St. Louis Area Fishermen

[BigEZ19]

Just out of curiousity..how many people on here are from the St. Louis area... :-?

[Bass XL]

Got one right here

[Siebert Outdoors]

I would consider myself a caster not a fisherman. ;D

I'm about 40 mi south of St Louis.

[K_Mac]

I'm about 45 miles southeast.

[5bass]

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[Bassin_MO]

Got one here. I live in Dardenne Prairie (O'Fallon) in St. Charles County.

[Fishing Doug]

I'm one. I live in Clayton.

[lk ozark]

Ferguson resident for 40 years.

[Bass XL]

Got one here. I live in Dardenne Prairie (O'Fallon) in St. Charles County.

Right down the road in St. Peters

[BigEZ19]

Well im from the small town of Imperial if anyone knows where that is bout 30 min south of downtown..

[Needemp]

I'm 10 minutes from you. Where do you fish?

[BigEZ19]

Just around here..my buddy has a farm pond i go fish..I'm only 18 so i cant go fish the big lakes all that often like tablerock and the ozarks..other places are a lake down in St. Gen that a friend of mine has a house at and a neighborhood pond 5 min away from where i live..that about all i can do. lol. how bout you?

[Needemp]

Hey, nothing wrong with farm ponds. Sometimes the action can be better in ponds than on the big lakes.

I fish Twain and LOZ mostly. In the winter I fish Coffeen and Baldwin. On weeknights after work I fish the river.

[srv1990]

St. Louis city... The Hill.

[Fishing Doug]

Hey, nothing wrong with farm ponds. Sometimes the action can be better in ponds than on the big lakes.

I fish Twain and LOZ mostly. In the winter I fish Coffeen and Baldwin. On weeknights after work I fish the river.

Needemp, How is Coffeen these days?  Last year we couldn't hardly buy a bite on that lake. I think we had one or 2 good days but keeper size bass were few and far between.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Well im from the small town of Imperial if anyone knows where that is bout 30 min south of downtown..

Yup,  pass by it every day.  Twice. LOL

[Needemp]

Honestly, since I have discovered Baldwin Lake, I haven't been to Coffeen. I haven't caught a LM smaller than 17 inches out of Baldwin and I have only caught one SM under 17 there. It has much bigger bass and it fits my fishing style better than Coffeen.

But the few times I went to Coffeen in the Fall, I did fairly well. The grass was back. It was thick like it use to be. I have a theory why the fishing was bad. A few years back, when the water levels dropped 6 to 8 feet below normal pool, it obviously killed all the exposed grass. When the water levels returned to normal back in '08 (I think), it took a long time for the grass to grow back in that 1 to 7 foot range. I saw very little grass in '08 and '09. I think because of that. it pulled most of the bass out of the shallows and on to deeper structure. I believe it also forced the bass to follow the shad in open water. Therefore, it appeared that the bass were gone. But in reality they were roaming in open water. Now that the grass is back, I think the bass are too. But this is only my theory. I don't know for sure.

[BigEZ19]

Gman, where you like to fish?

[bigfishtim]

I'm one. I live in Clayton.

another, from Clayton,we need to go get a line wet sometime.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Gman, where you like to fish?

Where ever I can.  Local ponds, T rock, LOZ.  I lost one of my lots and that put a hurtin on me bad!

[Fishing Doug]

I'm one. I live in Clayton.

another, from Clayton,we need to go get a line wet sometime.

Right on. I'm in the finance industry tied directly to a CPA firm so unfortunately, I likely won't get out on the water until after 4/15.

[Fishing Doug]

Honestly, since I have discovered Baldwin Lake, I haven't been to Coffeen. I haven't caught a LM smaller than 17 inches out of Baldwin and I have only caught one SM under 17 there. It has much bigger bass and it fits my fishing style better than Coffeen.

But the few times I went to Coffeen in the Fall, I did fairly well. The grass was back. It was thick like it use to be. I have a theory why the fishing was bad. A few years back, when the water levels dropped 6 to 8 feet below normal pool, it obviously killed all the exposed grass. When the water levels returned to normal back in '08 (I think), it took a long time for the grass to grow back in that 1 to 7 foot range. I saw very little grass in '08 and '09. I think because of that. it pulled most of the bass out of the shallows and on to deeper structure. I believe it also forced the bass to follow the shad in open water. Therefore, it appeared that the bass were gone. But in reality they were roaming in open water. Now that the grass is back, I think the bass are too. But this is only my theory. I don't know for sure.

Thanks for the reply, Needemp. That is interesting feedback on Baldwin. We have been out there 3 times and as luck would have it, there were 25+mph winds. And with that lake being a rectangle with little to no way to get away from the wind, we had a hard time staying on the water. We may have to give it a shot again this year.

FD

[bigfishtim]

I'm one. I live in Clayton.

another, from Clayton,we need to go get a line wet sometime.

Right on. I'm in the finance industry tied directly to a CPA firm so unfortunately, I likely won't get out on the water until after 4/15.

stop by some day after work for a beer, I live on Buckingham..

[Fishing Doug]

I'm one. I live in Clayton.

another, from Clayton,we need to go get a line wet sometime.

Right on. I'm in the finance industry tied directly to a CPA firm so unfortunately, I likely won't get out on the water until after 4/15.

stop by some day after work for a beer, I live on Buckingham..

Right on. I'm a few streets down on Wellington Way. Lets touch base after tax season.

[Needemp]

Thanks for the reply, Needemp. That is interesting feedback on Baldwin. We have been out there 3 times and as luck would have it, there were 25+mph winds. And with that lake being a rectangle with little to no way to get away from the wind, we had a hard time staying on the water. We may have to give it a shot again this year.

FD

Check the forecast. Anything over 15mph, forget about it. It is a schooling bass lake. When you find a school of them, you can whack 3 to 4 pounders on nearly every cast, with the occasional 5 pounder. Of course, you don't always find those schools. But I do usually find one of those schools every other trip. That's more than I can say for LOZ, MT or any other place I fish.

I went this Saturday and had 4 prespawn fatties over 19". My smallest one was the smallest LM I have ever caught out of there. It was 16" and I weighed it just out of curiosity. 2.2 pounds.

Unfortunately, the best areas of the lake are off shore. That's when you find the schools. Some areas are directly in the middle. Wind that high eliminates those spots. I obviously don't have that lake figured out yet, but what I have found has kept me going through the winter. Let me know how you do if you decide to go.