Has Anyone Every Fished At Suson Park Near Stl?

[catfisher]

I am wondering if anyone has fished here and knows how often its restocked, I hard every week, every 2 weeks and every 3 weeks but am not sure, does anyone else know?

Has anyone else fished here and caught anything also? Largest I have ever caught out from the lake(#2, There are 3 lakes) was a 28" Flathead aprox 5-7lbs(Weren't able to weigh) and some 16-24" bass, Cant take any less then 18" thought i believe...

I was wondering also if anyone has caught any of the carps out of that lake, I haven't seen anyone catching em, But they are jumping everywhere and are a good fight, Normal day I see 10 of them jump.

I just now noticed on google images that theyre is another lake at susan, I have only fished at Lake #1(Bricks around lake, Lake #2, A lake and another lake combined with bridges connecting, On google earth I noticed if you walk all the way past the lakes theyres a THIRD LAKE, I thought the third lake was always a kid lake, But I guess that it doesnt count as it, Has anyone fished at the third lake?

Well thanks, If any of you guys are in stl its around a 20-30min drive, But a good lake to fish Its stocked with cats(Channels) Flatheads must been dumped and grew, But if you know any info about the third lake please tell I never knew it existed in the past 8yrs of fishing theyre

Thanks,

Here is where it is located,

http://maps.google.com/maps?li=rwp&q=S...United%20States

http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/moatla...oveMap=notfound

Thanks,

Catfish

[Gavin]

I used to live by the park and I fished it often..I've caught some really nice carp out there and plenty of trout in the winter time. I used to practice my fly cast on Lake #3..Lots of stunted bluegill and green sunfish in that lake, but not much else..I caught a 10" bluegill out of there once, but the average size is 2-3". Not sure when they stock, but I think that MDC has a stocking hotline for the St. Louis Urban Lakes. Track down the number and give em a call. Cheers.

[TroutFearMe]

Here is the MDC stocking hotline # (636)300-9651, they useally list the catfish stocking on that number but in the winter months they list the trout stocking. For catsfish the tell what lakes and how many pounds.

[mhall02]

Caught trout in the winter, one big carp and some bullhead and small channel cat over the years. Nothing to write home about for me.

[catfisher]

Bulls?

Wow never seen them in theyre, but you can only be theyre till I believe dusk, I usually catch bulls at night. But never caught/seen one theyre.

I figure I will try getting out theyre when it gets into the 60-70's alittle cooler, no luck on the days when its 80-90 out.

Also, What bait are you using for the carp? I was told to try corn, but never had a change to try, Also how heavy are they?

Do you guys know if they used to stock flatheads in theyre, I see alot of channels but I had never seen any flatheads until an local told me where some where, and that was the first time I caught one and they give a large fight, thought it would snap the line, but yeah great experience because channels are no where near those flats.

Some bait advise possibly? Btw, has anyone else seen the skipjack herrings theyre, I caught one on my line with a worm on it, fairly large it was 11", I have only seen them in the rivers usually around 4-8".

I use small bluegill theyre for flathead bait, and stink bait for the channels theyre.

Finally,

Is stink bait best used during the cold? In the warm it seems to fall off easily, during the cooler(50's-70's) it seems to stay on better.Just wondering, thanks.

Rick

EDIT:::

P.S forgot, about the trout, do you know when the stocking season starts and ends, and generally how many people fish the waters for the trout? Finally, Are the trout good to eat and how largE?

[catfisher]

thinking of going tonight/tmarrow morning befor Ike hits,

any advise on bait for carp/catfish?

aqny advise on any hot spots?

also is third lake (see my google earth picture) have fish in it?

thanks

[mhall02]

I used worms for the catfish and carp, only fished Lake 2, Lake 1 reminds me of a giant concrete birdbath.

Bullhead were caught in the middle of the day, only caught them once, maybe a fluke?

[patfish]

Catfisher, the trout are stocked Nov 1st, maybe second depending on when the truck arrives.....

Click on search (upper right) and type in Urban trout fishing Saint Louis..... most info is there.

Peace.

[catfisher]

discovered that lake is instructional purposes only,

I fished the lake, Broke a pole by trying to unsnag...bad start of day, Caught nothing for nearly 3 hours, Then around 6PM started getting dark and caught 5 bass in less then 15 mins, all 15"-19"

Must be over 18" to take and no need to take them, but much fun on my light tackle rod,and I also caught a large sunfish 13" and fat...but that was it for the day, The sunfish was a heavy fighter too many jumps getting him in...Was the most gold sunfish I have seen In a while with alot of them being mix's...

Bad day,

Over night and on sunday we received around 9" of rain...assumingly flooding the lakes a bit, will go up theyre maybe in a week try again...

Know any places were I can get a catfish pole? Walmart doesnt carry them...

Rick