Trout Fishing...has Anyone Gone Yet?

[mhall02]

  On 11/10/2010 at 2:11 AM, ozark trout fisher said:

The water would be cool enough, or the MDC wouldn't have stocked. That shouldn't be a concern.

I don't know about that, I remember in Nov. one year at Suson a kid was scooping up stressed trout with a net. Something wasn't right and I was guessing the water was too warm, but it may have been that nasty brown water there

[stlfisher]

I know at both Boathouse and Jefferson Lake they have had fish kills (trout) in past winters. It happens when they turn those large pumps or fountains on in the winter. For whatever reason the chemicals, comined with very cold temperatures will kill them. Last year it killed all the Catfish in Boathouse Lake as well. People were walking around and scopping them up. Of course the crappy water probably doesn't help either. I know a few people who have since called and asked the parks department to keep those things turned off.

[Chris Barclay]

I stopped by Boathouse Lake in Carondelet Park yesterday evening and the fountain was on. I didn't catch any trout (bass and bluegill) but another guy I saw did.

[Jack Hollister]

  On 11/9/2010 at 11:55 PM, jjtroutbum said:

Fished Suson for a while this evening. Bounced several small jigs under a float saw one fella have a long fight but lost in the end. I had no bites. Seems the poachers are out as usual. Using bait and keeping trout, somethings never change. Would have called but apparently left Gamethief off the this phone gonna have to dig that number back up.

Never fished at Suson before. Do they stock trout in all the lakes at Suson? I cant rember how many lakes are there.

[jjtroutbum]

  On 11/10/2010 at 5:48 PM, Jack Hollister said:

Never fished at Suson before. Do they stock trout in all the lakes at Suson? I cant rember how many lakes are there.

Yes all the lakes are stocked lake one had 131, and lakes two and three got 568 between them.

[stlfisher]

  On 11/10/2010 at 5:32 PM, Chris Barclay said:

I stopped by Boathouse Lake in Carondelet Park yesterday evening and the fountain was on. I didn't catch any trout (bass and bluegill) but another guy I saw did.

yeah the pumps and fountains are on at both. should be ok until the weather get's real cold. last year it was frigid and someone accidently turned the fountain on at Boathouse lake...the water was freezing so quickly there was a huge mound of ice on the lake...about a big as a house...fish started dying the next day. For whatever reason it seems to be a combination of the the fountains/pumps and real cold temperatures.

[Chris Barclay]

I remember that! (I live a few blocks away from there) I didn't connect the fish kill to that though. Very interesting.

[Thom]

You are right Eric there are no fish at Busch Wildlife. Even thought I observed 2 guys at lake 28 yesterday catch 20+ while I was on the west shore just managing to catch just 5 and losing a couple.

I inquired what they were using as I left .... SALOMON EGGS AND POWER BAIT...DUH.

LAKE 28 CLEARLY POSTED FLYS ETC ONLY.

OH, They replied well on this bottle it says these are artifical eggs so I thought they were legal. I asked them to read the whole large yellow sign and they agreed that they were mistaken and left. I counted 3 nice dead trout floating on the bottom where they were fishing.

The one above was the nicest of the lot I landed and she fought well as I landed her and quickly returned to the lake. It swam off and disapeared quickly. Really fat and full must have been full of salmon eggs. Most caught on the weighted grey scud that you can see in the mouth fishing about 3 ft deep.

[Trout Commander]

  On 11/11/2010 at 6:41 PM, Thom said:

OH, They replied well on this bottle it says these are artifical eggs so I thought they were legal.

:FACEPALM:

Stupidity isn't against the law, but it IS a terrible defense. Lucky for them you educated them instead of calling them in. Good on your for confronting them in a way that (apparently) no one got upset.

[Chris Barclay]

Great job on giving it to 'em, Thom!

I was out at 28 this morning with my 2 year old son and caught uno trouto. Fun but brief. Anyone else there?