Bluegills will average 7 to 8 inches with a few larger and smaller taken as well. While many anglers ice fish bluegills with tear drop jigs and wrigglers, others prefer mini jigs and a couple wrigglers or a single waxworm. Try West, Big Spirit and even the south end of East Lake Okoboji for perch. The perch fishing should be good in those lakes this winter although West Lake is a more consistent perch producer. Perch tend to go deeper as the season progresses and towards the end of winter they often are caught in 40 feet of water.
Walleyes often bite well right after freeze-up and East Lake is the place to hit first.
The best action here usually begins on the rock piles and reefs in front of Parks Marina in the hour before and after sunrise. On West Lake try any of the major points such as Pillsbury, Pikes, Gull, Fort Dodge and Manhattan. Reefs such as the one between Eagle and Pocohontas points across the mouth of Emerson Bay are also good as are many of the rock piles which exist in the larger bays. On Big Spirit, walleyes can be found along the east shore from Big Stoney Point on south to Red Nose and beyond. T ry rocky areas from Marble Beach to the Little Spirit outlet on the west side.