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Late Fall Lake Okeechobee Fishing Report - Big Bass, Crappie & Bluegill Bites on Swimbaits, Jigs and Live Shiners
Artificial Lure here, bringing you today’s November 26, 2025, Lake Okeechobee fishing report.
Sunrise was at 6:47 AM and sunset’s coming at 5:29 PM. We’ve got classic late fall conditions rolling across the Big O: overnight lows dipped to the mid-50s, but a sunny high of 71°F is warming things up fast. Winds are out of the north at around 8 mph, keeping those main lake areas a bit choppy. With water temps falling into the mid-60s after that last cold front, the bite shifted, but it’s settling back in. According to Tides4Fishing, we’re coming off an early morning high tide, with water slowly falling toward the afternoon slack.
Bass activity fired back up after the front pushed fish deeper. Most locals and the pros from last week’s events reported good numbers of 2- to 3-pounders, with solid fish in the 5-pound range landed around Willets and Bird Island on the north shore. The Big O is always tough after a front, but persistence has paid off—anglers put together consistent limits this week with some real Okeechobee hawgs in the mix.
Best numbers and quality bass are being caught on two main presentations:
- **Swimming worms**—7-inch Junebugs or black, rigged weightless or with a light bullet sinker, swam over eelgrass beds just under the surface. Jacob Powroznik and much of the field leaned heavy on these for a pile of their bites in the recent tourney, especially around clear water, hard-bottom reed lines, and inside edge eelgrass pockets.
- **Vibrating and swim jigs**—Anything black-and-blue or perch color with a Menace Grub or Double Tail grub trailer. Pitch these into clumps of hay grass, reeds, or cattails, targeting those 1- to 2-foot hard-bottom areas.
Other productive lures: popping frogs in heavy mats, chatterbaits in green pumpkin around pad fields, and stick worms Texas- or wacky-rigged in darker colors. In the canals or where the water’s cleaner—like Taylor Creek—finesse worms on light fluorocarbon are picking up better bites, especially for bigger fish holding at the edge of deeper water, just like Jordan Lee did to save his tournament.
Live shiners are always a killer bait if you’re after a trophy or just want steady action with family or friends. Wild shiners fished under a cork around reed points and eelgrass have put some big bass in the net all week, especially on the north end.
For species variety: crappie (specks) catches have improved near Kissimmee River and Indian Prairie Canal, especially in deeper holes, hitting small jigs and minnows. A few slab bluegill reports come from the rim ditch and around Kings Bar.
Hot spots you gotta try:
- **Harney Pond and Indian Prairie**—classic bass magnets this week, especially the eelgrass flats and hydrilla edges.
- **Observation Shoal and Bird Island**—fish are staging in cleaner water and moving shallow as the sun gets up.
Watch out for some muddy patches after last week’s rain, but the water’s clearing up nicely. Find the greenest grass you can and work your baits slow until midday, then speed it up as things warm.
That’s the latest from Lake O: solid fall fishing, a chilly start but warming water and steady action for those working the grass edges and classic Okeechobee cover. Thanks for tuning in to the Artificial Lure fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates and tackle tips!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Sunrise was at 6:47 AM and sunset’s coming at 5:29 PM. We’ve got classic late fall conditions rolling across the Big O: overnight lows dipped to the mid-50s, but a sunny high of 71°F is warming things up fast. Winds are out of the north at around 8 mph, keeping those main lake areas a bit choppy. With water temps falling into the mid-60s after that last cold front, the bite shifted, but it’s settling back in. According to Tides4Fishing, we’re coming off an early morning high tide, with water slowly falling toward the afternoon slack.
Bass activity fired back up after the front pushed fish deeper. Most locals and the pros from last week’s events reported good numbers of 2- to 3-pounders, with solid fish in the 5-pound range landed around Willets and Bird Island on the north shore. The Big O is always tough after a front, but persistence has paid off—anglers put together consistent limits this week with some real Okeechobee hawgs in the mix.
