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Lake Sakakawea Fishing Reports
Our goal is for at least weekly updates and/or any time there are major shifts in the bite and fish movement patterns. We also look to include not only first-hand information from our catches in the boat but also other local information we here about catches in and around the area, water temperature updates, and anything else we hear or see that is relevant to the fishing conditions in our areas. Fill out the contact subscribe form below, and new fishing reports will be delivered straight to your inbox.
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Sakakawea Preview 2025
Per usual, we'll start off with water levels, which are good enough to avoid any worry. Current elevation is 1,832 (18 feet below full...
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Sakakawea - August 5
Going back to my post in June, the seasonal progressions of the lake have pretty much remained behind schedule almost all year. We did...
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Sakakawea - June 16
This lake is nothing if not an education in change. As bizarre as last year was, this year is the same thing in a different direction. To...
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Sakakawea - May 18
While New Town has been going strong post-spawn for a while, other places really perked up here this week. As of writing, there should be...
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Sakakawea Preview 2024
First off, water levels are starting off much better this year. We are sitting at 1835 feet elevation, which is about ten feet above last...
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Sakakawea - October 8
Update required...I normally don't post twice this close together, but my website says "or any time there are major shifts in the bite,"...
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Sakakawea - October 4
Things are happening, but they are taking place deeper than most people would like them to, and perhaps a little less consistently as...
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Sakakawea - August 5
Getting back to normal would be my theme for early August. After my last post late June, we were still running way ahead of schedule....
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Sakakawea - June 27
I normally write three or four fishing reports before things change as much as they have since the last one, but it's been a wild season....
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Sakakawea - June 6
It's hot...in more ways than one! The month of May in Garrison was four degrees above average, and the last eleven days of the month were...
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Sakakawea & Missouri River - May 12
The bite finally got going in the last week or ten days on the Missouri river near Bismarck, and the post-spawn bite should be just...
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Sakakawea Spring Preview - 2023
Even though spring seems a long way from the shores of Lake Sakakawea right now, it's all I can think about! My goal, per usual, is to be...
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Sakakawea - 2022 Wrap-up
One of the best seasons of fishing I've been a part of at lake Sakakawea is officially over. The number of 17-21 inch walleyes caught...
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September 26
It's technically fall now, and though it's not a "post-turnover" bite, the fishing has really picked up the last week already. Water...
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Sakakawea - Aug 4
The shallow summer bite had a good run with the rising water levels and mild temperatures, but it appears to be over. The bite is still...
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Sakakawea - July 17
The bite on Sakakawea is absolutely outstanding right now and has been for the last few weeks. This is easily the best all-around fishing...
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Sakakawea - June 17
Things are a little "behind" this year on Sakakawea, which sounds bad, but I love it...let me explain. The water temps in the bays we're...
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Sakakawea - May 26
The post-spawn bite at New Town is fully on now. Lots of limits of fish from 10-20 feet of water depending on the day. Jigs and minnows...
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Sakakawea - May 11
The post-spawn walleye migration bite is starting to go a little up north of New Town, but you need to get up there a ways, White Earth...
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Sakakawea / MO River - May 2
I spent three days last week fishing the Missouri River near Bismarck, so I'll start with a bonus report. The big muddy...
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