East Siders - Horseshoe Lake St. Louis Area

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Anyone fished the lakes in Horseshoe State Park in Il? The one in St. Louis area, not the one down south. I drive by it a lot on my way to work, and thinking about trying it out.

[moguy1973]

From what I hear and have read its full of rough fish. There are warnings not to eat fish out of there too due to obvious reasons.

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That sucks... but understandable. Looks like a good panfish pond from the road.

[WHARFRAT]

Had fished there a few times many years ago. It was or probably still isn't too bad for crappie and gills. If memory serves me correctly, I think if we caught quite a few crappie, but only one or two was over 9". We fished from a boat, but I do think there a lot of access from the banks.

[Greasy B]

Much of lake is 4' deep and featureless. The west end off of Bend road looks a little better. A fellow I know told me there is some depth along the north bank but it looks to me like the north bank is part of the many slag piles from the coke plant. Last time I drove down Bend road i ran across a prostitute plying her trade. In season there are is a lot of duck hunting on the lake but I can't imagine eating anything that ever swam in or drank the water.

[WHARFRAT]

Yeah, I think its better known for waterfowl hunting anymore, or waterfowl sky-busting.