kenjenmo

I'll be bank fishing the area about 3 miles up from K Bridge this coming weekend. I have not been down there in about a year but I have heard that the fishing is much better this year than last. Last year, we caught fish but they were all small, but I hear the bigger sized fish are back. I am a novice when it comes to river fishing, last year we caught ours on 4 inch curly tail grubs on jig heads and soft plastic crawdads. Any other suggestions? I'd really like to get my kids on some fish this year. I understand if you don't want to give away your secrets. Can't wait to get out there!

I too find that a good jerk once it hits the water helps. But it seems like once you catch a fish on 'em or hit a rock, stump, or both, they don't quite run true very easily any more. Also make sure the lure is lined up right. The slightest bend in the main wire will cause them to stop spinning.

I was there this weekend as well and did not do as well as I normally do, although others in my party did catch lots of fish. White seemed to be the color that was working well for most. It almost seemed to me that there were not as many fish stocked but who knows. Also noticed that not many lunkers have been caught recently. Still a fun weekend once the multitudes left Sunday morning. Even had the kids out with us fishing the whistle Monday morning for the first time.

Deja vu....

I was down there last week and was forced to stay an extra night at the park because we couldn't get out. I guess there are worse places to be stuck;-). Took lots of pictures of the flood water, fishing was great on Monday and a couple were caught Tuesday. By the time, we had our cars halfway packed up, it was too late. The water came up 4-5 feet in the matter of an hour.

I fished the lake at January Wabash Park in Ferguson a lot last year and caught some rainbows there, mostly used powerbait. Now I live in Lake Saint Louis so Busch Wildlife will be the closest trout lakes for me. I called the hotline and they said that they are in Lakes 21-24 this year. I hope to get out there soon!

Looks like bass heaven right there...Thanks for sharing.

Nice fish Don. Never seen one of those smallie/spot mixes that big before! Thanks for sharing.

Great pic. Thanks for sharing!

Here is mine that I inherited with my property. Takes on a little water but thats OK. Pretty beat up but my family and I have caught a lot of fish out of it.

Great story...I had to take my 8 year old in last summer to get a small treble hook from a Uncle Buck crawdad crank removed from the back of his neck. Imagine my surprise when I notice the doctor that is doing the "removing" is missing his index finger on the hand that is doing the "removing". He was a great doc though and did a great job!

Thanks gonefishin. Yeah, he is really starting to "get it" when it comes to fishing. He outfishes me most every time out and that is fine with me. My home water is a small 50 acre lake in a private community in New Haven that we have a couple campers on. The fishing there is amazing. We have caught a wide variety of fish - Largemouth and spotted bass, all of the bluegill and sunfish varieties it seems, channel catfish, and black crappie. We have also seen huge grass carp patroling in there too. Last weekend we were chasing White bass all over the lake as they were busting baitfish on top of the water. Everytime we saw the water boil we would troll on over and cast to it and hook up almost every time. We are truly having an amazing spring/early summer so far on the lake.

Thanks for the link Terry, that was really helpful. All of the info was helpful. Just looking at the pics on the link that Terry provided and I think we have caught most of the bluegill/sunfish listed there. Gonna try and post some links to pics of my oldest and some of his catches... And another...

I have a question for the experts...We catch a lot of bluegill on our home lake of various sizes and color. Some have beautiful bright yellow underbellies with the blue gill and blue color through-out. I was under the impression that the bluegills that have the vibrant colors are females and the ones that have more of a dark striped pattern were the males. Would the ones that are yellow be considered sunfish or do they have to have the 'redear'. Can someone set me straight? Thanks. I can provide pics if needed.

I have never targeted gar before but any type of topwater bait that causes a racket should do the trick. You might want to beef up on your line a bit as well. Good Luck.