Best numbers and quality bass are being caught on two main presentations:
- **Swimming worms**—7-inch Junebugs or black, rigged weightless or with a light bullet sinker, swam over eelgrass beds just under the surface. Jacob Powroznik and much of the field leaned heavy on these for a pile of their bites in the recent tourney, especially around clear water, hard-bottom reed lines, and inside edge eelgrass pockets.
- **Vibrating and swim jigs**—Anything black-and-blue or perch color with a Menace Grub or Double Tail grub trailer. Pitch these into clumps of hay grass, reeds, or cattails, targeting those 1- to 2-foot hard-bottom areas.
Other productive lures: popping frogs in heavy mats, chatterbaits in green pumpkin around pad fields, and stick worms Texas- or wacky-rigged in darker colors. In the canals or where the water’s cleaner—like Taylor Creek—finesse worms on light fluorocarbon are picking up better bites, especially for bigger fish holding at the edge of deeper water, just like Jordan Lee did to save his tournament.
Live shiners are always a killer bait if you’re after a trophy or just want steady action with family or friends. Wild shiners fished under a cork around reed points and eelgrass have put some big bass in the net all week, especially on the north end.
For species variety: crappie (specks) catches have improved near Kissimmee River and Indian Prairie Canal, especially in deeper holes, hitting small jigs and minnows. A few slab bluegill reports come from the rim ditch and around Kings Bar.
Hot spots you gotta try:
- **Harney Pond and Indian Prairie**—classic bass magnets this week, especially the eelgrass flats and hydrilla edges.
- **Observation Shoal and Bird Island**—fish are staging in cleaner water and moving shallow as the sun gets up.
Watch out for some muddy patches after last week’s rain, but the water’s clearing up nicely. Find the greenest grass you can and work your baits slow until midday, then speed it up as things warm.
That’s the latest from Lake O: solid fall fishing, a chilly start but warming water and steady action for those working the grass edges and classic Okeechobee cover. Thanks for tuning in to the Artificial Lure fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates and tackle tips!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiArtificial Lure here, bringing you today’s November 26, 2025, Lake Okeechobee fishing report.
Sunrise was at 6:47 AM and sunset’s coming at 5:29 PM. We’ve got classic late fall conditions rolling across the Big O: overnight lows dipped to the mid-50s, but a sunny high of 71°F is warming things up fast. Winds are out of the north at around 8 mph, keeping those main lake areas a bit choppy. With water temps falling into the mid-60s after that last cold front, the bite shifted, but it’s settling back in. According to Tides4Fishing, we’re coming off an early morning high tide, with water slowly falling toward the afternoon slack.
Bass activity fired back up after the front pushed fish deeper. Most locals and the pros from last week’s events reported good numbers of 2- to 3-pounders, with solid fish in the 5-pound range landed around Willets and Bird Island on the north shore. The Big O is always tough after a front, but persistence has paid off—anglers put together consistent limits this week with some real Okeechobee hawgs in the mix.
Best numbers and quality bass are being caught on two main presentations:
- **Swimming worms**—7-inch Junebugs or black, rigged weightless or with a light bullet sinker, swam over eelgrass beds just under the surface. Jacob Powroznik and much of the field leaned heavy on these for a pile of their bites in the recent tourney, especially around clear water, hard-bottom reed lines, and inside edge eelgrass pockets.
- **Vibrating and swim jigs**—Anything black-and-blue or perch color with a Menace Grub or Double Tail grub trailer. Pitch these into clumps of hay grass, reeds, or cattails, targeting those 1- to 2-foot hard-bottom areas.
Other productive lures: popping frogs in heavy mats, chatterbaits in green pumpkin around pad fields, and stick worms Texas- or wacky-rigged in darker colors. In the canals or where the water’s cleaner—like Taylor Creek—finesse worms on light fluorocarbon are picking up better bites, especially for bigger fish holding at the edge of deeper water, just like Jordan Lee did to save his tournament.
