This report is a closer to Sakakawea and a briefing of the Missouri River near Bismarck.

Lake Sakakawea is definitely still producing some really nice fish! We found early on the fish were in the deeper water. Forcing us to keep what we caught and stop fishing.

We did however find some shallower fish later in the week. We were actually catching a fair amount in 15 to 22 foot of water and they were the nicer ones!

I would anticipate the fall bite up there to be stellar. Seeing more of the nicer fish in the mid section of the lake this past week, saving on the gas budget.

The Missouri River is actually showing signs of life. Quite a few smaller sized fish this weekend with a mix of a couple decent ones. Like every fall we are a tad early yet. We need that first frost of the fall to kick things into high gear.

The fish are still in a summer mode of deeper water. They are also able to access a lot of the backwater areas. As soon as the river drops for the fall cutback it will force the fish back out into the river where they will be more concentrated and easier to catch.

All signs thus far indicate it should be an excellent bite heading into early October and as far as we can fish before Mother Nature won’t allow us to anymore.

I am still taking bookings for October and November permitting. Of course if the weather doesn’t allow us to fish there is no charge and you’ll receive your deposit back etc.