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Travis Swift got a reaction from Jadesjigs in May 1st quick report
Fished an hour Thursday night and we caught a few stockers and a nice 19 inch brown. Friday we started at the cable and to be flat honest it was brutally tough for us. First time we've ever made that drift without a fish. Drifted all the way to monkey island throwing jigs and dragging baits and throwing jerkbaits picking up a few here and there but nothing very consistent at all until we got past Cooper creek. Went back to the cable in the afternoon and again it was terrible for us. Started drifting back again and I finally caught a big brown that was 21 inches and weighed 5 even. It's been as tough of a trip as we have ever had so far. We will see what Saturday brings but the big fish make up for the missed numbers!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from snagged in outlet 3 in May 1st quick report
Fished an hour Thursday night and we caught a few stockers and a nice 19 inch brown. Friday we started at the cable and to be flat honest it was brutally tough for us. First time we've ever made that drift without a fish. Drifted all the way to monkey island throwing jigs and dragging baits and throwing jerkbaits picking up a few here and there but nothing very consistent at all until we got past Cooper creek. Went back to the cable in the afternoon and again it was terrible for us. Started drifting back again and I finally caught a big brown that was 21 inches and weighed 5 even. It's been as tough of a trip as we have ever had so far. We will see what Saturday brings but the big fish make up for the missed numbers!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from dpitt in May 1st quick report
Fished an hour Thursday night and we caught a few stockers and a nice 19 inch brown. Friday we started at the cable and to be flat honest it was brutally tough for us. First time we've ever made that drift without a fish. Drifted all the way to monkey island throwing jigs and dragging baits and throwing jerkbaits picking up a few here and there but nothing very consistent at all until we got past Cooper creek. Went back to the cable in the afternoon and again it was terrible for us. Started drifting back again and I finally caught a big brown that was 21 inches and weighed 5 even. It's been as tough of a trip as we have ever had so far. We will see what Saturday brings but the big fish make up for the missed numbers!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from BilletHead in May 1st quick report
Fished an hour Thursday night and we caught a few stockers and a nice 19 inch brown. Friday we started at the cable and to be flat honest it was brutally tough for us. First time we've ever made that drift without a fish. Drifted all the way to monkey island throwing jigs and dragging baits and throwing jerkbaits picking up a few here and there but nothing very consistent at all until we got past Cooper creek. Went back to the cable in the afternoon and again it was terrible for us. Started drifting back again and I finally caught a big brown that was 21 inches and weighed 5 even. It's been as tough of a trip as we have ever had so far. We will see what Saturday brings but the big fish make up for the missed numbers!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from JestersHK in 2019 MDC Lake Taneycomo Annual Report
one thing that must be of note is that they shocked the first 3.5 miles of the lake and the brown numbers look really low. There is still 18.5 miles of deep water that have gone untested, also in late August I would venture to guess most of the browns haven't began migrating up for the spawn yet either. So this is a great sample and a great read but there is a ton of deep and wide water that is unsampled and it's harboring who knows what in her depths?
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Travis Swift got a reaction from snagged in outlet 3 in rod grips update
I really like the Winn Grip rod tape myself.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from dtrs5kprs in rod grips update
I really like the Winn Grip rod tape myself.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from JestersHK in 2019 MDC Lake Taneycomo Annual Report
i thought this sometimes included warm water species on the list but didn't see them this year? I know the article said only the upper 3.5 miles were checked though. Thanks for posting this, it's always a good read.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from WoundedOne in how to fly fish in a stong current?
Thanks for the tips Marty. It's great to hear from you......I seen a picture of you on facebook from last week and you had a spinning rod in your hand.....wth? ahahahah
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Travis Swift got a reaction from JestersHK in My Taneyfest Highlight
Can't see your picture but your story is awesome Seth. Good on you my man! I find the absolute hardest part of getting guys to use jigs instead of bait down there is that they want to throw them on 6 pound test and look at you like your nuts when you tell them they really need 2 pound. 2 pound is way stronger than it sounds. Good job man!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Daryk Campbell Sr in My Taneyfest Highlight
Can't see your picture but your story is awesome Seth. Good on you my man! I find the absolute hardest part of getting guys to use jigs instead of bait down there is that they want to throw them on 6 pound test and look at you like your nuts when you tell them they really need 2 pound. 2 pound is way stronger than it sounds. Good job man!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Johnsfolly in My Taneyfest Highlight
Can't see your picture but your story is awesome Seth. Good on you my man! I find the absolute hardest part of getting guys to use jigs instead of bait down there is that they want to throw them on 6 pound test and look at you like your nuts when you tell them they really need 2 pound. 2 pound is way stronger than it sounds. Good job man!
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Travis Swift reacted to Seth in 2020 Taneyfest pictures
Not a whole lot to share but I caught a nice bow Thursday and a really pretty mini brown yesterday.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Terrierman in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Mitch f in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from tho1mas in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift reacted to rps in What's Cooking?
Braised country style boneless pork ribs with potatoes, onion, garlic, caraway, mustard, and sauerkraut.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from ness in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Foghorn in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from BilletHead in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from rps in What's Cooking?
I did some of my 3-2-1 Ribs on the Traeger the other night. I prefer baby backs but these spares were awful tasty!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Royal Blue in Rainy cold Thanksgiving morning
It was a good run this morning in the rain. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Daryk Campbell Sr in Lilley's Lake Taneycomo fishing report, December 4
I would like to follow this up if that is okay. I was there last week for the entire week, saturday thru sunday. I've fished Taney for 30+ years and multiple trips a year and I honestly thought the trout fishing was as tough as I have ever seen it. The last two thanksgivings i'm pretty sure they haven't stocked (atleast not down lake). The previous thanksgivings up until the last couple years they put tons of fish in. I heard from alot of different people that it was as tough as they had ever seen it so I didn't feel terrible bad. Regardless it was tough enough that I went down river and had quite a week on the bass. I was averaging a dozen nice bass in a 2 hour morning. I posted some pictures in the Lower Taney forum. I did run to the cable one day for trout and caught several nice ones but it was alot tougher than I was used to and the lower lake trout bite was non existent for some reason. Even the fish house which is about the easiest place on the lake to find them usually I had a hard time getting a hit. I threw jigs only when trout fishing. Hate to report a bad report or that I sucked but just wanted to give an honest report from myself. Boy we had a great week though for bass fishing and family time and that's what is most important. I took my 8 year old daughter on the trail up by the hatchery one day and that was a blast. There are some really cool hiking trails in the Branson area!
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Travis Swift got a reaction from Daryk Campbell Sr in Lilley's Lake Taneycomo fishing report, December 4
indeed my friend, I try to give an accurate and honest report even if i sucked