West Lake Okoboji
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West Lake Okoboji Fishing Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
48°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
64°
Shallow water bay throwing a weightless wacky rig anywhere from the shore to the middle of the bay
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Lg)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water temps are now around the 50 degree mark. Both largemouth and smallmouth are slowly getting ready to make their way to spawning flats. A quick morning trip this week produced a 5 fish sack of 18 pounds by slow rolling megabass magdraft's off of main lake points with submerged vegetation.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
46°
Slow jerks over boulders.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Wacky senko around the docks is slaying the tankers.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Docks
Bass were on the end of docks and fat.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Crappie
It was 42 water temperature. Fish very slow around hard cover. Fish the sunny sides.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Depending if you had sun or clouds a tube is an awesome option. When it's cloudy these fish tend to look and feed down. So any rock/sand transition in 10-15 ft or 25-30ft seems to be best. They either are pretty shallow are way deep. Small swimbaits will also catch them if you get the sun to poke out.
