Hutch's Guide Service

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Fishing & Hunting South Dakota's Lake Oahe & Lake Sharpe

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U.S.C.G. Master Captain ref #2976405 and Commercial Assistance Towing License

Welcome to Hutch's Guide Service


Fishing and Hunting the Missouri River System for over 30 years on Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe in Pierre, South Dakota . Getting to know each of my Customers and giving you a Quality Trip is always my #1 goal. Call me today so we can have some great times fishing and hunting.

 

Hutch welcomes you to South Dakota.

HutchHutch and Hutch's Guide Service have been featured in In-Fisherman magazine, Walleye Insider magazine, Fins and Feathers magazine, Omaha World Herald, Minneapolis Tribune, Sioux City Journal, Cleveland Plains Dealer, Dallas Times Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, Des Moines Register, Fishing Texas, Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Gary Howe Outdoors, Kansas City Journal and many more.

Hutch also does fishing and hunting seminars at major sport shows throughout the Midwest and has been featured in many outdoor television shows. You can look for him to appear in your area.

Hutch has been both a bass and walleye tournament fisherman, having over 150 top 20 finishes over the last 30 years, and still fishes some local and national tournaments. Hutch arranges the best lodging/meals on the lake. If your group is too big for one boat, he will arrange for one of his partners to take your group. He can arrange accommodations and guides up to 75 people.

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Hutch is a former sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and is a licensed Master Captain in the US Coast Guard (ref #2976405). Hutch also has a Commercial Assistance Towing license.




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Kent Hutcheson
E-mail: fishinghutch@aol.com
Cell Phone: 605-220-2844


Hutch say's...
Kent Hutcheson

The 2023 open water fishing season is here. Once again a big thank you to my 2022 customers for your business last year and in years past. You can scroll thru the catch's/reports tab above for previous years and see a lot of happy faces and also around a 100 % walleye limit success story. The thing I am the most proud of is the amount of repeat customers that you will see if you scroll back over the years. This is a real good indication of the kind of fishing/hunting we have in the Pierre area along with supporting my decision to start my guide service here years back. Just a lot of great memory's with a lot of great folks.

Lake Oahe could be a little slower and more challenging on the lower end of the Lake. Walleye numbers appear to be less from basically the Cheyenne down to the dam but the further up river you go numbers of both bait and fish improve. To me this probably means I will spend more time fishing north of Pierre on Oahe, Most of the walleye/smallmouth fishing should be good for the good with most guides and experienced anglers doing well. Water levels should be high and that will help hopefully with a smelt run this year. Bait fish continue to be good on Oahe but a smelt run would really help the over all fishery.

Lake Sharpe this year. Plenty of shad again makes this another great year on the small lake. There should be plenty of over 15 inch walleye around making limits for the anglers spending time on the water very good. Smallmouth fishing should continue to be excellent however average size will be better on Oahe. Catfishing on both lakes will be great for those spending the time to fish for these guys. They are an under fished alternative and can make for a great mixed bag experience. Northern and white bass make for more eating fish limits on both lakes.

I will continue to post the fishing catch's/reports pages as soon as I get on the water with an average up date every 3 days in the hope that this feature will help those of you who are planning trips. I will give general info on area's we are fishing ,depths we are fishing, and baits that are working along with picture's of the size fish we are catching. My hope is that you can use this feature to help you in planning a trip or saving some time in hunting the fish.

Lake Oahe/Sharpe in the Pierre area still continues to be one the best location's for the quality of fishing/hunting that is here for those coming from Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, even eastern Colorado and eastern Wyoming. We also see a lot of Wisconsin Minnesota angler's over here so we hope you will come our way. There are also many other things to do while in Pierre. Information on my things to do tab will show some of these.

If you need a licensed experienced ( 30 plus years and USCG CAPTAIN) guide service please give me a call or send and email and hopefully we can do a trip together sometime.

Hutch's Guide Service

Hutch
U.S.C.G. Master Captain
U.S.C.G. Master Captain ref #2976405 and Commercial Assistance Towing License