Artificial Lure coming to you with your Lake Okeechobee fishing report for November 24, 2025. Folks, it’s a beautiful late fall morning on the Big O—winds out of the northeast today, light at 5 to 10 knots, so you can expect mostly smooth water according to the National Weather Service. Temps are comfortable, starting in the low 60s, and we’re topping out near 80 by afternoon. No hard cold fronts in sight, and the water level is holding steady, making conditions about as prime as you can ask for this time of year.

First light is around 6:40 a.m. and sunset’s rolling in about 5:30 p.m. Bass are feeding best early and late, especially during those peak solunar windows around midday and right at dusk, according to FishingReminder’s local solunar data. Don’t sleep on the twilight bite or those midday lulls—those windows have been hot for bigger fish this week.

The recent reports and events, including from the Toyota Series presented by A.R.E., have been all about the classics. If you’re chasing largemouth bass right now, you’d better have a few Okeechobee staples rigged up. Vibrating jigs and stick baits are hammering them. The ChatterBait Jack Hammer in green pumpkin paired with a Yamamoto Zako trailer has been putting up numbers and size. A black and blue Medlock Jig, a wacky-rigged Senko in watermelon candy, and those soft swimbaits like the Gambler Big EZ are all producing, especially around hydrilla edges, outside reeds, and in the clearer water near the shoals. Rob Branagh’s been catching quality fish just slow-rolling that Okeechobee craw-colored swimming worm, and Nick Hoinig is still pulling in bigguns on the Dirty Jigs swim jig with a Burner Craw trailer.

This past weekend, bags over 20 pounds were weighed by a few tournament pros, with the best five-fish stringers mostly on ChatterBaits, swimbaits, and flipping heavy cover with creature baits rigged Texas-style. Best plastics this week have been in junebug, watermelon, and Okeechobee craw, especially when spiked with a little Bait Fuel or garlic oil for extra draw.

Live bait? If you’re after numbers or trying to put a young angler on fish, nothing beats a lively wild shiner under a float near Kissimmee grass or outside Hyacinth patches. Plenty of folks at Big Lake Marina and Eagle Bay have been hauling in slabs of crappie and bluegill at first light on minnows and small Feather Jigs.

Looking for hot spots? Start your day around the mouth of Nubbin Slough or Eagle Bay—these areas are protected from the breeze and holding plenty of bait. Another prime spot is Henry Creek—flip the outer reeds or pitch into the pockets along the channel edge. The shoals off Harney Pond, especially the outside weed lines, have also been firing for both numbers and quality.

Crappie are moving up and stacking around deeper holes and channel edges, especially in the Tin House Cove and Grassy Island sections, responding best to small jigs tipped with minnows—tie on a pink and white or chartreuse for extra flash as the sun gets high. Catfish and bluegill are still hitting well on cut bait and worms near structure and in the canals.

To sum it up: ChatterBait Jack Hammer in green pumpkin, Big EZ swimbaits, wacky-rigged Senko, and Okeechobee craw worms—they’re all getting bit. Bring some heavy braid, bring your patience, and don’t be afraid to fish fast covering water, then slow down when you mark those prime spots.

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