It’s an oversimplification, but heading north – sometimes way north – from the Spring Creek takeoff spot on Lake Oahe has been the best formula for success this week.
Dean Rojas is the latest example. He’s been farther north than just about any other angler. He and Edwin Evers, another Top 12 finalist, have been fishing north of the Highway 212 bridge, which is about a 60-mile run from Spring Creek. And Rojas has caught a bigger bag each day, going from 25th on Day 1 with 13-0 to 13th on Day 2 with 14-10 to 7th on Day 3 with 17-6.
This morning Rojas has almost matched yesterday’s total. He’s got 16-10, according to BASSTrakk, after landing a 4-6 at 9:50.
Rojas and Evers zipped past the pack fishing just south of the 212 bridge yesterday morning. That group includes others who’ve been successful this week, like Mark Daniels Jr., Casey Ashley and Bradley Roy.
There’s one more bridge over Lake Oahe to the north, at the town of symbolically named Mobridge (Missouri River bridge). It’s about 105 miles from Spring Creek to Mobridge. It’s the only other place anglers can get fuel on the water, besides Spring Creek, in this long, 370,000-acre lake.