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
Ice Fishing Report-December 7th, 2025
Safe to say that the open water season is over. With that being said lots of folks will begin venturing out onto the frozen stuff. Like every year no ice is safe ice! I'm already hearing and seeing reports of people getting wet. Please use extreme...
ND Fishing Report-November 30th, 2025
For most of you are reading this, you are probably looking outside and seeing the white stuff gather on the ground. It happened fast this fall. Literally one day we were in a boat catching walleyes and the next day we were out shoveling snow. So for...
Missouri River Fishing Report-November 23rd, 2025
What a month it has been! After grinding it out September and half of October, these past 30 plus days have been something special! When I hear people say we must have caught a hundred for the most part I think that's a good fishing story. However,...
Missouri River Fishing Report-November 16th, 2025
The bite is definitely on locally here on the river near Bismarck. I spent a lot of time and effort on the river September and October looking for a steady bite. I know from my past experience that deer openers are typically the benchmark. This year...
Missouri River Fishing Report-November 9th, 2025
Things have really changed in the past couple of weeks on the river near Bismarck. We are seeing a push of fish moving up from Lake Oahe. Along with this push there are even a few unicorns have shown themselves. The fish are extremely healthy looking...
Missouri River/Lake Oahe Fishing Report-November 2nd, 2025
It's improving slowly but surely out here on the Missouri River/Lake Oahe just south of Bismarck. The migration fish coming out of Oahe are slowly trickling up the river right now. Not in huge numbers, but definitely moving. I think we are almost on...