Phil Lilley
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Funny you ask..... it's off today. Have no idea why but it's definitely a big change compared to years past.
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This one will get you in trouble at work if you're not careful....
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Something different. An hour of unedited fishing.Stats:Lake Level- 703.77 feetFlow- 23 mw, 1,564 cfsTemp- 45 degreesLures- 1/8th oz yellow/white jig, 3/32nd oz sculpin/ginger, brown head jig.
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HOURLY Water Temperatures Now Available
Phil Lilley replied to Ben Gillispie's topic in Table Rock Lake
There's a USGS and MDC temp sensor across the lake... Ben and I talked about it. -
If I were going to throw a single, weighted streamer......this would be it. Period.
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HOURLY Water Temperatures Now Available
Phil Lilley replied to Ben Gillispie's topic in Table Rock Lake
A link to Ben's website has been added to the header of OA under "LINKS". -
Nothing like farm ponds and crappie! Thanks for joining and posting.
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Nice to see reports on the Missouri! Thanks
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Looks like fun!
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Experimenting with some new jig colors this evening.
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Caught on a white jig. Released -
From a single hook to a Triple-Articulated beast....Kris Keller's 3 Pack Shaker. This thing is a best, loads of movement, loads of kick--killer streamer!!
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The second video in the Kris Keller Series.....the Late Night With Wanda. A very cool little single-hook pattern. In the right color-combo and size, I believe this fly could catch every species of game fish in the world.
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Lilley's Lake Taneycomo fishing report, May 2
Phil Lilley posted a article in Taneycomo fishing reports
We've seen very little generation the past two weeks. If the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers run it at all it's midday for a couple of hours, enough to move algae out of the upper end of the lake. A slimy algae has been growing in both Table Rock and Taneycomo during daylight hours, which is normal for this time of year. The fish don't mind it, but it's tough on us anglers. With little generation, our water temperature inches up on warm, sunny days. Surface temperature may reach into the 60's, but the lower water levels are staying a safe and cool 50-something. This is actually beneficial for both trout and other aquatic life like midges and scuds. Plus, it makes the trout more active -- they like water in the upper 50's. We've had some rain the last few days but not enough to change generation patterns. Table Rock has only come up about nine inches, still under 916 feet which seems to be manageable. I see no big change in this pattern, unless we get a substantial rain, and then all bets are off. Fly fishing has been very good with the water off. I should say, small jigs and flies are drawing bites whether on a spin or fly rod. Zebra midges under a float and/or micro and small marabou jigs under a float are all working very well. We had a gentleman come in the shop today showing a jig that he couldn't keep the trout off of -- an 1/16th-ounce black and yellow marabou jig with a gold head. We quickly stocked some in our store. He said he was using it under a float. Duane Doty and I chased a crappie story on our lunch break today. We heard crappie were stacked along the wall at the Branson Landing, right in front of Joe's Crab Shack! We worked the lower half of the wall at the Landing using jigs and caught two rainbows -- but no crappie!! Guide Steve Dickey says the first two hours of the day have been the best for catching a lot of trout up in the trophy area on a variety of small jigs under a float. He's using a small ginger or light olive jig (marabou) or a half-micro in olive or brown. The best depth has been 39.5 inches deep. You'll have to ask him why 39.5 inches... Wayne and Rob Dickerson of northeast Kansas come to spend a week with us every May, renting a G-3 bass boat from us and fishing exclusively jigs all week. Well, Monday Rob scored a trophy brown, weighing 7.2 pounds, 23.25 inches long. They were drifting and throwing white 1/8th-ounce jigs along the bluff bank across from Cooper Creek. Sound familiar? Quite a few big browns have come off that bank. The fish was released at the dock after a few pictures and measurements. Spoons are still catching fish, especially down lake from Monkey Island, the mouths of Roark and Turkey Creeks and even up in those creeks a few hundred yards. Cleos, Kastmasters and Sin-a-Lures in varied colors thrown and retrieved are catching mainly rainbows and even a big one occasionally. Steve Stiehr of House Springs, MO, caught this 7.6-pound rainbow down lake yesterday on a green Spin-a-Lure. It was released at our dock. The best live bait by far has been air-inflated night crawlers. Set the weight 18 inches from the hook and that's how high off the bottom the worm will float. Trout will see and bite it a thousand times faster than non-inflated. Minnows under a float are working, too, especially up closer to the Fall Creek line. Set them about 36 inches deep. -
