Lake Okoboji Fishing Reports -West Okie Also

[Esox_Magnum]

Ed hows the trolling going for you guys? I'll be out on Spirit Sat afternoon after chasing skies on West in the morn.

[epkirkman]

Not good. Leaches with no bobber and just a plain hook are the key right now. It has been very good.

[Esox_Magnum]

Untill today trollings been good to us. Talked to several today same story with everyone for the day........... NOTHING.We only fished 4 hours though had a noisy trailer bearing that needed fixed.

[epkirkman]

It was bad today on East and West. Tonight the fishing was very good once again on Spirit. I talked to about 50 fisherman on West and the bite was off for all of them this morning.

The night twilight bite has been good however, and if you are pulling cranks, guys are doing very well in about 5 F.O.W. I have not had anytime to fish the last couple of days. I will be working Spirit tomorrow so if you are out and about give me a call.

[LOTWSvirgin]

I didnt have no walleye luck at spirit today did get some bucketmouths and whitebass

[Joe]

West Okoboji Lake

If you are looking for a place to take kids fishing go to Triboji (Lazy Lagoon) on the northwest end of North Bay. Plenty of parking is available with good shoreline for casting along the boat docks. There are many different sizes of bluegills with plenty of action. Bluegill - Good: Use a small ice jig tipped with a wax worm along boat docks in the canals. Largemouth Bass - Good: Use soft plastics pitched near boat docks or other cover in the canals. Crappie - Fair: A few fish are being caught while bluegill fish with small ice jigs tipped with a wax worm. Walleye - Fair: Use a lighted slip bobber with leeches over rock bars after sunset.

East Okoboji Lake

Channel Catfish - Fair: Use large minnows or cut bait on the bottom. White Bass - Fair: Use a white jig and minnow at the bridges. Yellow Perch - Good: Use small hair jigs or a minnow below a bobber on the north shore at the spillway. Walleye - Fair: Troll crankbaits along rock bars or fish at sunset with a jig and minnow or lighted slip bobber with a minnow or leech. Yellow Bass - Good: Use small white jigs near the bridges in the evenings.

[Joe]

East Okoboji Lake

Channel Catfish - Fair: Use large minnows or cut bait fish on the bottom. Yellow Perch - Good: Use a small leadhead tipped with a minnow on the north shore at the spillway. Walleye - Fair: Troll crank baits along rock bars or fish at sunset with a jig and minnow or lighted slip bobber with a minnow or leech. Yellow Bass - Good: Use small white jigs near the bridges in the evenings.

West Okoboji Lake

If you are looking for a place to take kids fishing go to Triboji (Lazy Lagoon) on the northwest end of North Bay. Plenty of parking is available with good shoreline for casting along the boat docks. There are many different sizes of bluegills with plenty of action. Bluegill - Good: Use a small ice jig tipped with a wax worm along boat docks in the canals. Walleye - Fair: Use a lighted slip bobber with live bait or a jig and minnow over rock bars at night.

[Joe]

Channel Catfish - Good: Use crawdads or chubs fished on the bottom near moving water at the bridges or on the north shore near the spillway. Bluegill - Fair: Use small jigs tipped with a piece of crawler around boat docks and weed beds. Yellow Bass - Good: Fish around boat docks or weed lines with small jigs tipped with live bait.

[Joe]

Channel Catfish - Good: Use crawdads or chubs fished on the bottom near moving water at the bridges or on the north shore near the spillway. White Bass - Fair: Fish at sunrise or sunset at the bridges with top-water lures or jigs. Yellow Bass - Good: Fish around boat docks or weed lines with small jigs tipped with live bait.

[Joe]

Channel Catfish - Good: Use chubs or other bait along boat docks, brush piles or near the Trapper's Bay Bridge. White Bass - Good: Use jigs or top-water lures at sunrise or sunset near the Trapper's Bay Bridge.

[Joe]

East

Channel Catfish - Good: Use crawdads or chubs fished on the bottom near moving water at the bridges or on the north shore near the spillway. White Bass - Fair: Fish at sunrise or sunset at the bridges with top-water lures or jigs. Yellow Bass - Good: Fish around boat docks or weed lines with small jigs tipped with live bait.

West

Water temperature is 74 degrees. Bluegill - Good: Use a small jig or slip bobber with live bait along deep (20 to 25 feet) weed beds and rock bars. Largemouth Bass - Fair: Use jigs while casting along weed beds. Yellow Perch - Fair: Use a small jig or slip bobber with live bait along deep weed beds. Yellow Bass - Fair: Use a small jig or slip bobber with live bait along deep weed beds.

