Recent content by amateurmatt

The St. Paul pond being talked about is right next to the cemetary just on the east side of town. Many people fish from the bridge, however I'd recommend hitting it from a different area. Head north either on the Highway through town toward Newberg or on French Prairie Rd. Turn onto Buyserie...

I wouldn't waste my time at Woodburn Pond. If you've ever been to St. Louis and saw how difficult it is with the weeds there, Woodburn is probably 10 times worse. I have doubts that there is much left in that pond either. Fished a number of times at Wilsonville Pond last year and saw no...

Was out there for a few hours today, seemed to be fished out of trout already. Saw a good 2 dozen people all over pond 6 and only 1 person had anything(1 trout). Same old problem with the ponds here though, underwater plants too thick making it difficult to fish in most places. That being...

Last June(2009) I pulled out a 6-pound catfish. A month later my father-in-law got one that looked to be around 4 to 5 pounds right at the shore when his line broke. Unfortunately, we weren't quick enough to jump on it so it's probably still in there. All we used was chicken liver, night...