st louis area fishing

[jwmiller33]

hello everybody. i am going to be in the st louis area this coming weekend for a pair of hockey games vs lindenwood, and me and a couple buddies on my team are wondering if there is any good fishing around this area? we are thinking about bringing our rods with us and going to the river in our downtown to wet a line.. we are staying at the fairfield inn in st charles. address is 209 kingshighway. from the looks on google maps, our hotel is about 10 blocks west of the river.

what could a guy catch from shore around these areas? would casting plastics or cranks be effective at all? we wont have a mode of transportation since we are taking a big coach bus there, so going to get live bait would be tough, unless we brought some crawlers or leeches with us from Minnesota.

if anybody could offer any information or help, it would be much appreciated. thanks much jwmiller

[dust_stl]

my guess is that would be the missouri river, I dont think you will have mutch luck casting lures normally to much current. What you will need is some decent size weights and some "worms" you then use the worms to catch a drum/sheephead/bluegill or even shad you then cut the drum up into chunks/cut bait you then will have a chance for some catfish and thats your best chance at some action.

[BarryG]

Right now the Mighty Mo is up and running!!!!! We have had about 6-8" of rain in the last week and a half. All the rivers and lake in this area are UP and MUDDY!! Good luck!