Sak Get out there this weekend!

[snow2]

I'm taking some disabled folks fishing on east end of Sak, so plz DM me any tips you might have.

I haven't fished it since last year around this time because I live in eastern ND (pray for me).


[OK, they're not exactly disabled. It's my 85 yr old mom and two brothers who never fish unless I take them. So it's close. ]

Don't forget the bunji
cords to loop thru their belt loops to keep them strapped in,no chuming allowed.

 

[Weekender]

I've fished Sak a couple days a week since ice off and this weekend was the best fishing I've had so far this season as far as numbers.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I've fished Sak a couple days a week since ice off and this weekend was the best fishing I've had so far this season as far as numbers.

I put in at indian hills, I dont fish sak much but I ran to where the lake turns north and fished that corner area, there were a bunch of boats out there. I ended up with 2 keepers and threw back a few dinks, it was pretty slow though. mostly I was using 2oz bouncer with a slow death hook in 20 to 40 feet. I didnt see any other fish being caught either, when I got there there must have been 10 boats but most cleared out within a couple hours.

 

[Weekender]

I didn't make it past pepsi point when I fished out of Indian Hills Saturday, there were hundreds of walleyes on there.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I didn't make it past pepsi point when I fished out of Indian Hills Saturday, there were hundreds of walleyes on there.

that was my first time ever putting in at indian hills, no idea what pepsi point is, but maybe I could figure it out by looking at a map. Did you catch much there, its a long drive from bismarck to not get many fish unfortunately.

 

[Weekender]

that was my first time ever putting in at indian hills, no idea what pepsi point is, but maybe I could figure it out by looking at a map. Did you catch much there, its a long drive from bismarck to not get many fish unfortunately.

Pepsi point is the point on the West side as you are coming out of Good Bear Bay (Indian Hills). There's a Pepsi sign on the shoreline there.

 

[5575]

I put in at indian hills, I dont fish sak much but I ran to where the lake turns north and fished that corner area, there were a bunch of boats out there. I ended up with 2 keepers and threw back a few dinks, it was pretty slow though. mostly I was using 2oz bouncer with a slow death hook in 20 to 40 feet. I didnt see any other fish being caught either, when I got there there must have been 10 boats but most cleared out within a couple hours.

Darn should have said something, we caught our 3 and 5 man limits every day this weekend.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Darn should have said something, we caught our 3 and 5 man limits every day this weekend.

no fair, PM me tips and I might try it again, else Im going to lakes out in the steel area next trip, I always seem to catch something out there.

 

[Allen]

I didn't make it past pepsi point when I fished out of Indian Hills Saturday, there were hundreds of walleyes on there.

Dammit! I was there on Sunday and I went east, starting at the eastern point of Good Bear Bay. FIshing was slow until a rain cloud came up from the Twin Buttes area, then for 15 minutes the brother-in-law and I couldn't keep the smallish walleyes off the hook. We ended a little early because I had to get back to Bismarck, but we could have scratched out a limit just west of Goat Island if'n we had stayed another half hour, or so.

The stupid part was that I thought about fishing Pepsi Flats and just never got around to it.

In talking with a couple other boats, it was the same old "you shoulda been here yesterday as they were jumping in the boat".

On Saturday we fished up in the Van Hook Arm and all the way down past Shell Island with very poor results.

 

[Skeeter]

Hope the shore fishing is good tomorrow!

It looks like you need a boat. I have one I’ll sell you.

 

[Vollmer]

We did well over the weekend. Heard a lot of guys were out deep, but we found plenty of fish in 22-25 fow. We mostly pulled cranks or slow death around. The weather was spectacular!

 

[Davy Crockett]

Had more fun fishing than I have had in the last 40 years on the Cheyenne watching 8 grandkids catching goldeyes and small catfish 2 or 3 a minute in a small eddy. We shared 4 rods for about 20 minutes and they all caught multiple fish, then we had a downpour so we hunkered down in thier two story tree fort till it turned to a drizzle and we fished again for about 10 more minutes till the skeeters drove us out and found out why KDM calls it Mudding. We had mud and skeeter bites from head to toe but nobody complained. Two oldest grandsons were competing and they each caught 9 , one had a little 2'' yellow crank bait of some kind and he caught 9 small catfish , the other had a bare hook with a split shot and a worm and he caught 9 goldeyes.

