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- 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...
Missouri River Near Bismarck Report-March 8th, 2026
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...
ND Fishing Report-February 15th, 2026
So I did get out ice fishing one day this week. For me it hasn't been exactly a great ice fishing season. One I was a little nervous about over extending myself. Ice fishing as you all know is a lot of strain on your body. Of course, I was a...
ND Fishing Report-February 8th, 2026
Not sure where to begin with this fishing report? Normally I would be in full blown ice fishing mode. With this weather it's hard to stay focused on the hard water stuff. However, I will report a little bit on that, but we are gonna talk a little about the...