Van Hook is starting to fire up as well and with the warmer water this week it should be very good by the weekend. Good depths in the lake should be 20 to 30 feet anywhere you can find good structure. I have been hearing very good reports from Lake Sakakawea the last few days as well. I will be posting updates on water conditions as things change. On Lake Sakakawea the Newtown area west of the Four Bears bridge continues to produce very good fishing. I decided not to fish it this weekend and changed up the pace a bit and went to Nelson Lake by Center ND for a little Bass fishing. We used slip bobbers and small jigs with minnows close to shore where deeper water was close by. 2020 Sakakawea - August 20 Summer fishing is still going strong at a fair amount of areas across Lake Sakakawea. Walleyes and perch fair (but have to sort). Rip jigging or jigs fished on steep drop offs and points should get some fish in the boat now but make sure you are marking fish on your graph, no sense fishing where there are none. Pretty easy limits in the 14 to 18 inch range are pretty common with a few big fish still hanging around hear and there. The weather took another turn for the worse after that and it was Saturday till we could get out again. Don't stay on those fish and beat up on 'em, try to find some fish shallower to play with. Good reports from various spots up and down the whole lake with some real nice fish being caught. Lake Sakakawea is melting fast and I'm thinking the first open water trip to the lake will be coming much sooner than we thought. We have done well on bottom bouncers, jigs, jigging raps, crank baits... you name it the fish will take it all. There were plenty of small fish but some nice ones too, up to 22 inches. The east end is still spotty but it sounds like the most consistent bite is 5 to 15 feet. Perch fair, along with a few walleyes and crappie. Just have to keep trying different spots till you connect. I still believe the best is yet to come as water temps continue to go down. Lake Sakakawea is producing best on the western half of the lake. This is the best time to catch trophy walleye in the Missouri river. Lake Sakakawea is fishing very well right now for those that are doing it right. Very windy day but we managed to find a spot a little out of the wind that had some fish on it and ended up pretty good on the day keeping 16 fish on the day. Dakota Waters Resort is a family owned campground and marina with everything you need for your next fishing trip. In the river try staying in the current on the inside bends and you should do well. Stay in the 5 to 12 foot mark in the river and anywhere from 5 to 20 feet on Lake Oahe and you should do well. I have not been to either place yet but will be in the coming weeks. Try from Hazelton boat ramp south to the SD line now with cranks or jigs and minnows or jigging raps in 20 to 30 feet. For now keep your options open and don't just assume they are in a certain depth, check the whole spot before moving on. If you find a good concentration of fish anchoring and pitching to them and working the jig back to the boat works very well too. Hearing reports of pretty easy limits in the 14 to 19 inch range being caught. Most fish came on bottom bouncers and crawlers. Crawlers on slow death hooks seemed to be the best for us but still hearing reports of minnows or leaches working as well. Lake Oahe and the river south of Bismarck remained spotty with some days being pretty good and some not so good. As for me I prefer to stay out of the traffic and stick a little closer to town. Lake Sakakawea will start to pickup as well now, we won't see the numbers we did in the summer but the quality will be very good! We didn't even find the small mouth or pike. Myself I made a trip to Devils Lake and fished with buddy John Adams of Big Johns Guide Service. Lake Sakakawea, Lake Oahe, and even the River around Bismarck are all reporting very good fishing. We fished the area between Deepwater bay and Bears Den bay and had the best luck in Deepwater bay area. The high water will keep fish around this area and bring more up. Concentrate on points and flats close to sharp drop offs that lead quickly to deep water and you should find some fish. I just picked up a 2012 Lund 2075 PRO V. This will give me a lot more fishing space than the other boat and I will be able to offer 4 person trips now much easier. Temps have cooled and the fish are biting but the problem has been the weather. Just covered as much water as I could with something they might bite and it worked out pretty well. As for the salmon fishing goes it is still pretty slow. Lake Sakakawea is getting very good with fairly easy limits of very nice fish in the 16 to 22 inch range with a few release fish mixed in. Tight lines. The weather is really cooling of the next couple weeks and that just make the fishing that much better. Spent a few days on both Lake Sakakawea and the Missouri river arounds Bismarck the last couple weeks. Lake Oahe and the Missouri River are still about the same. Also some nice perch be taken now too and the crappies should be showing up soon as well. This lake is an amazing place right now and this is just the start. The water was still pretty stained with about a foot of visibility. We caught a few fish and found a lot of good spots. The water is still very high for this time of year on Lake Sakakawea and especially the Missouri river and lake Oahe. GARRISON, N.D. – For the better part of 30 years, Cody Northrop has been fishing Lake Sakakawea, located 100 miles from his residence in South Heart, N.D. The best depths seemed to be anywhere from 80 to 115, shallower in the morning and deeper as the day moves on. Last weekend for us the most productive was 28 to 32 feet with spinners and crawlers but heard plenty of reports that jigging and cranking and even pitching jigs and cranks on a mud line where all taking fish as well. Lake Sakakawea fall fishing has picked up considerably! Lake Oahe was about the Same as last week with lots of fish but they are on the small side, 14 to 18 inches, same fish that are in the river right now. All in all it was a good couple days on the water! Made it out on the water yesterday and the fishing was pretty slow. We boated and released about 10 fish over the last few days, 24 to 26 1/2 inches, and I heard of a few being caught that were 30 inches. Reports on depth varied widely from 2 to 30 feet so ya have to keep your options open. Catfish fair to good along with a few walleyes. Plenty of pig pike around as well as catfish, smallmouth, white bass, crappies and even a few nice perch every now and then. Don't know how many fish we caught but pretty sure it was well over 40. You will find it all at Indian Hills Resort and Campground. Bottom bouncers with a 5 or a 6 foot snel and single bead was about the best presentation for us, a few came on spinners, all on crawlers. 2 2017 Suzuki motors with 4 more years of warranty and the graphs and trolling motor will go with it. As always this is a little tough to fish this stretch of the river but the fish are there and they do cooperate when you run into the right bunch of fish. Right now the fish are a bit scattered, we got fish anywhere from 2 feet down to 30 feet so ya gotta check everything. Don't throw anything out the window right now. Just gotta work for the fish a little more now but there are plenty of them around. Spinners and bottom bouncers is what we were using but we also took a few on jigging raps. Bottom bouncers and crawlers with 5 to 8 foot snells with plain hooks with a single bead was about the best for us. We fished 4 to 8 feet of water behind sand bars dragging and pitching jigs and minnows. If ya wanna book a trip now is the time, give me a call and lets get on the water. (If you are calling from an out-of-state area code use 701-328-9921), Civil Rights | Privacy | Security | Disclaimer. Sounds like 20 to 30 feet is about the best with bouncers or crank baits but I'm sure some can still be taken on jigs if you so desire. Fair to good for walleyes and a few perch. Things are looking up to get the Missouri river fishing season into full swing. On the east end pitching jigs and minnows or plastics into shallow water and working them back to the boat was about the best presentation. It seems there a fish scattered in all depths so keep moving around and trying different things till ya find them. There will be some very good fishing to be had in about a week and a half up there and if you get out there think shallow, 12 feet and less. Now that's a 6 fish limit so the trophy potential of this river really shined through. If you are thinking about early spring trip now is the time to book. I can deal with the cold but the almost constant wind and rain has kept me off the water a lot of the time. Same program as the last report with fairly easy limits of eater size walleye in 5 to 10 feet of water. Doesn't do any good to wast time where there are not fish to catch and the fish seem to be in a different area every day so keep your options open. These fish are taking a variety of presentations so pretty much anything will work as long as you find the fish.
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