We've seen very little generation the past two weeks. If the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers run it at all it's midday for a couple of hours, enough to move algae out of the upper end of the lake. A slimy algae has been growing in both Table Rock and Taneycomo during daylight hours, which is normal for this time of year. The fish don't mind it, but it's tough on us anglers. With little generation, our water temperature inches up on warm, sunny days. Surface temperature may reach into the 60's, but the lower water levels are staying a safe and cool 50-something. This is actually beneficial for both trout and other aquatic life like midges and scuds. Plus, it makes the trout more active -- they like water in the upper 50's. We've had some rain the last few days but not enough to change generation patterns. Table Rock has only come up about nine inches, still under 916 feet which seems to be manageable. I see no big change in this pattern, unless we get a substantial rain, and then all bets are off. Fly fishing has been very good with the water off. I should say, small jigs and flies are drawing bites whether on a spin or fly rod. Zebra midges under a float and/or micro and small marabou jigs under a float are all working very well. We had a gentleman come in the shop today showing a jig that he couldn't keep the trout off of -- an 1/16th-ounce black and yellow marabou jig with a gold head. We quickly stocked some in our store. He said he was using it under a float. Duane Doty and I chased a crappie story on our lunch break today. We heard crappie were stacked along the wall at the Branson Landing, right in front of Joe's Crab Shack! We worked the lower half of the wall at the Landing using jigs and caught two rainbows -- but no crappie!! Guide Steve Dickey says the first two hours of the day have been the best for catching a lot of trout up in the trophy area on a variety of small jigs under a float. He's using a small ginger or light olive jig (marabou) or a half-micro in olive or brown. The best depth has been 39.5 inches deep. You'll have to ask him why 39.5 inches... Wayne and Rob Dickerson of northeast Kansas come to spend a week with us every May, renting a G-3 bass boat from us and fishing exclusively jigs all week. Well, Monday Rob scored a trophy brown, weighing 7.2 pounds, 23.25 inches long. They were drifting and throwing white 1/8th-ounce jigs along the bluff bank across from Cooper Creek. Sound familiar? Quite a few big browns have come off that bank. The fish was released at the dock after a few pictures and measurements. Spoons are still catching fish, especially down lake from Monkey Island, the mouths of Roark and Turkey Creeks and even up in those creeks a few hundred yards. Cleos, Kastmasters and Sin-a-Lures in varied colors thrown and retrieved are catching mainly rainbows and even a big one occasionally. Steve Stiehr of House Springs, MO, caught this 7.6-pound rainbow down lake yesterday on a green Spin-a-Lure. It was released at our dock. The best live bait by far has been air-inflated night crawlers. Set the weight 18 inches from the hook and that's how high off the bottom the worm will float. Trout will see and bite it a thousand times faster than non-inflated. Minnows under a float are working, too, especially up closer to the Fall Creek line. Set them about 36 inches deep. View full article
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Happy Birthday BTW
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Al wrote this for OA a few years back so it probably needs to be updated.
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Duane and I boated over close to point 5 the other day. Wanted to try out some new jigs we've made for trout. They're mainly earth colors which should be perfect for smallmouth bass but spots too evidently. -
Url For Finding Structures On Table Rock
Phil Lilley replied to Phil Lilley's topic in Table Rock Lake
I updated it. http://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/where-fish/fish-attractors-map -
Guy caught a nice rainbow today and is going to release it. Wants a replica made. From St Louis. Can anyone suggest any good ones in the St Louis area please?
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Welcome... thanks for joining up!
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No ideas here... I thought it would be clear by now. May be like this all summer.
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Nice
