Sugar Hollow Lake Fishing Guide, Saint Charles County, Missouri

• Overview

  This water sits in Saint Charles County, Missouri. The surface lies 692 feet up. About 16 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Marthasville is the closest place, 5.3 miles off. St. Louis is the closest city, 42 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near. It is the kind of place people fish for years without exhausting.

• Where to Fish on Sugar Hollow Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Open biodiversity records for Saint Charles County list common carp, bluegill, green sunfish, channel catfish and orangethroat darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Sugar Hollow Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 28°F and July at about 77°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Sugar Hollow Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lake Marian at 0.3 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Sugar Hollow Lake for certain.