ST. LOUIS · LOCAL FISHING GUIDE
Spend less time guessing.
Spend more time fishing.
Pick a local lake or river, see what to target, and get a simple starting setup before you leave home.
FISHING SPOT FINDER
18 local guides.
Filter the noise.
Pick bank fishing, beginner-friendly water, winter trout, bass, catfish, panfish, boat access or multi-lake parks.
DISCOVER ST. LOUIS FISHING SPOTS
Six places, zero guesswork.
Choose a spot from the list or click the map. Every guide is built to answer the practical questions: where, what fish, what line, and what to throw first.
Busch Wildlife
Many numbered lakes, broad species mix, and plenty of bank access.
Creve Coeur Lake
Easy-access urban water with room to explore from shore.
Meramec River
Moving-water options for bass, catfish and seasonal variety.
Pere Marquette
A scenic option when you want a different kind of local trip.
Riverlands
Big-river habitat, backwater areas and multiple ways to fish.
Simpson Lake
A straightforward lake trip with good bank-fishing potential.
Pick your water
WHERE SHOULD I FISH TODAY?
Build a quick game plan.
Pick the water and the fish. Cast STL will give you a simple line, leader and lure starting point.
SEASONAL GUIDE
Winter trout.
Right here in STL.
Six more urban lakes join Cast STL with winter-trout rules, maps and simple cold-weather setups.
MORE STL WATER
Six more places.
Same no-guesswork approach.
Urban lakes, county parks and multi-lake systems expand Cast STL beyond the original six core guides.
Suson Park
Two public fishing lakes, summer urban-program fish and winter trout make Suson one of the most useful year-round additions to Cast STL.
Open guide →NEW GUIDECarondelet Park
Boathouse and Horseshoe give city anglers two different small-water options, including winter trout at Boathouse and strong bass potential at Horseshoe.
Open guide →NEW GUIDESpanish Lake Park
Spanish Lake Park gives north-county anglers bass, crappie, catfish and sunfish opportunities with both bank and legal electric-motor boat access.
Open guide →NEW GUIDEFountain Lakes
A cluster of St. Charles waters that works best when you choose the individual lake first instead of treating Fountain Lakes as one generic spot.
Open guide →NEW GUIDEWillmore Park
North and South lakes are compact urban-program waters where simple catfish, sunfish and bass presentations make more sense than hauling a huge tackle box.
Open guide →NEW GUIDEBee Tree Park Lake
A South County park lake that MDC highlights for largemouth bass potential, with special cooperative-management limits worth checking before you keep fish.
Open guide →WHAT'S BITING THIS WEEK
A starting point.
Not fake catch reports.
Until community reports build up, these cards show seasonal trip-planning guidance. Verified angler reports can replace them as they come in.
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