StL Carp Spots

[jackdizo]

Thanks! JPB. I have targeted carp at that lake on the fly quite a few times and come up empty handed. Was happy to finally get one, regardless of size. Hopefully I can post a bigger one for you guys in the near future. I have some other good spots near St Louis, but with all this rain we have been getting Im waiting out the right conditions. Carp are such a overlooked game fish, especially on the fly! One of the funner fish on a fly- rod to catch in my opinion, when it comes to freshwater.

[Fishingmill]

Congrats jackdizo. That's a nice carp.

[Geoff]

Some of my favorite carp flies are trout patterns tied slightly larger on heavier hooks. Those koi in there also like to eat mohair leeches, they dont fight particularly well though.

[burton brown]

Sorry to revive an old thread but is anyone having any luck chasing carp with the water levels being so high? I've tried a few spots down in imperial where I'm at but only being a bank/wade fly fisher it's been tough to find anywhere decent to fish.

[FishnDave]

There's a lot of water in Forrest Park.  How much of it is public/fishable?  I see one area that rents paddleboats and kayaks.

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27 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

There's a lot of water in Forrest Park.  How much of it is public/fishable?  I see one area that rents paddleboats and kayaks.

2015 thread

[ness]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

2015 thread

Valid point.

1 hour ago, FishnDave said:

There's a lot of water in Forrest Park.  How much of it is public/fishable?  I see one area that rents paddleboats and kayaks.

Valid question  

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2 hours ago, FishnDave said:

There's a lot of water in Forrest Park.  How much of it is public/fishable?  I see one area that rents paddleboats and kayaks.

The boat house lake is more like a retention pond.  Not sure if they ever stocked it.  A couple guys on here fish there

[moguy1973]

3 hours ago, FishnDave said:

There's a lot of water in Forrest Park.  How much of it is public/fishable?  I see one area that rents paddleboats and kayaks.

Jefferson Lake can be good for an urban lake.  They stock it with trout in the winter and other fish throughout the year.  I think it's the only one you really are supposed to fish in (or would want to if you want to catch something)

[Gavin]

There are some fish in the canals, but the boathouse lake and the Grand Basis are rather shallow & featureless. Jefferson Lake has fair bass fishing, and it gets stocked with allot of trout in the winter (Usually the first week of November). There are several hatchery ponds on the N Side of the Park. MDC uses them to introduce local grade school kids & scout troops to fishing. The ponds are full of little hybrid sunfish, and some BIG largemouth & channel cats that eat all the gut hooked/abused sunfish.