Thread: Finally experienced the big "O"!!!!

Okeechobee that is. I enjoy fishing new bodies of water, fishing for me is more about the adventure then the catching although i like to catch too. This lake has been on my bucket list since I was a kid seeing it on bass fishing shows. Once you get there, what a huge body of water!!!! The lake is well over 25 miles across, muddy, muddy and full of vegetation that is over a third of a mile from dry land into the lake, at least everywhere I explored.


Worked the boat up through the vegetation throwing a variety of plugs, plastic and jigs. Everywhere you looked was that perfect pocket that had to hold fish!!!! Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to deal with the water clarity. I couldn't see the head of my white trolling motor just inches under the surface!!!! Covered 25 miles and couldn't find any change. But, I did find a change in contour in a overflow canal. Threw jigs under a float against the cover of the canal edge and caught my first Okeechobee crappie! Caught another 3 and I also caught a nice 3 lb bass using the same method.

Did a little dipping into the thick areas with BnM long jigging rod. (Steelguy would have loved this.) I haven't done it much and missed way more then I caught. But I did managed to swing a few more crappie out that way. There is a 10" limit on this body and a couple thru the day would not have made the cut. Like anywhere though, if you could fish it regularly it would produce.

The entire day I had the feeling of being watched
They were everywhere!!! Used the livewell to clean my hands after catching a fish, call me chicken


Just a fun day on the water crossing off another bucket list lake.