Worst fishing spots of yours

[Greasy B]

Brick House Slough. What a hell hole, two foot of muddy water over ten foot of toxic silt. If three billion internet users showed up tomorrow they wouldn't catch any more than the last time I fished it.

[MOPanfisher]

My yard. The last few months in particular I have spend a lot of time casting in the yard, yet to catch anything.

[Clay Goforth]

Duh... this is the internet... 3 billion viewers and growing. To post locations and expect the place not to be over run is what's hard to fathom.

I didn't post the location for sure. With most things I can be pretty loose lipped but that was a honey hole for walleye and I was not sharing.

[jbooth24]

For me would have to be fellows lake no luck there at all. I have only caught 1 bass from there that's it.

[Bill Anderson]

I understand the frustration at Meramec, tho I have not been there. I do live a half hour from Roaring River and understand the crowds and rude people you sometimes encounter there, as in any trout park.. I have also found that at Bennet Springs. But during the catch and release winter season, I have never had any problems. The rude, greedy meat fishermen are absent and there are basically only fellow fly fishermen there. I usually go during the week, even in winter, because the fishermen population is much less. I enjoy chatting with other flyfishermen about as much as I do actually fishing, and the catch and release season is a fine time of year. Earlier this year, a friend at church said, "I guess you're really looking forward to opening day at Roaring River!".. He looked puzzled when I told him that mob fishing was not my style and that I avoid crowds at all costs and would not go to a trout park on opening day for free. He said it was a big tradition for most people. I told him I wasn't "most people", and elbow to elbow combat fishing was a nightmare. I have seen the elbow to elbow combat fishing there at Roaring River during a drive thru, and if that was the only fishing I had available, I would hang up my rods, sell my gear, and spend most of my time on amateur radio or star gazing instead. He asked if I didn't fish with friends, and I told him, many times I go fishing with friends, but we don't stand elbow to elbow while fishing. We get to the river and split up and give each other lots and lots of room, maybe even several hundred yards. He still didn't seem to understand. He could never grasp the "why" when I told him I fish catch and release only for trout and had not purposely killed a trout in over 30 years. He seems to think the only reason you go fishing is to catch fish to eat. It seems that the flyfishing mindset was just too far removed from his concept of fishing for him to grasp. He was totally befuddled when he asked about my tackle and I described Hardy reels and bamboo fly rods and he asked what they cost he couldn't believe anyone would spend that much money on them This guy drives a high end BMW, by the way. Oh well......sorry I got off the original subject, but the worst place I ever fished was at my great aunt's pond when I was a kid. I had caught huge bluegill in previous years, but the last time I fished there, i was bait fishing and hooked a 1200 pound steer who was wading in the pond....the weather was hot. Well, it took most of my line and finally broke off, but it sure put a bend in my spinning rod. I decided to "steer clear" of that pond after that. I did end up IN that pond once....at age 12, I decided to shoot my aunt's breed bull in the privates with a BB gun. There was a lot of temptation for a "swinging target"...I spent an hour in the pond up to my neck until that PO'ed bull left.

[Ham]

I try to be kinda choosy about where I go and when I go so that I generally avoid frustrating trips. I can promise you that I am not going to slam my head in a car door repeatedly at a fishing spot that fails to produce. Too many good choices fairly close.

[ollie]

I have 2 that I don't fish anymore because of different reasons. One is Bennett. Every time I have gone there I come out pretty empty handed. I do well at RR, but just can't find the groove over at Bennett. The other is in my own back yard so to speak and that one is Shoal. Never had much success there either.

[Pat Magee]

I had one of my worst days on the Bourbeuse River. I knew the stretch we went on was rarely fished so I had high hopes. It was about 115 degrees with the heat index but the water looked pretty good for the first two miles and after that we had to drag the kayaks about every 300/400 yds because the water was so low. To make matters worse, I had never been there before and started to freak out once it started getting dark that we weren't at our take-out yet. Turns out the slow/non-existent water flow makes an 8 mile float take 14 hours! It is the last time I float a new river with no idea of where I am or how far I have floated.

To top it all off, when we finally got to my Jeep, my buddy realized he forgot his tie-down straps. That meant one on the roof and one hanging out the open hatch of my Jeep.......on dusty gravel roads. I still, 2 years later have a light film of dust covering hard to reach areas in my Jeep.

Total fish: 4 short Largemouth

[trythisonemv]

Bennett has been pretty crappy fora few years. They dont maintain it as well as it should be. I catch fish there but nothing like roaring. Still it's like Ham said I carry to be choosy so as not to get skin led or have an unpleasant experience. I have had days on crane where I only landed on fish and they were some of the best days I've had there. Hookedbup with a leviathin or saw a totally neat hatch in progress.

[Al Agnew]

I had one of my worst days on the Bourbeuse River. I knew the stretch we went on was rarely fished so I had high hopes. It was about 115 degrees with the heat index but the water looked pretty good for the first two miles and after that we had to drag the kayaks about every 300/400 yds because the water was so low. To make matters worse, I had never been there before and started to freak out once it started getting dark that we weren't at our take-out yet. Turns out the slow/non-existent water flow makes an 8 mile float take 14 hours! It is the last time I float a new river with no idea of where I am or how far I have floated.

To top it all off, when we finally got to my Jeep, my buddy realized he forgot his tie-down straps. That meant one on the roof and one hanging out the open hatch of my Jeep.......on dusty gravel roads. I still, 2 years later have a light film of dust covering hard to reach areas in my Jeep.

Total fish: 4 short Largemouth

Ah, yes, you hit the bad Bourbeuse. When that river is right it can be good, even excellent, but when it's dead low water it can really be horrible.