I live in STL and the two closest streams are montauk and bennett springs. I think these parks are fine to fish during the weekdays but watch out for the
idiots that come out on the weekends. Friday was great, not that many on the stream and i was catching quite a few fish. Then Saturday hit!
I was able to settle into a deep hole with a lot of fish stocked up. I had someone to the left and right of me about 20 feet away, which gave me about 40 ft of drift, after catching a few fish the room i had narrowed substantially!! I walked down stream and found another shady spot to fish, when 3 good ole boys walk down and proceed to fish from the other side of the shore, casting towards my feet, i again left.
NOW i wanted to fish this one particular hole that i normally do quite well in and waited for the three guys to finish. I stood quite a ways down shore to give them room and waited while taking a break. They appeared to leave so i walked down and proceeded to fish when one of them started throwing his rooster tail 5 feet to my right so i moved up about 10 feet to allow room, when all of a sudden he cast upstream of me and hooked my boot!!! He apologized and said he wasnt good at casting, so i got it out and her reeled in. About 5 more casts and he hits me in the head with his rooster tail!!! Needless to say i was P#ssed off. I asked if i had done anything wrong and proceeded to go off on them. Now when i walked up there were sitting on the shore talking about eating lunch and heading out of the stream.
I have never had anyone attempt to hook me on purpose and if he had hooked my waders i think he would have been floating down stream! I dont think i will attempt to fish on the weekends anymore. I hope to be able to get to a real trout stream one of these days, when i can enjoy the peace and quietness of an official trout stream!!!!
I was able to settle into a deep hole with a lot of fish stocked up. I had someone to the left and right of me about 20 feet away, which gave me about 40 ft of drift, after catching a few fish the room i had narrowed substantially!! I walked down stream and found another shady spot to fish, when 3 good ole boys walk down and proceed to fish from the other side of the shore, casting towards my feet, i again left.
NOW i wanted to fish this one particular hole that i normally do quite well in and waited for the three guys to finish. I stood quite a ways down shore to give them room and waited while taking a break. They appeared to leave so i walked down and proceeded to fish when one of them started throwing his rooster tail 5 feet to my right so i moved up about 10 feet to allow room, when all of a sudden he cast upstream of me and hooked my boot!!! He apologized and said he wasnt good at casting, so i got it out and her reeled in. About 5 more casts and he hits me in the head with his rooster tail!!! Needless to say i was P#ssed off. I asked if i had done anything wrong and proceeded to go off on them. Now when i walked up there were sitting on the shore talking about eating lunch and heading out of the stream.
I have never had anyone attempt to hook me on purpose and if he had hooked my waders i think he would have been floating down stream! I dont think i will attempt to fish on the weekends anymore. I hope to be able to get to a real trout stream one of these days, when i can enjoy the peace and quietness of an official trout stream!!!!
