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Lake Sakakawea - Salmon Fishing Reports
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Thursday, September 23, 2010
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on 09/23/2010 08:09 AM
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We were using a variety of Reef Runners, Deep Little Ripper, and Rip Shads. Mix up your presentation as some deep runners and some shallow runners. As far as colors we used red and yellow wonderbread, yellow green combos, clear with purple backs, orange brown combos. Just keep switching till you find something they want. We fished mainly shallower than 35ft. With the rain we are having today in eastern part of state today I think we will be back out there. We will be running a red Skeeter boat so yell at us if we meet.
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | |
I am pretty new to salmon fishing and i am wondering what colors and type of cranks they usually prefer. Any help would be great, i am heading up to the lake this weekend to try and get a couple for the smoker. Thanks
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Sunday, September 19, 2010 | |
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Fished by spillway Friday - Sunday. 1st day caught 4 by 11 in morning. Then it started to snow, so went in. All salmon were caught by pulling reef runners in 30-32 ft. Seemed to want a yellow green color at about 2.5 mph.Saturday was really nice on the water and caught 5. Most seemed to be shallow as they came on smaller sized reef runners and a variety of colors. Most fish were 6-8 lbs with biggest at 10.2. Tried off shore some but didn't have a bite.Had two people with that had never caught a salmon before and they are hooked and want to go again.
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Saturday, September 18, 2010 | |
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Went out looking for salmon this afternoon...picked up just one, longlining raps, not far from government bay boat ramp...didnt mark many fish, but a couple of spots looked to have lots of them piled up at 80+ feet down. Any one having any better luck??
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | |
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Went out chasing salmon today dont have downriggers so I tried running leadcore ran 6 colors that got me to about 35 feet and caught 3 salmon doing that, saw about a dozen boats out there everything from downrigging to trolling longlines along the dam, saw about 7 or 8 fish caught so theres a few around. There was a guy fishing off the rocks by the spillway saw him catch one there than ran into him again by the intake and saw him catch two there! so they are starting to roam the shorelines a little bit anyways, should b pretty good in another week or two I guess it all depends on the weather. big females are still deep all fish i saw were males about 8 pounds. I got mine on chartreuse and white cranks.
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | |
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just wondering has anyone tried long lining cranks yet with any success? I am gonna give it a shot tomorrow figure with this cooler weather maybe there coming up some?
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Monday, August 23, 2010 | |
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Don't have a lot of details but salmon fishing on Sakakawea this past weekend was okay.
Quite a few teams out of the 45 in the Great Planers tourney had at least one fish. Seemed like 2 and 3 was a somewhat common number. Others up in the top five had 4 to 6 fish. Think there was two teams with 48 and 44 pounds. Then a 28 and from there the teens. Will try to track down the results. |
Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | |
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Went out yesterday for the first time in 5 - 6 years. Managed to wash years of dust off some tackle! Worked along the east part of dam, Riverdale bluffs, past Govt, Pochant and Deadman's. Then back again. Worked the usual flashers, squids and skinnies, various colors and sizes at depths from 65 through 90. . No stink bait.
Skunked, no releases, and we didn't see or hear on the radio of any fish caught, but maybe 8 - 10 boats out, total. At least tested all the equipment for later on this summer and fall. Probably an off day, as pretty good numbers and sizes have been taken recently, but on and off. Heard walleyes were biting pretty well, though depths not consistent except maybe deeper than usual. Also for what its worth, reports of a lot of smaller perch caught while walleye fishing, Bodes good for recovery if the COE doesn't let all the water out! Good luck in the Blackjaw this weekend. Wish I could be there.... |
Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 | |
Went to Pierre lat weekend. Very windy but did get a 16, a 14, and 12 lb on Sunday. Face of the dam and just north of the intakes. All before noon on herring.
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | |
New to the reports.........
Will be fishing salmon on SAK this weekend, 2 persons in my boat. Have not fished SAK in >10 years as I've done 2-4 trips to lake Michigan each summer the past 12-13 years. Am a very experienced angler with all the right gear for salmon. Will have the marine radio to listen in and give reports if able. I used to put in at govt bay, and hope to again this weekend. Will that work? Then out to the dam face? Any other advice for the weekend? |
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Sunday, August 15, 2010 | |
I am looking to go up to the big lake this week and im wondering if anyone has been out yet this year? Did you catch any fish? Where did you catch them and what did you use?
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Sunday, August 15, 2010 | |
Has anyone been out in the last couple weeks fishing for salmon? Where did you catch the fish? What did you use?
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Monday, August 9, 2010 | |
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went out this past weekend did pretty good on the face of the dam friday we got 1 and missed 3 and on saturday we got 5 they range from 6 to 13 pounds and sunday we got 7 on all the face of the dam the biggest was just ubder 14
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | |
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Heard from a very good source today there are salmon being caught in the 6 to 12lb range
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Salmon Report - Lake Sakakawea - Friday, October 9, 2009 | |
what is everyone using for bait... is anyone catching anything decent...
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