Lake Oahe Fishing Guide
Lake Oahe, ND Fishing Guide
The meaning of Oahe stands for a foundation or a place to stand on. If you ask me what Oahe means, it means lots of water, cool scenery, and tons of hungry and willing walleyes!
This system is the holding pen for the Missouri Rivers walleyes during the summer months especially. All those fish we see every spring and fall up here near Bismarck, are only a small portion of what stack up by the millions in certain stretches of Lake Oahe.
Honestly, at times it can feel like every walleye in the State of North Dakota is living here. Crankbaits and bottom bouncers with spinners and slow death are the lures of choice to cover this massive flowing body of water. Another couple of hidden gems on this portion of the Missouri River are the world-class Crappies and Northern pike!
Once you arrive at Oahe you will see the beauty of this landscape and it is simply breathtaking! I would love to take bring you out on this spectacular body of water!
HONEST LAKE OAHE FISHING REPORTS
Missouri River Fishing Report-April 5th, 2026
Happy Easter to everyone! If you live here in North Dakota you will know what I am talking about but I think our weather has been belly up at a bar somewhere here recently. We did get some much needed moisture this week in the form of snow. It's...
Missouri River Fishing Report-March 29th, 2026
Things are in full swing out here on the Missouri River near Bismarck. The fish are making their way up river from Lake Oahe and the big girls are staging just south of Bismarck. If you like to pitch jigs, now is the time to do so. You can catch...
Missouri River Fishing Report-March 22nd, 2026
It's been an awesome week out here in Bismarck North Dakota getting back on the Missouri River fishing the open water again! Pretty warm weather helped melt some ice and dried some stuff out a little. We also saw some boat ramps open up and even a couple...
Missouri River Fishing Report- March 15th, 2026
Holy crap the river is open! Not the entire river, but basically Bismarck north is wide open. As you may expect I was one of the early birds to get out on the water. Definitely feels good to know spring open water fishing is officially here. ...
Missouri River Fishing Report-March 8th, 2026
Not much has changed since last week as far as the river near Bismarck is concerned. I was hoping it would have made a little more progress. It's definitely a weird ice season out there. Normally the river freezes in big chunks. This winter...
ND Fishing Report-March 1st, 2026
Sorry I've been slacking a little here as of late on the fishing reports. For me I haven't had a chance to really get out ice fishing or open water fishing the past couple weeks. Hockey season is just about done for me, and with our recent snow falls it...