Thread: Perch jerkin on the BIG O

My first trip ever to Okeechobee, starts 2/4/2018 can’t hardly wait, going to fish for crappy and try for a bass over 10 lb. hope my first trip there is a blessed one.


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Originally Posted by waterdog101

My first trip ever to Okeechobee, starts 2/4/2018 can’t hardly wait, going to fish for crappy and try for a bass over 10 lb. hope my first trip there is a blessed one.


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I hope it is also and good luck, but most of all enjoy and come back, because lots of Florida folks counts on those tourist dollars.

Sliknquik, Nice catch, thanks for the post, FYI, I was there last year around this time at my buddies place which is about 1-2 miles north from the mouth of the river. We fished the River about 1/2 mile south of the bridge. about 75 -100 feet from the bank in 10-15 FOW. I too saw the carnival of lights each night, and am almost certain anchored along the side of the river at night caught their limit each night before 10pm. We two caught our limit in 2-3 hours after dark with a 11" boat size limit. Don't want to guess how many crappie are being caught each night there right now. It's a 16 hour trip there for, wishing I was there now doing some Perchjerking.

I made it back from a weeks crappy fishing the big O, didn’t bass fish very much, it was slow and the crappy jig bite was good, so we jigged for crappy and had a really blessed trip, thank God...


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Congrats! Way to go!! That's my favorite way to catch them. Did you fish the North end??

Awesome

I was there yesterday 2/16, and found an unusually high number of boats fishing the Kissimmee river, especially in the area near and where it meets the lake.
Of coarse all were anchored and using lots of rods with floats which is a favorite method at Okeechobee.
I wanted to fish the lake in and around the reeds, so that's where i headed.
I saw almost no boats at all on the lake, and looking at the water i saw what was no doubt the reason, as it was very dirty.
I went quite a distance and found it the same, so i turned around and went back to the river.
I had been paying close attention on my way past the fleet in both directions, and saw only a couple fish being boated.
Till the water clears up id be fishing the river, or possibly Indian prairie canal.
And id also be stopping to pick up minnows.

Originally Posted by yobuck

I was there yesterday 2/16, and found an unusually high number of boats fishing the Kissimmee river, especially in the area near and where it meets the lake.
Of coarse all were anchored and using lots of rods with floats which is a favorite method at Okeechobee.
I wanted to fish the lake in and around the reeds, so that's where i headed.
I saw almost no boats at all on the lake, and looking at the water i saw what was no doubt the reason, as it was very dirty.
I went quite a distance and found it the same, so i turned around and went back to the river.
I had been paying close attention on my way past the fleet in both directions, and saw only a couple fish being boated.
Till the water clears up id be fishing the river, or possibly Indian prairie canal.
And id also be stopping to pick up minnows.

Well my buddy went jigging in the lake yesterday and got 56...my uncle went jigging in the lake today and got his limit. I had to work but will be in the lake jigging tomorrow and monday