Hello,

Looking for a Bass hot spot within 2 hours of St Louis.  How has Coffeen been?  Any other suggestions are appreciated.

thanks

Larry

Mark Twain is a good option. Last I heard about Coffeen was that the bass had really disappeared. Dink said that they have put some strict limits on the fish because of how bad it was.

I also heard from dink that the fishing at coffeen has really tailed off the past year or so.

That lake gets an incredible amount of pressure, especially over the winter months.  It's finally taken the toll apparently.  

Coffeen has been horrible. We have been out twice this year with no success and have also heard bad reports from others. We fished that lake in '07 and '08 with some really great fishing days, however, it is as if someone flipped a switch and turned them off.

The limits now are you can keep 2 UNDER 15" and 1 over 15". To me, this new limit would imply that they are trying to thin out the dinks, however, we have had a hard time even getting a dink to the boat....

As Cart7t mentioned, that lake gets a TON of pressure in the winter from both tournaments and weekenders like me. I think we are going to check out some other lakes this year until I hear some positive reports on Coffeen.