First trip to Webster SD

Hi Guys and Gals; My family and I are heading to the Webster sd area for the first time ever for a family trip. I was hoping some fellow IDOers could lend some advice as to what equipment and baits we should bring with us; as well as which lakes we should target. We will be fishing for walleyes and pan fish. Any advice would be apperciated. Thank you in advance.

Last year the slough north of Webster was good. Waubay was good. It is a fun area, just be willing to work and try lots of lakes. A good auger and lots of gas is my best tip.

I will be up over new years with my father in-law If its before your trip I can give you more info

We will be going Christmas day for the weekend. Thanks guy

Talk to doug st the sportsmans cove he’s always willing to help.add for me I love the south end of bitter lake los off structure out there.tingle spoons, ratteling flyers, slender spoons have all worked well.

Thanks Jessered. WE’ll have to try and hit Bitter. A few others have mentioned it to us also. Should be interesting since we usually fish the river (pool 4) and its our first trip out there pretty sure the laser mag will get a work out.

gold is a good color up there, as well as anything perch colored.

You will love it out there! I have returned half a dozen times in both winter & summer! With the variety of lakes & species, there is always something biting, even on the off days! Good luck & enjoy!

Thank you guys for the information and tips. I’m going to need all the help since I’m bringing the wife and my little fishing buddy. I’m sure we’ll have a good time as long as the weather doesn’t turn on us and the perch and crappys are still active. Thanks again and marry Christmas to you and your families

Here is a report for how our trip went for those of you who might be going out. Lynn lake: we fished from 12-5 pm we fished straight out from road access in four different areas known to produce big eyes. We didn’t catch anything to keep. A few nice eye we’re take on Friday by others (28-30″). Only heard of a few getting perch limits on lynn also. Enemy: was another tight lip bite Friday. We caught a bunch of small well tiny perch fishing from 7am-12pm. We fished I south west bays. Friday afternoon we fished waubay was slow till dusk. There was about 20 minute window at sundown were we had fast action walleyes and crappies hit dead sticks as fast as we could get the lines back down in 21fow. They were 12-18″ eyes and crappies 10-13″. Sat morning on waubay we fished 18″ per other advise we drilled a to. Of hole with little to no luck. Talked to many with reports that bit was down but seamed to be starting to pick up. I’m not sure what to think about that since it was our first time there.
We may try another trip out there February/March but this trip was a bust if it was not for the family time.

We tried a couple new to us spots last weekend and had the same results. The bite is in a funk for the most part. We fished Lynn last fall and the structure in that lake makes me want to try ice fishing it. Give it another shot, when it’s hot nothing compares

Did you drive onto most of the lakes, or were wheelers still needed

We drove wheelers out but there was a few trucks out there on wuabay and Lynn. Lynn had 10-14 inchs. Waubay had 10-16″ spotty with a pressure ridge by Grenville that a wheeler and truck went through last week. Enemy swim had 8-12 inchs. Use caution is what everyone had told us so we used wheelers to err of side of caution.