Stl County Park Lakes been any good recently?

[JUNGLE JIM 1]

I met up with Harris122 this morning at Unger Park for some crappie fishing and neither of us were disappointed. Both of us had pretty good days there. I don't do selfies with fish but finally had someone there to get pictures with me in the picture instead of a hand/fish photo. I caught quite a few 12-14 inch crappie with a technique I call "JUNGLE FISHING". I broke out the 12 foot crappie rod and waded in to fish the heavy wood cover dropping my jigs into little pockets and when one hit I wrestled them up and over logs which is tricky but a blast. Float n fly jigs that I make with feathers accounted for most of my bigger crappie, they were really thumping those jigs.  This kind of fishing is addictive and healthy. I checked my fitbit several times and those fish had my heart rate up around 120. I might go again tomorrow depending on the weather.

[Haris122]

Was definitely a good day, with way more action than I’ve ever seen or had there before. Jim’s jigs worked like magic and it really helped to see him using them. I’m not much of a jig guy but with his tips and jigs there was a lot of action. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Great stuff guys.  Good to see people meeting and fishing.  Glad to read a good report.  Thanks for sharing.  

[JUNGLE JIM 1]

 Went yesterday morning but didn't catch as many nice crappie as I had been. It was very humid and cloudy with no breeze at all, other days wind was blowing into the areas I fish. Did catch a bass about 15 inches and a little flathead cat which was a first for me there. It fought like crazy on the long rod but manage to shrink in size by the time I got it in. Only caught one crappie over 12 inches and some 9-10 inchers.

[Haris122]

I stopped by briefly yesterday too. We were real slow at work so I left early and dropped by there for about 2 hours until the storms rolled in. I got 2 little largemouth, a bluegill, and a little crappie. I lost another bigger fish that I didn’t see good enough to make out after a brief fight. 

Cool stuff. I really like the flathead. I still never caught one of them yet. 

[Haris122]

Went to Unger to do some walking, as part of PT for the ACL, and towards the end of my walk I ran into a member here. Joe I forgot your screenname, something like riverrun (sorry) but was cool talking to you. How’d you do with the kayak on the lake if you read this?

[riversrun]

Hi Haris,  it was a very nice talking with you that day. Finally we met in person and hope I can meet more ppls from here. Not much action there. The water temperature was at mid 40's and I think we will have to wait couple warm days for the fish to get active. This is a very interesting lake and I am still learning, especially from Jim...

Cheers..

-Joe