 

[ndfinfan]

We stayed at Stevenson from Thursday through Monday, got out on the water Fri, Sat, and Sun mornings. Friday morning ran west past 5 Fingers, fished north shoreline, targeted humps in 20 to 30 fow. Jigged with crawlers and plastics, ended up catching 8 or 9 eyeballs - kept 3 nice fish, through back a fat 25 inch girl. Great morning...Sat morning slow, Sun morning same as Friday. Overall good bite, did not troll...felt like jigging. Great weekend - hope all enjoyed it! BTW I've really enjoyed the new boat this summer, the 200Hp Yamaha pushes my G3 to 53.2mph (fastest so far), handles 2 ft rollers much better than the Lund, and love the 36v Minn Kota set up with the Hummingbird!

 

[snow2]

Had more fun fishing than I have had in the last 40 years on the Cheyenne watching 8 grandkids catching goldeyes and small catfish 2 or 3 a minute in a small eddy. We shared 4 rods for about 20 minutes and they all caught multiple fish, then we had a downpour so we hunkered down in thier two story tree fort till it turned to a drizzle and we fished again for about 10 more minutes till the skeeters drove us out and found out why KDM calls it Mudding. We had mud and skeeter bites from head to toe but nobody complained. Two oldest grandsons were competing and they each caught 9 , one had a little 2'' yellow crank bait of some kind and he caught 9 small catfish , the other had a bare hook with a split shot and a worm and he caught 9 goldeyes.

8 grand kid!?! You must have patience of a saint,lol.

 

[Davy Crockett]

8 grand kid!?! You must have patience of a saint,lol.

Haha. 9 total ,older two and both dads were helping the younger ones so it went good. I gave up my rod before I even caught a fish , it was way more fun watching than fishing.

 

[guywhofishes]

Thanks everyone.
We blanked Saturday (east end) We caught limits of 15-24 inch Sunday and Monday further west - mostly 16" I would guess. Some nicer fish on occasion - a 22 and a 24.

STUPID deep was best. YUCK.
I'm surprised people had luck shallow - we couldn't buy marks shallow and tried quite often.

What BB speed was best this weekend? 0.8 seemed best when retarded deep, 1.0 or so if < 40 fow.

do we just suck... or does anyone else reel up only to find a 16" fish on their lines when checking their bait at 52 fow?

 

[snow2]

Interesting these reports early fall fish are this deep must be river system? My area last week,shallow 4' to5" ow,crayfish pattern cranks then evening bite #9 crayfish rap shallow rock reefs with incidental ski/pike and smallmouth, feedbags on.

 

[Allen]

Thanks everyone.
We blanked Saturday (east end) We caught limits of 15-24 inch Sunday and Monday further west - mostly 16" I would guess. Some nicer fish on occasion - a 22 and a 24.

STUPID deep was best. YUCK.
I'm surprised people had luck shallow - we couldn't buy marks shallow and tried quite often.

What BB speed was best this weekend? 0.8 seemed best when retarded deep, 1.0 or so if < 40 fow.

do we just suck... or does anyone else reel up only to find a 16" fish on their lines when checking their bait at 52 fow?

We were targeting 25-35 ft of water up at Van Hook, which is the depths we were marking fish. However, all 3 walleye came out of a little hole that was only 8-10 ft deep.

Then at Indian Hills, we again marked the most fish in 25+ ft of water, but struggled to get them to bite. We drifted off course and ended up in 9-10 ft of water as the rain approached and found active fish. It was crazy fun when they turned on with the rain shower.

On Sak we were pulling our spinners around 0.8-1.2 mph, but on the small lakes east of Bismarck the bite has been notably better at 1.4-1.6 mph this year.

 

[SurvivalAmazon88]

It looks like you need a boat. I have one I’ll sell you.

lmao I DO want a boat but nothing to pull one with sadly.

 

[Lycanthrope]

lmao I DO want a boat but nothing to pull one with sadly.

you could marry one?