Sully Lake is a reservoir in South Dakota, near Sully County.
Sully Lake is a reservoir in Sully County, South Dakota with 212.3 acres, a recorded maximum depth of 7.5 feet and about 1,160 acre-feet of storage.
With only 7.5 feet at its deepest recorded spot, Sully Lake often rewards careful work along weeds, flats and minor drops.
Fish listed for Sully Lake include Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Northern Pike, Orangespotted Sunfish, and Yellow Perch.
For orangespotted sunfish at Sully Lake, try a worm or tiny jig close to shallow weeds; for yellow perch at Sully Lake, try a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom near weeds or a drop.
For northern pike at Sully Lake, try a spoon, spinnerbait or jerkbait beside weeds and shallow cover.
For black bullhead at Sully Lake, try a worm, cut bait or prepared bait on a light bottom rig; for common carp at Sully Lake, try corn, dough bait or a worm on a simple bottom rig.
As Sully Lake warms in spring, check shallow cover and the first drop leading away from it. During summer at Sully Lake, fish early around shallow cover, then back out toward the creek path or a nearby drop. In fall, follow cooling water and moving bait toward points, green weeds and wind-hit banks at Sully Lake.
Make the first trip to Sully Lake easy to read by fishing one shallow spot, one nearby drop and one piece of cover, then return to the type of water that gives the first solid bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.