Live shiners are always a killer bait if you’re after a trophy or just want steady action with family or friends. Wild shiners fished under a cork around reed points and eelgrass have put some big bass in the net all week, especially on the north end.
For species variety: crappie (specks) catches have improved near Kissimmee River and Indian Prairie Canal, especially in deeper holes, hitting small jigs and minnows. A few slab bluegill reports come from the rim ditch and around Kings Bar.
Hot spots you gotta try:
- **Harney Pond and Indian Prairie**—classic bass magnets this week, especially the eelgrass flats and hydrilla edges.
- **Observation Shoal and Bird Island**—fish are staging in cleaner water and moving shallow as the sun gets up.
Watch out for some muddy patches after last week’s rain, but the water’s clearing up nicely. Find the greenest grass you can and work your baits slow until midday, then speed it up as things warm.
That’s the latest from Lake O: solid fall fishing, a chilly start but warming water and steady action for those working the grass edges and classic Okeechobee cover. Thanks for tuning in to the Artificial Lure fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates and tackle tips!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Sunrise was at 6:47 AM and sunset’s coming at 5:29 PM. We’ve got classic late fall conditions rolling across the Big O: overnight lows dipped to the mid-50s, but a sunny high of 71°F is warming things up fast. Winds are out of the north at around 8 mph, keeping those main lake areas a bit choppy. With water temps falling into the mid-60s after that last cold front, the bite shifted, but it’s settling back in. According to Tides4Fishing, we’re coming off an early morning high tide, with water slowly falling toward the afternoon slack.
Bass activity fired back up after the front pushed fish deeper. Most locals and the pros from last week’s events reported good numbers of 2- to 3-pounders, with solid fish in the 5-pound range landed around Willets and Bird Island on the north shore. The Big O is always tough after a front, but persistence has paid off—anglers put together consistent limits this week with some real Okeechobee hawgs in the mix.
Best numbers and quality bass are being caught on two main presentations:
- **Swimming worms**—7-inch Junebugs or black, rigged weightless or with a light bullet sinker, swam over eelgrass beds just under the surface. Jacob Powroznik and much of the field leaned heavy on these for a pile of their bites in the recent tourney, especially around clear water, hard-bottom reed lines, and inside edge eelgrass pockets.
- **Vibrating and swim jigs**—Anything black-and-blue or perch color with a Menace Grub or Double Tail grub trailer. Pitch these into clumps of hay grass, reeds, or cattails, targeting those 1- to 2-foot hard-bottom areas.
Other productive lures: popping frogs in heavy mats, chatterbaits in green pumpkin around pad fields, and stick worms Texas- or wacky-rigged in darker colors. In the canals or where the water’s cleaner—like Taylor Creek—finesse worms on light fluorocarbon are picking up better bites, especially for bigger fish holding at the edge of deeper water, just like Jordan Lee did to save his tournament.
Live shiners are always a killer bait if you’re after a trophy or just want steady action with family or friends. Wild shiners fished under a cork around reed points and eelgrass have put some big bass in the net all week, especially on the north end.
For species variety: crappie (specks) catches have improved near Kissimmee River and Indian Prairie Canal, especially in deeper holes, hitting small jigs and minnows. A few slab bluegill reports come from the rim ditch and around Kings Bar.
Hot spots you gotta try:
- **Harney Pond and Indian Prairie**—classic bass magnets this week, especially the eelgrass flats and hydrilla edges.
- **Observation Shoal and Bird Island**—fish are staging in cleaner water and moving shallow as the sun gets up.
Watch out for some muddy patches after last week’s rain, but the water’s clearing up nicely. Find the greenest grass you can and work your baits slow until midday, then speed it up as things warm.
That’s the latest from Lake O: solid fall fishing, a chilly start but warming water and steady action for those working the grass edges and classic Okeechobee cover. Thanks for tuning in to the Artificial Lure fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates and tackle tips!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI