You wont hear much about Lake Okauchee but it is probably one of the best lakes in the southern part of the state to fish for trophy fish in a variety of species. The lake has real potential to produce some trophy largemouth bass, white bass, bull bluegills, and monster muskie. The muskies can grow very large in Okauchee due to the presence of cisco.

Lake Okauchee has 1,187 surface acres and is 94 feet at its deepest. In the spring, it is best to concentrate your efforts in the warming waters of the shallows, especially the weedy bays. Areas like Icehouse Bay, Panfish Bay, Bay Five, Lower Okauchee Lake, Stumpy Bay and the expansive weedy flats where the Oconomowoc River flows into the lake are all good early season locations. Use smaller bucktails, twitch baits, and jerk baits in natural or nuetural colors to attract muskie in Okauchee's clear waters.

In the summer time, Lake Okauchee receives a lot of boat traffic from pleasure boaters and water skiers. Early morning, late evening or at night is prime to score on the mighty muskie at this time. In low light conditions, look for the muskie along weed edges near sharp break lines. A great place that illustrates this area is the old road bed that connects the Northeast Island to the Southeast Island. Also, rock points and weed points along with inside turns near the main basin are great places that hold muskies. The Volcano is a hump that tops out at 18' deep and it should be explored every time you hit the lake. Continue to use the smaller lures in Okauchee's clear water, but with a faster and more erratic retrieves to attract and trigger fish. Trolling is allowed on the lake so instead of getting chased off the water by pleasure boaters in the middle of the day, set up planer boards for those suspended fish.

Fall is a great time to be muskie fishing on Lake Okauchee. Only the hardiest of pleasure boaters are left and that leaves a lot of water and options to fish. Casting larger baits while dragging suckers is still the prefered plan of attack. Jig fishing with a large soft plastic body and or tipped with a 9" to 11" sucker can produce when nothing else seems to be working. Large weighted soft plastic baits worked vertically also can shine at this time. Another great way score on numbers of muskie and some very large brutes is to troll Okauchee. Troll the edges of weeds earlier in the fall, and progressively move deeper along the steep breaks until ice up or when the season is over, whichever comes first.