The smallmouth bass population is excellent with a number of fish over 19 inches. West Okoboji is a consistent walleye producer and should be good again this year. It has an improving muskie population to go along with a good northern pike population. There are good numbers of 15 inch and larger smallmouth bass. East Okoboji will be good for bullheads and has an improving population of 10-inch yellow perch.
Anglers can catch a number of sub legal sized walleyes, with an occasional keeper.
Storm Lake continues to put up some impressive numbers of channel catfish and walleyes harvested by anglers. The average catfish harvested weighed 2 pounds and the average walleye harvested was 17 inches. Most muskies are under the 40-inch minimum length limit, but surveys found fish up to 48 inches. Clear Lake has a high density of half-pound bullheads. That is really an under fished lake for bullheads, Gengerke said.