Ocheyedan Pit #1 is a reservoir in Osceola County, Iowa.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Ocheyedan Pit #1 is a reservoir in Osceola County, Iowa. Ocheyedan Pit #1 covers about 10 acres and reaches a recorded 17 feet.
Ocheyedan Pit #1 has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from Ocheyedan Pit #1 include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and yellow perch. Stocking records for Ocheyedan Pit #1 also list channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Ocheyedan Pit #1, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Ocheyedan Pit #1, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, redear or other sunfish, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For bottom fishing at Ocheyedan Pit #1, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Ocheyedan Pit #1, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
Spring around Ocheyedan Pit #1 is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall around Ocheyedan Pit #1 can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.