whitlock-akaska-mobridge-pollock

[nighteyez]

Looking for some advice from the weekend fisherman is any one of these areas producing better quality fish than the other...heading that way this weekend . Thanks in advance!

[sdhusker]

The reports I have been getting suggest a little better fish from the 212 bridge to the dam. The only area I have personally fished is Akaska last weekend, and our fish were all <18". I know there are bigger fish to be caught around there; I just didn't find them.

[btmbncr]

I have fished out of Mobridge and Swan Creek recently.Caught bigger fish on hard sand and gravel breaks.5 to 13 feet deep,10 feet being the most frequent depth.Leeches have worked better for us than minnows or crawlers.The fish are scattered everywhere.If you check enough spots you'll find a school or pod of bigger fish.My wife had a 26 inch fish last trip out on a spot that produced a bunch of 19+ inch fish.It was the 10th or 11th spot we checked.Don't be afraid to move around.Bill

[nighteyez]

Thanks the replys and help sdhusker and btmbncr!

[zooks]

FYI - Men's club tourney in Pollock this weekend. Not that it should stop you but might have a hard time finding a place to stay...

http://www.walleyecentral.com/forums...d.php?t=196891

[bullpintail2424]

We fished out of Bob's this past weekend and went south a few miles and fished anywhere from 5ft to 25ft. We caught two classes of fish. 11-14 inch was 95% of the fish we caught with the remaining 5% in the 21-26 inch range. Nothing between 16-20 inches. We fished from Saturday morning at 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Sunday morning from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and probably caught and released over 115 small fish (11-14 inch). I fished crawlers for the first hour on Saturday morning until I realized how aggressive the fish were so I switched to artificial (Gulp) the remaining periods of time. Everything from crawler harnesses of any make and model, to jig heads, to lindy rigs. I even caught a fish on a bare hook with pink/white float (I checked the line for bait, which there wasn't any, and had to set it back down quickly because I had another fish on my other rod. Once releasing that fish I looked back to my rod with no bait and I had a fish on that rod to my surprise). Often times the three of us only had a chance to fish with one rod. We caught a dozen or so over 20 with only one of them showing signs of quality with nice gearth. The others all had heads that were bigger than their slender bodies. Even the small mouth were small. Didn't matter where you fished, we caught fish in every spot we checked. I would say the bite is smokin HOT , but I wouldn't say that's a good thing for the future of the fishery at this point. Even after the big hail/thunder storm on Saturday night and temps dropping 20 degrees, we caught just as many fish Sunday morning as Saturday morning. Spoke with a large group from my town (12 guys - 6 boats) that stayed at West Whitlock and fished North 6-8 miles and did just the same as we did South, piles of small fish with only a scattering of overs. No theory has been formed that I'm aware of to where all the 16-19 inch fish are??? Have they been caught out by fishing pressure...??? Where did they go...???

well you put couple thousand boats out every weekend and mix in tournaments that pay on weight - that is where your 16-19 inch fish are -- dead Paid for and used....

Did we not (sorry about double negative) learn our lesson in the nineties Fisherman are just to good and to greedy --

[twanttie]

fished the last two weekends out of Mobridge, two weekends ago, fished north of Akaska, trouble finding slot fish, last weekend fished north of Mobridge, caught 142 walleyes, 6 of them keepers. tried all baits and cranks, nothing worked any better.

[Gale Johnson]

they are swimming in someone's hot oil would be my guess, it's been a slaughter up there

[btmbncr]

My brother in law fished Monday out of Mobridge.Limit of fish 16" plus, biggest fish 25".Caught lots of 16 inch plus fish.Said it was a hot bite.Crawlers and bouncers.