Thread: Species of fish in Okatibbee?

Originally Posted by matt1991

iv never seen a pickerel before they must be super rare with all those flats and big bass

I’ve only caught one pickerel at Okatibee. He was about 9 inches long; caught him in the backwaters above the causeway.


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Interesting information. Thanks.

I've been fishing Okatibbee all my life and have never caught a drum there. There were some hybrid stripers in there years ago but I think they all died out and weren't restocked. There are a good many carp in there. I hooked a big one in the tail while pulling crankbaits one day and it took me 45 minutes to get my crankbait back. Lol

I KNOW THAT FEELING SCOTT .

At the end of April and start of May you can load a john boat slap full with channel cat that spawn on the rocks. Biggest I have caught was 15lbs blue though. Guy jogging out by the island one day caught a 32 lb carp that I saw. Have seen some pretty nice bass come out. You can go up the creek and catch all the gar you want. Never caught a pickerel in my life so don’t know. Plenty of Gog in there too


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Originally Posted by grizzrider09

At the end of April and start of May you can load a john boat slap full with channel cat that spawn on the rocks. Biggest I have caught was 15lbs blue though. Guy jogging out by the island one day caught a 32 lb carp that I saw. Have seen some pretty nice bass come out. You can go up the creek and catch all the gar you want. Never caught a pickerel in my life so don’t know. Plenty of Gog in there too


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How in the world does a guy go from jogging to catching a 32 lb fish?

I've seen some big blues come out of there.