South Dakota summer trip

[curtisce]

A friend and I pulled my boat up to Oahe reservior last week and fished around gettysburg where I had been 2 summers ago. My brother who lives in SD joined us.The water level is down considerably, about 15 ft from when I was there last. That put most of the rock structure we had fished before right on the shore. typically the fish this time of year sit out on the ends of points. didn't seem to be the case this year. Looked alot with elctronics and fished them but no luck on the offshore bite. Could catch smaller one near widswept banks.  Our first evening out we had light winds early on.. All a sudden thunderheads strarted popping up and the wind came up. Thought we would dodge them then a few drops started to fall, followed by  a minute or two of hail.  we tried for 2 1/2 days on  Oahe with probably fewer that 5  good fish. Luckily anything over a puond and you were in for a good fight. Left 2 days early and headed south to Lake sharpe the next empoundment down the Missouri. Tried the same approach there with only slightly better results. about to give it up midafternoon. headed back to the ramp when my brother spotted a pea gravel bank with some big rock along it. Pulled ito about 5 foot of water and we could see SM swimming everywhere. fished 2 areas there for 3 hours. Caught 30-40 fish each ,mostly fish around a pound . A few would go 2. Left planning to return the next day. woke up to a steady rain with most of the day looking the same. Packed it up and headed home. Can't upload pictures for unknown reason will try later.

[Quillback]

The Elites are going to be there in a few weeks, it will be interesting to see how they do.

[curtisce]

They are starting out of Mobridge this time vs Pierre in 2018. That kinda like fishing out of Big M vs Big Cedar.They may run aways though. 

[Quillback]

Those guys have no problem running to somewhere if they think that is where the fish are.

[curtisce]

few pictures from the trip