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preacher

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small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« on: March 11, 2010, 08:57:51 AM »
Hey Guys: I am new to the area from Minnesota.  I am a bass fishing addict.  Please tell me about good bass fishing within 1.5 hrs of brookings.

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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 09:20:57 AM »
i dont know exactly how far it is from brookings but last year we hit the bass pretty good out on enemy swim, they were mostly 14-17 inches most of the time, cochrane is pretty good in the spring but the bass arent neccisarily huge but there r some slobs somewhere in there it's just kinda hard findin them, but if u cant find the bass out there the u can catch the heck out of bluegills
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 09:58:37 AM »
Crappie-Man is right about Cochrane.  You can get them to hit casting plugs or jigs or I pull crawlers with a spinner and hope to hook a walleye or 2 and always seem to catch 5 or 6 bass using that method.  Works for bluegills and crappies as well.  Never know what you are going to catch there.  Perch and northern hit once in a while, too.  You can always catch something there.
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2010, 10:16:58 AM »
Lake Poinsett is a good place to try for smallmouth bass.
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 10:51:39 AM »
Lake Vermillion has some big largemouths in it,Lake Brant is good for smallies.Thonpson has some very good smallies in it,you have to be careful though,next thing youll get hooked on the S.D. state fish,which is a good thing. Good Luck
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2010, 02:25:48 PM »
Poinsette is my fav. place to catch smallies.  1/4 oz pink head with a white tail off prestrudes landing.  Getting a chubby just thinking about it :)
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2010, 05:42:55 PM »
Thanks everyone!  How soon can I start fishing them?  How about lake Carthage, west of Thompson? What about Siani?  Please advise.
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2010, 06:29:01 PM »
sinai has a lot of smallies in it to but they arent the biggest in size yet but some are decent. I have caught a couple up to 18 inches in there.
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 06:38:45 PM »
how are you catching the smalies on Siani?  Which part of the lake?  I was out there last summer and couldn't keep those stinking walleyes off my line :)
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Re: small mouth and large mouth fishing near brookings
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 07:16:11 PM »
Your in South Dakota the fishing season is always open.  That's why all the MN guys come here to fish walleyes in the spring.
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