Urban Trout Fishing Saint Louis

[patfish]

Just a little reminder, they put some fun a little closer to home for some of us yesterday. Trout in Saint Louis area lakes and ponds. I went to Wild Acres Park (Ashby and Midland, north of Page) yesterday morning looking for some... caught a 10" largemouth. Not a trout to be seen. However, since its only a couple of minutes from work, I went back at lunch, still nothing. As I was getting ready to head back to work, the MDC truck pulled up and dumped 500 (that's what the driver told me) trout in. Woo-Hoo!!! If any of you work out this way, look for me everyday at first light and around lunch time. I drive a green Toyo 4Runner, fly rod in hand. Its not much, but a fix is a fix. Tight lines all.

[flyfishmaster]

patfish,

Thanks for the info. I did not know they stocked them so early. I have never fished the Urban lakes yet. I'm only one mile from Walker lake in Kirkwood, so i know what I'm doing every lunch hour starting Monday.

BTW: Are the best patterns to us streamers and Wooly Buggers? What do you recommend?

FFM

[patfish]

Hey FFM, oh, I forgot about Walker, I'll probably hit that on the commute home every now and then. Sweet!

I have only fished at Busch Wild Life in the past and used pretty much the standard park fare. BH wollies, brown and green roaches, glo-balls, etc. I'm hitting Wild Acres here in an hour or so and I'll let you know what's working this afternoon.

Peace.

[kenjenmo]

I fished the lake at January Wabash Park in Ferguson a lot last year and caught some rainbows there, mostly used powerbait. Now I live in Lake Saint Louis so Busch Wildlife will be the closest trout lakes for me. I called the hotline and they said that they are in Lakes 21-24 this year. I hope to get out there soon!

[Gavin]

Stopped by Tilles on my way to work..There were half a dozen dead trout in the water, so it must have recieved fish yesterday. Time to get out there and hammer on them before the bucket brigade gets them.

[flyfishmaster]

I just found the St. Louis area Trout Stocking Hot Line: (636)300-9651. As of today not all the lakes have need stocked yet.

FFM

[patfish]

I hit Wild Acres at lunch for an hour, two hits, no fish, maybe a little put off by the sun and there was a ton of moss around the bank up to 12' out. On the upside, I wasn't the only one there that scored a donut.

[flyfshn]

Anybody doing any good? I had a couple of hours this afternoon, so I ran over to Vlsasis off Manchester Rd, but got skunked! The hotline said they released fish there, but as I was getting ready, there were 2 other people leaving and they said they were not biting. I thought maybe they did not know how to fish and what to use . No such luck.

[jjtroutbum]

Think I'll run by Sueson Park and see if I can fool a couple sometime this week with the long rod.

JJ

[Kayser]

Not really an urban area, but same type of fishing- Randolph County Lake near Chester, IL stocked trout mid-October. Caught about 12 in 2 hrs using a #12 Hare's Ear 1-3' under a small indicator. I focused on small depressions where I knew they would be at. Some chases on streamers, but no hits. Nice little fix for the trout fishing.

Rob