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Last updated: Friday - Jul, 30 2010

Northeast South Dakota

Lake	Fishing Report
Enemy Swim	Walleyes, perch, and crappie fair. Smallmouth bass fair to good.
Kettle	Walleye fair to good.
Pelican	Few reports..
Dry Lake (By Willow Lake)	Walleyes fair to good fishing weed lines. A few perch.
Big Stone Lake	Walleyes fair. Perch fair to good.
Poinsett	Walleyes fair to good along weed lines; Silver Bass excellent as well. A few pike.
North & South Brush Lake	Walleyes slow to fair north lake.
Bitter Lake	Walleyes good to excellent.
Waubay	Walleyes fair using live bait or pulling plugs. Shore bite off the Grenville Grade lately has been fair.
Reetz	Walleyes and perch fair. A few crappie.
Pickerel Lake	Walleyes fair and crappies fair to good.
Cattail	Walleye fair to good.
Fish Lake	Few reports.
Lake Kampeska	A few walleye.
Blue Dog	A few walleyes.
Lake Cochrane	Bluegills and crappie fair. A few walleye.
Casey's Slough	A few walleye.
West Oakwood	Not good.
Lynn Lake	Walleyes fair to good. A few Muskie.
Maynard's Slough	A few walleyes.
Lake Albert	Walleye fair using live bait and pulling plugs. Also fair for Pike.
Lake Henry	Walleyes fair to good using live bait and also pulling plugs.
Roy Lake	A few walleyes and perch. Smallmouth bass fair to good. A few nice ones lately!

Southeast South Dakota

Lake	Fishing Report
Madison	Walleyes fair. Guys having best luck have been pulling plugs. A few crappie and perch as well. Shore bite has been best in the early morning or evening hours.
Vermillion	Walleyes fair using spinners with leeches and crawlers. Pulling plugs has also worked lately. Also a few crappie and bluegill. A few fish being caught from shore, but best bite has been from boats.
Lake Herman	A few Walleye. Perch bite has been slow to fair lately.
Wall Lake	A few few being caught despite large fish kill.
Lake Alvin	A few catfish, crappie, and bluegill.
Diamond	Walleyes and perch fair using live bait. A few and pike. Shore bit has been best off the north side of the road.
Scott's Slough	Walleyes fair and a few perch from shore.
Island	Walleyes fair. Perch bite has slowed somewhat. Bite is the same from shore and boat.
81 Ponds	Walleyes continue to be fair using leeches and slip bobbers along weed edge. A few perch.
Lakota	Fair for largemouth bass and a few perch.
Twin Lakes (by Montrose)	Walleyes fair to good on leeches and Countdowns along weed edge. A few perch. Guys are still catching a few walleyes during the evening along the shore.
Thompson	Walleyes fair using spinners with leeches and crawlers. Also pulling plugs has worked lately as well. Also a few perch and crappie. The grade has produced some nice walleyes from shore lately.
Brandt	Slow to fair for Walleyes using spinners with leeches and/or crawlers. Fair for silver and smallmouth bass. Also a few crappie and perch. Shore bite has been best during the evening.
Long Lake (South of Madison)	Winter Killed.
Family Park (Western Sioux Falls)	Trout fair. A few Crappie, bluegill, and pike.
Loss	A few walleye.
Menno	Bluegills fair to good.
Beaver	A few small perch.
Sinai	Walleyes fair using leeches and crawlers. Slow Death snells have worked well. Perch continue to be fair.

Northwest Iowa

Lake	Fishing Report
Spirit Lake	Bluegill and walleye good using slip bobbers and leeches along weed edges. Largemouth and Silver bass, as well as Perch fair to good.
Silver Lake	Walleyes and Silver bass fair to good trolling crank baits.
East Okoboji	Bluegill, walleye and Perch good along weed edges. Channel Cats fair to good using stink bait near sunken or fallen trees.
West Okoboji	Walleyes, Perch, and Bluegill good using slip bobbers and leeches along weed edge. Largemouth Bass good using crank baits or plastics alogn weed edge.
Lake Pahoja	Bluegill and Crappie fair to good.

Southwest Minnesota

Lake	Fishing Report
Shetek	Walleyes fair using plugs or live bait spinners. A few Crappies and perch.
Sarah	A few Walleyes. Few crappie.
Benton	Walleyes slow to fair. A few pike.
Lake Wilson	Few Perch.
Round	Walleyes slow to fair and bullheads fair.
Okabena	Walleyes slow to fair. A few perch.

Missouri River

River	Fishing Report
Mobridge	Walleyes fair to good on live bait.
Pierre	Walleyes fair to good on live bait and plugs. Slow death presentations with a half crawler continue to produce.
Fort Thompson	Walleyes fair pulling plugs also using crawlers.
Chamberlain	Walleyes fair to good on live bait and plugs.
Platte	Walleyes fair on live bait and plugs.
Pickstown	A few walleyes. Silver bass fair.
Yankton	Walleyes fair. A few catfish and silver bass as well.

Other Rivers

River	Fishing Report
James River	Catfish fair to good on chubs. Smaller cats on stink bait.
Big Sioux	Catfish fair to good all along the river. Weighed in quite a few cats over 40 pounds lately! A few walleyes also being caught.