The Bite is Strong in Okoboji. As you can see by some of this past weeks photos.....the fish are jumpin in the boat.
Here's a shot of Max and Mark Thuringer with their limmits of Bluegill and plenty of perch and Yellow bass. Their goal was a fish fry for 15 people today. Looks like they met their goal. They also caught and released several larger bass.
Great day....and Great time of year to catch fish on Okoboji.

I HAVE PLENTY OF OPEN DATES IN JULY. LETS GO CATCHEM!

Jacob Miller (soon-to-be Eagle Scout) Landed and released a 34-inch Northern Pike on June 25th. Wonderful Fish Jacob!!

Chance Beres Lands a beautiful Smallmouth Bass On June 21st. He and his Mom and Dad toughed out the rain and had a great mess of fish to show for it.

Another Milestone in my boat today. I think Tom Jessen may have caught the heaviest pike ever in my boat today. The pike measured over 37 inches without the tail pinch. But the girth and size of the head and body were truely impressive. I've had clients with 38-inchers and even a 39-inch pike once. But none were as heavy as this. This fish hit a small belgian worm under a bobber on 8 lb test. I thought for awhile we were fighting a catfish. It took several minutes for the fish to come up so we could see it. What a fight....and a great job landing and releasing the fish Tom.

The Prull family had the time of their lives Monday. A rapid bite whith plenty of action and eaters. The boys said it was the best fishing they've ever had!!

The past several days....clients have been putting great numbers of Panfish in the boat. Kristy Berg her two kids and nephew kept 45 yellow bass, bluegill and perch. Another perfect fish fry....and a great day of family fishing

The Kraayenbrink Crew kept 40 gills, walleyes and yellow bass for a big fish fry on Saturday night. Wish I could be there guys! It was a great day...good numbers of fish with quality bluegills 9+ inchers on West and East Okoboji.

Ron Holtzen from Sioux City used his gift certificate that he received for Christmas from his kids to hit the water this week and catch this beautiful 23-inch Walleye. Way to go Ron!

Denny Walker from Omaha caught this 11 inch bluegill on last sunday. This is the second largest gill I've ever had on my boat. The largest gill I've had in my boat was an 11 1/2-inch goliath caught by a boy from Omaha 6 years ago. Very impressive fish Denny!

Davied Hunter Jones, Senior Writer from Bassmaster Magazine landed this nice largemouth on West Okoboji Wednesday June 1. I was fotunate enough to have David and Hunter Cole from Pure fishing on the water all day Wednesday as part of the unveiling of the Berkley's new NANOFIL fishing line. This new line is a game changer....I'm sure many of you will get to try it when it hits the market this summer. It casts nearly twice the distance of other lines and handles very nicely. This largemouth was one of many we caught that day. But we struggled with the walleyes. We tried to get David his very first walleye but had a very tough time.