03 September 2025
Lake Okeechobee Fishing Report: Early Fall Bite, Bass Bonanza, and Weathering the Storms
Lake Okeechobee Florida Daily Fishing Report
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This is Artificial Lure with your up-to-the-minute Lake Okeechobee fishing report for Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
Lake Okeechobee showed her classic early fall attitude today. The morning started off warm and muggy, with a light north wind around 5 to 10 knots and just a hint of ripple across the open water. By this afternoon, winds swung to the west and the chop held light, but those dark clouds started stacking up, promising a round of afternoon thunderstorms, just like the National Weather Service called it. If you’re hoping to dodge raindrops, get out at first light—sunrise hit at 7:00 AM, with sunset coming up around 7:40 PM.
Water temps are holding steady in the mid-80s. The barometer’s been bouncing with these passing storms, and fish activity has reflected it—slower through mid-morning, but picking up when those clouds roll in and just before the storms hit.
Bass are absolutely still the name of the game out here, and the KOA crowd reported a bunch of solid catches this past weekend, with multiple fish over 4 pounds and a handful stretching the tape past 6. Most folks are pulling their best numbers working the outside grass lines, especially the hydrilla edges and patches of peppergrass near Harney Pond and Tin House Cove. With so much bait getting flushed out by the showers, you’ll want to mimic those natural colors. Okeechobee craw and blue/black jigs are on fire right now. Anglers like Last Cast Lures on YouTube have been raving about custom craws with brown and blue combos—a great choice when bass are feeding up after the rain. Swimbaits with a blue top or green laminate have been getting plenty of looks too.
If you’re not working a jig, try a 3.5” curly tail grub or go old-school with a stickbait. Topwaters like frogs fished across the mats before the sun climbs high pulled a couple big blowups just north of Clewiston this morning. Live shiners always get it done here, but artificial lures have been putting up numbers as long as you hit that right window between the storms.
Crappie activity is starting to build a bit with the slightly shorter days, but it’s still mostly a bass show. A few decent panfish sized up in the rim ditch near Indian Prairie for those vertical jigging with minnows.
For hot spots, check out tin House Cove for that classic outside grass bite, or swing down near the Monkey Box where submerged vegetation and moving water from the storms create ideal ambush points. Both have been giving up big fish all week.
Just a reminder—the lake can get choppy quick when these storms come cruising in, so keep an eye on the sky and check your radar before running out to the open water.
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Lake Okeechobee showed her classic early fall attitude today. The morning started off warm and muggy, with a light north wind around 5 to 10 knots and just a hint of ripple across the open water. By this afternoon, winds swung to the west and the chop held light, but those dark clouds started stacking up, promising a round of afternoon thunderstorms, just like the National Weather Service called it. If you’re hoping to dodge raindrops, get out at first light—sunrise hit at 7:00 AM, with sunset coming up around 7:40 PM.
Water temps are holding steady in the mid-80s. The barometer’s been bouncing with these passing storms, and fish activity has reflected it—slower through mid-morning, but picking up when those clouds roll in and just before the storms hit.
Bass are absolutely still the name of the game out here, and the KOA crowd reported a bunch of solid catches this past weekend, with multiple fish over 4 pounds and a handful stretching the tape past 6. Most folks are pulling their best numbers working the outside grass lines, especially the hydrilla edges and patches of peppergrass near Harney Pond and Tin House Cove. With so much bait getting flushed out by the showers, you’ll want to mimic those natural colors. Okeechobee craw and blue/black jigs are on fire right now. Anglers like Last Cast Lures on YouTube have been raving about custom craws with brown and blue combos—a great choice when bass are feeding up after the rain. Swimbaits with a blue top or green laminate have been getting plenty of looks too.
If you’re not working a jig, try a 3.5” curly tail grub or go old-school with a stickbait. Topwaters like frogs fished across the mats before the sun climbs high pulled a couple big blowups just north of Clewiston this morning. Live shiners always get it done here, but artificial lures have been putting up numbers as long as you hit that right window between the storms.
Crappie activity is starting to build a bit with the slightly shorter days, but it’s still mostly a bass show. A few decent panfish sized up in the rim ditch near Indian Prairie for those vertical jigging with minnows.
For hot spots, check out tin House Cove for that classic outside grass bite, or swing down near the Monkey Box where submerged vegetation and moving water from the storms create ideal ambush points. Both have been giving up big fish all week.
Just a reminder—the lake can get choppy quick when these storms come cruising in, so keep an eye on the sky and check your radar before running out to the open water.
That’s the rundown from your local expert. Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed this report, be sure to subscribe for more real-time updates and tips straight from the Big O. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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