Well this last weekend mother nature dealt us a pretty rash card with the wind deciding to blow up to 40 mph pretty consistently from Friday all the way through Sunday. This made fishing in the boat rather tough, and at times very frustrating. After getting out in the boat and seeing what a headache it was we decided to opt our for some shore fishing. We were able to contact fish right from the get go. Jigs with black plastics seemed to work the best along with tipping it with a minnow.
We caught numerous fish from 16 inches all the way up to 28 inches being the biggest for the day. As the day wore on we switched around from X-raps to swim baits and then eventually came back to jig. With colder temps and the huge wind it seemed these fish wanted the slow hop of a jig fished closer to the bottom.
We caught a pile of fish and had a great time doing it, just a reminder that there are plenty of options in South Dakota even if you cannot get on with the boat. Towards dark we switched lakes and found a good number of eater size fish in shallow 3-4 fow that were eager to take our offerings. These fish made for a great fish fry with some good friends. Hope you all have a chance to get out and do some fishing. Good luck and be safe – Quintin