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Look at the influx of anglers fishing these river systems in the last 3-7yrs. That might have a bit to do with a lot more "Big" fish being caught. More than likely there was always fish of this caliber around, just not as many lures in the water to catch them.
Since I live on Oahe, and have my whole life. I can guarantee you that there are MORE big fish in the system now. I have paid attention to the GFP in both SD and ND and know they net huge fish in the spawning nets each spring. Even have a buddy who's a warden in SD who would come back every spring and new fish out of Mobridge.
Now there were monsters in the system my whole life. Back in the late 70's Mobridge had a fishery that netted and sold shit fish. Then they came up with a dead 23 lb walleye in their nets. It made the news, that a world record walleye was in OAHE. After that the MN boys were packing in every year.