Bweeks

What would be the size of fish I would be targeting? Hence, what size lure would be suitable?

Hi all, im very new to the West county area of Missouri. I live in the ballwin area near chesterfield, ellisville, and Manchester. I used to live in a 6 acre lake towards mid missouri and recently moved out here. The lake was purely largemouth and an amazing fishing lake. Routinely could bring in a 3 lber on most days. PB on the lake was a 5.3lber caught on a black and blue chaterbait. I wanted to join this site to see if there was any fisherman around the are that could possibly give me some direction on where a couple good places I could go to fish when I have the time. Is there any half way decent lakes, other than Simpson, that I could have some decent luck from the shore? Any golf course ponds, small hidden ponds, stream or creek, part of the meramec near me that is very promising? Have no access to a boat and with my job not much time to travel an hour to a spot. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. I am in desperate need of some angling.

Hi all, not sure if this is the right spot for this post but I'm new to this forum so sorry in advance. Anyways, I am an experienced lake and pond fisherman, mostly largemouth, and I'm wanting to gain more experience in river fishing. I live in Ballwin/ ellisville area so I have access to the meramec at several spots. The problem is I don't even know where to start. I have no idea what to look for in good waters, how to fish it, what what constitutes a good spot from a bad one. I'm wanting to target smallies for sure, but catching anything at this point would be a win. What areas of the meramac should I look at as being a decent spot. I don't have a kayak or boat, it's going to be me and my two feet. any insure in this would be greatly appreciated. Thabks in advance