East Lake Okoboji
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
43°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Pitching under docks in the 4-6 foot range produced a decent amount of 2 and 3 pounders. Pay special attention to docks with wooden post. Retrieve a Buzzbait around docks with rocky banks.
War Eagle Buzzbait 1/2 oz / Black Gold
Out of Stock
Daiwa Tatula CT 100 Casting Reel Left / 7.3:1
Out of Stock
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Minnows
Early mornings the bass can be found chasing baitfish from deep water and pinning them against steep drop offs and busting on the surface. Look for the shallowest water that drops off to 20-50ft and throw spinnerbaits with power swimmers over deep water and catch em good. When the sun comes up a squarebill over the remaining weeds does very well.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
There was a pretty good flippin' bite over on East when the morning fish would die off on West. Caught some nice ones just putting a tube in n' out of the docks that were still there. Some spots had more grass than others and that's when I would fish a Craw Tube instead so it would come back more clean. Docks that were deeper seemed to be the best option.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Structure Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
Skippin under docks, it was grind because of all the pressure and it took a lot of docks to find fish. Look for docks with bluegill stacked under them as that seemed to produce fish a little better. Cover water faster with chatterbait or square bill but didn’t get as many bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
72°
I had a very good tournament flippin a craw-tube around. I was fortunate enough to win the tbf- regional tournament as a co qualifying me for nationals. I was getting beat flipping a jig around behind my boater day one and when I switched to a craw-tube them northern strains went cray-cray. Didn't get a ton of bites but they were the right quality.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
68°
East Boji had low water and the docks that had just a little bit deeper water on them held the better quality fish. Biggest was a 5.25. The majority of the bites were deep under the docks. The reel was the most important product for this. I used the Lew's Pro Skip and Pitch Speed Spool reel to skip as far back under each dock as possible. The larger spool hleps to minimize backlashes. The Strike King rodent was important and another big key was using a lead half ounce weight instead of a tungsten. The lead skips a little bit better. Color wise I sed black and blue because the water color was considerably more dirty on East Boji than West.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
70°
flipping deeper docks and clean up docks and back rip rap with swimbait
