LAKE OAHE, S.D. (KELO) — Early in December 2023, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) announced that fisheries staff had confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Oahe, the 9th largest ...

ONIDA, S.D. (KELO) — One of South Dakota’s most popular spots to launch a fishing boat on the upper Missouri River is open again. The state Game, Fish and Parks Department announced Friday that a $535 ...

Cow Creek is more than 100 lake miles south of the North Dakota-South Dakota border, said Ben Holen, aquatic nuisance species coordinator for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Zebra mussels ...

The fall walleye fishing is improving slowly but surely out here on the Missouri River and Lake Oahe just south of Bismarck.

Every year, some of the earliest open-water boat fishing in North Dakota occurs on the Missouri River. Historically, from Washburn, N.D., down past Bismarck-Mandan, this "first boats in the water" has ...

Zebra mussels compete with native species, clog water intakes, and can even sink docks and buoys with their weight. They were confirmed in the lower end of Lake Oahe in South Dakota in December, and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - As record amounts of water were flushed through Oahe Dam during the Missouri River flooding last summer, biologists and anglers worried about a repeat of 1997, when hundreds of ...

The continued lack of recreational opportunities on Lake Oahe has piqued the concern of local fishing and conservation groups, who met Saturday to discuss solutions. Members of Bis-Man Reel and Rec.

PIERRE, S.D. - Like Lake Sakakawea, its North Dakota cousin, South Dakota's Lake Oahe is not without issues. Water levels and access are two that will remain as long as the Missouri River reservoirs ...

Nov. 12—UPDATE: This story has been updated here. Hear from Keith Pazour about the day he caught the giant walleye. GETTYSBURG — Less than three weeks after a North Dakota angler reeled in a state ...