
South Dakota Fishing Report – April 29, 2026 – video
Despite some challenging weather and conditions, walleyes are still being caught – here’s where.

Despite some challenging weather and conditions, walleyes are still being caught – here’s where.

Ice fishing season has been put to sleep with the warmer weather and people are grabbing their open-water equipment. Plenty of walleyes are being caught, especially on the Missouri River.

Open-water season is right around the corner. Some feedback from the past hard-water season.

Plenty of anglers will be hitting the water in the next week. So what can they expect?

Snow has hit the area pretty good and the ice probably won’t like it.

Three key lessons ice fishing teaches us and how you can use those same insights to catch more fish during the early open-water season.

Many anglers broke out their long rods and are having decent success, especially on the Missouri River.

What a change a week brings – like a complete 180 from just days ago. Most of it has to do with weather and ice (access/shoreline) conditions, but the fishing is really good.

Walleyes and perch are being caught through the ice and also in open water.

The panfish are snapping and the bite is good.
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