South Dakota

A looks at the state’s fishing scene.

Winter paid a visit to the area this past week and that kept quite a few people off the water, but those who did go out were smiling. Plenty of big walleyes have been caught

With help from a little sunshine and somewhat stable weather, the walleye bite has picked up around the area. Plenty of trophy walleye have been caught this week on the river and area lakes. The

The unsettled weather contributed to a lot of unsettled reports. However, with the nicer and sunnier weather we’ve had this week, the light switch can quickly be turned on.

he fishing has not been good this past week with many things influencing the bite. Hopefully, with the cooler temperatures and a little more stable weather, the perch bite will improve.

Definitely will be feeling like fall the last half of this week instead of the middle-of-summer weather like we had earlier this week. The cooler weather will definitely drop water temps and help turn the

The water temps continue to fall, and with the start of fall on Saturday, that means one thing – perch fishing. The perch bite is starting to take off in many lakes. Before, it was

The cooler weather over the weekend allowed water temps to drop and that started to turn on the bite. A lot of larger walleyes have been caught recently, which is a good indicator of the

The weather has cooled and the water temperature has begun to fall as well. That has turned on the bite, but it will only get better with a week of stable weather ahead of us.