heskett Plant. I have only caught 4 walleyes in the past 2 days and only 1 was big enough to keep. Really really slow. I know I should probably go up to stanton/washburn but thats a expensive trip. I am introducing my little nephew to fishing and this was not a good day for him although he had fun. I just want to know if anybody is catching fish on this stretch of river or are you taking a beating as bad as I am?? Haha! I am still convinced there are fish here I just have to find em? Any thoughts/comments are appreciated. Thanks!
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