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West Lake Okoboji
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Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
40°
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Water Temperature
39°
20+ fow, deep rock transitions. Dragging slow / deadstick. Water temps were 38-40
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Tubes
Structure
Rock Pile
Dragging baits on rock piles, and rock spines in 16-24ft of water. Finding sand spots with bigger boulders close was key
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
40°
The Ice had just come off two days before I was fishing which had the water very cold on West. I was basically fishing deep winter holes and barely moving my blade bait. I would recommend using braid loops on your blade baits.
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.
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
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Rock Pile
Water Temperature
46°
Slow jerks over boulders.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
48°
Fish were starting to move shallow and hanging around docks. Found that the deeper docks held more fish than the shallower (less than 3ft). Pick apart docks and boat lifts with jigs and work the outside of them with spinnerbait and chatterbait.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Texas Rigs (Worming)
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
60°
