Phil Lilley

We gotta change that profile pic...

I like either the Rio florocarbon or the mono. Leader - Rio 12 ft 3x. Then I add tippet to that.

They usually catch big bass around docks on the very lower end of the lake this time of year.

I use Trilene XL 2 or 4 pound. I also like Vanish 2 pound.

From a friend of mine: True, the ramp at 10c has big pile of riprap on top of it right now. Further upstream at Quapaw there is a ramp in Joshephine Smith Park (aka; devil's prominade). (Good area for whites.) If your gonna go up there a jet would be wise. It can get pretty shallow going either way, unless there has been recent rain. State is not fond of maintenancing their ramps either. I think it was last year that I looked at it and decided I couldn't use it because of all the gravel washed in. (That was after that big flood event.) There is another ramp at Baxter Springs.

Nice

Scales, first place plaque and some food of some kind.

Babler is coming with me, or I with him.

Going over what the MCC did in their meeting Friday and this stood out: Suspended or revoked all hunting and fishing privileges of 325 individuals who are not in compliance with applicable child support laws. Suspended or revoked one or more hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges of 509 individuals in accordance with the terms of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. Didn't realize that those who don't pay child support get their priveledges revoked. https://livestream.com/mdc/events/8040983/videos/170007500

Got to be more specific... or did I miss something?

Some ppl are catching fish now... bass is good on TR and BS. Crappie fishing on TR is very good according to some of my local friends who have been catching them all winter. Same on BS. Kris Nelson said he's catching big crappie on Stockton too. Either ppl aren't getting out or not mentioning it here. The masses aren't getting out yet... too cold. Trout fishing is excellent here... but don't come... it'll be too crowded.

I post EVERY nice fish I catch here... I just don't catch as many as Aaron does. Ever heard of a BRAGGING BOARD. I gonna make one so that fish can be posted without ridicule. No... this whole forum is a bragging fish board.

I hope not... This is a fishing forum and from I've noticed, fish posts, pics, reports - whatever - are down. Then people complain about people posting pictures of fish?? Seriously - quit, stop! It's getting super old.

Bingo

Generation on Lake Taneycomo has varied widely the last week or so -- all tied to the air temperature. When thermometer dips below freezing and the heaters kick on, dam operators run water to produce that needed electricity. When it warms up, as it will in the next few days, generation will slow and we'll see no current most of the day. That's my best prediction, but I know the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers proves me wrong a lot (smiley face.) The water temperature has dropped another degree. It's 44 degrees now coming from Table Rock Lake. The clarity is still pretty good -- may be five to six feet of visibility. It's been cold, and they have been generating, but trout fishing has been superb! Even when the water was off for most of this past weekend, anglers were catching a lot of trout -- and some good ones, too! We had three keeper browns brought in to our dock Saturday at the end of our private trout tournament. One brown measured just over 20 inches, one brown was about 22 inches and the biggest was longer than 25 inches and weighed 7.5 pounds. We hosted an outdoor writers conference Sunday night through Wednesday morning this week, sponsored by the Conservation Federation of Missouri. We were expecting about 30 writers, but some couldn't make it, literally, because of the ice and snow on the roads. Those who did were treated to some great food, fellowship and fishing. Monday arrived sunny but bitter cold. Some of the guides initally couldn't get their boats off the trailer since they were frozen stuck. But later in the morning, they were abe to take some of the writers out fishing . . . and did they catch trout! Tuesday, the weather turned off wintery cold, and the water was running hard in the morning, but those who braved the elements enjoyed some big trout, including these beautiful browns and rainbows. Most of the trout were either caught on a MegaBass 100+ or an 1/8th-ounce white/gray marabou jig, drifting from the dam down to Lookout Island with three to four units running. In the afternoon, the fish switched from hitting white to darker colors like sculpin/peach and brown/burnt orange. With the high quantity of small rainbows still up there, anglers are catching numbers of trout, but the big ones have moved up and may be, just maybe, feasting on some shad coming through the dam. Tuesday afternoon, drifting from Lookout down through the Narrows, we found a good number of trout in this area. We caught them on dark and light colored jigs, mainly 1/8th ounce. The water was running at 705 feet with two units. This is the first time I've done well fishing this stretch in a while. The Narrows, of course, has a ton of fish in it, and they're hitting on just about anything. Ken White, a writer from the Stockton area, was catching them on an 1/8th-ounce Kastmaster, gold/green or gold/red on Monday. The pink Berkley worm is still a hot lure. Bill Babler, guiding for the writers Tuesday, actually put one client on a keeper brown on a pink worm down close to Monkey Island! That's pretty uncommon, a brown taking a pink worm. Drifting night crawlers is catching some really nice rainbows, drifting from Fall Creek to Trout Hollow. Seems like there are a lot of rainbows that have moved downstream out of the trophy area to this stretch, and they usually prefer natural baits versus Powerbaits. Jig fishing has really taken off, it seems. Throwing a jig, no matter whether the water is running or not, is producing big numbers and some big trout, too. Depending on how much water is running, the best choice would be an 1/8th- or a 3/32nd- ounce jig using four-pound line. If the water is running pretty slowly, or there's no generation, dropping to a 1/16th-ounce jig would be better. You also have to drop to two-pound line to throw that small of a jig. The jig-and-float rig is working, too. We did well using a brown/orange head 1/125th-ounce jig Monday about four feet below a float, using two-pound line. I also tried a black/brown and a sculpin/ginger and caught rainbows on both. View full article

No. There's no part of Beaver Lake in Missouri. Just like Taneycomo, it's not in Arkansas so it doesn't work for Arkansas residents.

Browns are biting!

You were fishing from the bank? One of our guys said he drove up there this am and fished off the bank. Caught them on a rainbow rooster tail

If I'm reading your question correctly - Once you leave the water, I don't think a game agent could make a case "where" you caught a fish in your possession. You fishing license wouldn't make any difference.

The Missouri Chapter of American Fisheries Society will hold a fundraising trout tournament, Saturday, May 19 hosted by Lilleys' Landing Resort & Marina on Lake Taneycomo. $70 entry fee, 2-person teams. Start at 8 am with a 4 pm weigh in. All monies raised will go to fishery college scholarships. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/lake-taneycomo/files/2018/02/TroutTourny2018.pdf

Those that left before 10 probably did fine. DD said his brother left at 11 am and didn't get home till 11 pm.

and grandkids... we've already used it 3 times.

I looked for a list of aquariums on their site... none. They should have one. I remember quite a few freshwater tanks with Amazon fish, big alligator gars, several bass/crappie/walleye... tanks. The stream tank where you walk underneath. But I've never seen Cabela's tanks... I thought it was a good mix of everything. I did notice that they're losing some fish. Some of the tanks were getting a little thin. But I bet that's an ongoing battle.

Just go to the aquarium... costs less and it's amazing. And take snacks with you.