[Joe]

East

Channel Catfish - Fair: Use crawdads or chubs fished on the bottom near moving water at the bridges or on the north shore near the spillway. White Bass - Fair: Fish at sunrise or sunset at the bridges with top-water lures or jigs. Bluegill - Fair: Fish weed lines or docks with small jigs tipped with live bait. Yellow Bass - Good: Fish around boat docks or weed lines with small jigs tipped with wigglers or crawler.

West Okoboji Lake

Water temperature is 74 degrees. White Bass - Fair: Look for surfacing activity early and late near points. Bluegill - Good: Use small jigs or a slip bobber with live bait along weed edges and rock bars. A few fish are being caught around docks as well. Smallmouth Bass - Fair: Look for surfacing activity in the mornings or evenings near rock bars. Largemouth Bass - Fair: Use jigs along weed beds and boat docks. Yellow Perch - Fair: Use a small jig or slip bobber with live bait along weed beds. Muskellunge - Fair: Fishing has picked up using large buck tails in the mornings or evenings. Yellow Bass - Fair: Use a small jig or slip bobber with live bait along weed beds.

[Joe]

East

Bluegill - Fair: Fish in weed beds or docks with small jigs tipped with live bait. Yellow Perch - Fair: Fish in weed beds with small jigs tipped with live bait. Yellow Bass - Good: Fish on the edge of weed beds in 8 to 12 feet of water or along boat docks with small jigs tipped with live bait.

West Okoboji Lake

Water temperature is 67.7 degrees. Bluegill - Good: Use small jigs tipped with wigglers or crawlers in 10 to 12 feet of water on weed beds. A few fish are being caught from docks. Yellow Perch - Fair: Use small jigs tipped with wigglers along weed beds. Yellow Bass - Fair: A few fish are being caught while fishing for bluegill and perch.

[Fast Eddy]

What is the ice like on all Okie Waters... including Sprit Lake?? Thanks

[WDH]

East has been iced up now for awhile, west just iced up and northeast end of Big Spirit has about 11 in of ice. All the small lakes have about 8-11 in of ice.

[Esox_Magnum]

Don;t go by the island on Center thin ice there yet.

[WDH]

There were two guys fishing around the island just the outher night and two were out fishing smith bay last night. With the low temps that we have had it's been makeing about an in a night.

[Esox_Magnum]

Those were to 2 that almost went in. Was a quad pulling a little camper shack on East this afternoon.

[Joe]

Ice report: Emerson Bay boat ramp 5 inches; Spencer Beach 1 inch; canals 5 inches; south shore of Millers Bay 3 inches; Lazy Lagoon (Triboji) Beach 3.5 inches. Bluegill - Fair: Fish in the canals with small ice jigs tipped with wax worms/wigglers or plastics. Crappie - Fair: Fish in the canals with small ice jigs tipped with plastics.

[Joe]

Ice report: Emerson Bay boat ramp 10 inches, Lazy Lagoon (Triboji) Beach 8 inches and the north access to Smith's Bay 7.5 inches. Geese have reopened a large hole south of Triboji. Northern Pike - Fair: Use tip ups baited with large baitfish or jig using large jigging lures. Bluegill - Fair: Fish in the canals and bays with small ice jigs tipped with wax worms/wigglers or plastics. Crappie - Fair: Fish in the canals with small ice jigs tipped with plastics. Yellow Perch - Fair: Fish the outside edges of weed beds with plastics. Walleye - Slow: A few fish are being caught along drop-offs with perch colored jigging lures.

[Joe]

Walleye - Fair: Use jigging lures tipped with a minnow near Parks Marina.

West Okoboji Lake

Northern Pike - Fair: Use tip ups baited with large baitfish or jig using large jigging lures. Bluegill - Good: Fish in the bays with small ice jigs tipped with wax worms/wigglers or plastics. Yellow Perch - Fair: Fish the outside edges of weed beds in ~12 feet of water with plastics or live bait near Pocahontas and Eagle points. Walleye - Slow: A few fish are being caught along drop offs with perch colored jigging lures.

[moparmarv]

All decked out in HSO Arctic Armor suit and Ice Armor under gear, spent the afternoon fishing with Dad. Caught 20, saw hundreds, brought home a dozen.

[PerchPounder]

Nice to see you had some luck. Haven't seen you out anywhere this year. Fishing has been going pretty well on both spirit and west.

[moparmarv]

hope to be out there this weekend that was the first time in two years that we made it out last year we were dealing with my daughters cancer so far that has turned out good cancer free now just follow up checks

[fatty4426]

I was wondering what it is like getting on and off in millers and emmerson bay after the snow this week heading there tomorrow morning.