West Lake Okoboji

West Lake Okoboji is the second largest Iowa "Great Lake" with total surface acres of 3,900.  West Lake Okoboji has an average depth of about 38 feet  and a maximum depth of 136 feet.  The Lake presents numerous fishing opportunites for both large and smallmouth bass, panfish, walleye, northern pike and muskie.  Many species stay close to shore and docks on this heavily developed lake during the early season shortly after ice out.  As fish move deeper in the warmer months of May, June, and July, they can be found on deep weedlines of approximatey 20-30 feet deep which can be easy to find on a depth finder.  West Lake Okoboji is separated from its shallower sister lake Easy Lake Okoboji by highway 71 to the southeast.