Author: Nick Harrington

Lake Thompson is another large, fairly deep body of water. This lake is very similar to Lake Poinsett. The crappie fishing is excellent, but walleye and yellow perch offer excellent fisheries as well. The water is also clear, although shallow sloughs connected to the lake can present some excellent fishing especially during high-water years. Fishing Information Ice […]

3 Buck is a hidden gem that can produce some excellent perch and walleye fishing. The lake derives its name from it used to cost $3 to fish there, but now the lake is open and free to access. 3 Buck offers some spectacular perch fishing at times and monster walleye are present in the system. During […]

Waubay is a large, deep body of water. Waubay is one of the deepest lakes in the area and offers excellent walleye, yellow perch and smallmouth bass fishing.  White bass and northern pike are also popular targets of anglers. The clear water can set up an excellent low light bite that can be one of the […]

Bitter Lake is the poster child of expanding fisheries in eastern South Dakota. Bitter used to be a small duck slough, but years of high precipitation has made it one of the largest bodies of water in the state. Expansion into other sloughs has created a fishery with a diverse amount of habitat, deep water, shallow […]

Lake Poinsett is a large, fish bowl shaped lake. Poinsett is a fairly deep lake for the area, with the majority of the lake being 14-18ft and spots reaching as deep as 20ft with depths slightly fluctuating with water levels. The water is quite clear, which allows for deep weed beds to be present even through winter. […]

Expanding water has made Lake Sinai a very unique waterbody. In fact, Sinai has expanded to nearly twice the size it originally was. The original lake bed is extremely present as it drops off quickly to very deep water. The expansion has flooded farmland, equipment, and buildings as well as road beds and shelterbelts making the area outside […]

The 81 Ponds is an interesting complex. This is an area that used to be shallow sloughs and have expanded creating a large complex of ponds. The structure present is very diverse as flooded fields, roads, timber, fence lines and culverts are present all across the lakes. While one area may get only as deep as 6ft, a […]

Dry Lake #2 can be cyclic, but offers some truly world-class yellow perch fishing as well as a strong walleye population.  Yellow perch over 15 inches and walleye over 29 inches are certainly in the system and are caught by anglers. The lake has large, expansive basins, but most of the areas fished are 8-13ft […]