MDC stocks urban lunkers

[Smallie Seeker]

https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-celebrates-50-years-urban-fishing-stocking-10lb-rainbow-trout-select-st-louis-lakes

There's an abundance of nice trout in my backyard and it has me intrigued. Some of the lakes stocked are open till as late as 11pm I've learned, so I'm going to target the lakes listed with browns/lunkers after work. January-Wabash was listed as stocked on the hotline yesterday, and I made it out last night around 8. Fished some jigs and flies but only caught 1 bass and didn't see any trout movement or any in the water. Maybe still getting acclimated?

I've fished for pond-stocked trout at Busch in the past for some quick eaters primarily using powerbait, and have even done so at night while ice fishing frozen Busch lakes, but with the extra big fish stocked, I'm wondering if they can be targeted with any success using big trout lures like jerkbaits or streamers?

Anybody had any success catching bigger trout out of stocked lakes? 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Someone always catches some lunkers.  Pictures have even shown up here.  
 

About seeing no trout activity.  A few years ago they reported the stockings but the trucks hadn’t actually gotten there yet.  
 

Good luck.  It’s a great program for a winter day of fishing without the long drive.  

[Smallie Seeker]

The 30 min proximity to home and the possibility to catch a lunker and hear gunshots all within city limits in one evening is too much to resist! 

And yeah I'd bet there were no trout there last night. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

I think I’ve fished them all at one time or another.  

[Quillback]

Washington state had a pretty extensive trout stocking program, one big difference is there the water stays cool enough during the summer that the trout don't die off.  They would always stock some oversized trout in some of the lakes, I caught a few over the years and always caught them on my usual lures which were small spoons.  I'd say just go out and throw the stuff you'd throw for the 11 inchers and if there are any big stockers around you'll get a shot at them.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Heck the current state record was caught on the pink worm I think.  

[laker67]

Put them ten pounders in them ponds. Don't you dare put any in the trout parks.

[fishinwrench]

I've been told to throw a #10 Pistol Pete if I ever went after those urban pond trout.   The guy that told me that catches the snot out of them, I've seen the pics.

[oneshot]

I always just fish the Niangua by the house.

oneshot

[fishinwrench]

58 minutes ago, oneshot said:

I always just fish the Niangua by the house.

oneshot

Me too, Oneshot.   Doesn't it chap your @$$ that they take a ton of fish that should go into the river, haul them 2-4 hours North and throw them into bass ponds ?  

It does mine ! 😅