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 […]
Indian Springs offers a tremendous walleye fishery as well as yellow perch and northern pike. Indian Springs is a popular ice fishing destination as the weeds decrease and anglers are able to take advantage of easier fishing. A relatively shallow lake, fishing on Indian Springs usually occurs in 4-13ft of water. Flooded stock dams can reach depths […]
Lake Whitewood is a large, extremely shallow body of water. The maximum depth of the lake is only about 6 feet, but the large area makes it a large overall body of water. Though Whitewood receives minimal attention during summer, it is an extremely popular body of water for ice anglers. Yellow perch are a very popular species, […]
One could make the argument that the auger is the single most important tool an ice angler has. If you can’t cut through the ice to get to the water, you aren’t going to catch fish! It’s an exciting time for the sport of ice fishing, innovative new styles of augers come out what seems […]
Ice fishing is one of those sports that you are often going straight into the teeth of winter. When you are faced with bitter cold, wind, snow, ice and slush you need gear that can stand up to the test and keep you both warm and safe. Luckily for us anglers, there have been a […]
I had a little bit of fun at my expense in The October Story, but in all seriousness it was a great event! I want to give a huge congratulations to Justin Parliament. Justin got on an awesome bite and absolutely dialed it in. He found crappie suspended out deep and the nice walleyes were […]
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