The waters of Lake Oahe were whipped into a frenzy of whitecaps by winds that gusted over 30 mph most of the day.  Only during the last hour of fishing was a slight decrease in their velocity noted by a meteorologist monitoring the weather.  But that’s where the good weather news ended.

With partly cloudy skies and diminishing winds at the weigh-in site, things were looking up for anglers who were already soaked and still wearing raingear when they pulled into the staging area at a local Ford dealership.  But soon after the weigh-in show started, hosts Jimmy Dykes and Bill Doleman commented about the increasing cloud cover.  “What do those clouds mean?” Dykes asked the crowd that filled the bleachers.  “Rain!” came the reply from several of the locals in unison.  A few minutes later the winds kicked up again, lighting began to streak across the sky, thunder rumbled and everyone ran for cover.