Phil Lilley
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MO needs to do what OK does... build a cleaning station, process the fish for the anglers then sell the roe and make the state thousands of dollars. They have one at Twin Bridges at the head of Grand Lake.
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Mitch- yes. They gorge themselves. Duane- if I put every hookup on the video, it'd be 40 minutes long... I left the clips where we hooked fish on every cast. It was a fun afternoon and evening. Wish I'd got to the Landing earlier though. You cleaned up!
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Duane and I found almost perfect conditions last evening, fishing below the dam. North side of the lake, slower side, there were quite a few nice rainbows sitting waiting for shad to flow down. Still working on sound quality- my external mic hasn't worked right yet.
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I definitely agree with you. I really have to be careful what I post, not so much Taneycomo but other waters. Yes sometimes Taneycomo when it's timely. But there's no secret spots here, for me at least. But fishing is my business, not just pleasure.
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Seth. I've been talking about crappie at the landing in the winter for years. I catch them maybe 1 out of 5 times down so its not a hot spot. Saying that Duane cleaned up this afternoon.
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Speaking of... Duane is down at the Landing raking in the crappie as I type. I'm headed down there. Going to video, post it later.
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Funny- wrote my post before you suggested I X-it.
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I, too, am concerned that a few people on here instill fear in many about posting anything on the forum, especially a report. They see people getting hammered for saying things and think no way am I going to post anything. This is a fishing forum. It should have fishing reports, advice and instruction. If all you're doing is policing this issue and not positively contributing, you should reconsider your motivations being on here. I'm not targeting anyone in particular so don't think I am. But I know I speak for many anglers, members and guests.
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Heard water at Bridgeport is very dirty but the water at Cape Fair (marina area) is much better.
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FYI - January 17 - 2031 unique visitors on this site. 16,723 page views. Average 15 minutes on site. That's the slowest day this past week. If you guys want to make this a better fishing forum, when you give your general report, explain how you're catching fish like you're teaching someone who don't know how to fish. Who cares where you're fishing exactly. What people are wanting to learn is HOW TO FISH.
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I fished with Brett Potter today up at the dam, if you want to call it fishing. We did wet our lines and caught a couple (miracle) but the wind was wicked, coming over the dam and down the lake. I could feel them nipping at the jigs and spoons I tried but trying to hold the flat bottom boat in the wind and fish was impossible. But there were people at the resort that came in with trout. On this windy lake there were places you could get out of the extreme wind. Any reports?
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Depends on how many come through. Right now not many are coming through. I have seen shad as far down as Rockaway Beach before. A few times there'd be so many they'd be stacked up in eddies all along the lake and the birds would have a feast for days. -
Welcome to the forum. Take most things said in this fashion as mostly tongue-n-cheek. They certainly aren't THE forum rules. Just use common sense, and by all means post your underwater pics!
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You never, ever know. Could but a one time thing, could last for weeks. So unpredictable!
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We sell them. Scotty's might.
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I guess what I mean is we've had multiple years where we didn't see any shad. Even cold winters with high water- no shad. Then there's the warm winters with no generation - no shad. There's been quite a few winters when we didn't have shad and I read where the White did. We haven't had a good shad run in over 12-15 years.
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Both. Bigger and more.
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A Couple Throwback Photo's I Found!
Phil Lilley replied to LittleRedFisherman's topic in Photography
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Spent The Early Week Along Upper Taney (1/13-1/15)
Phil Lilley replied to CaseyMoore's topic in Upper Lake Taneycomo
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I'm hoping cold weather stays around for a month... may be we'll get a big, prolong shad kill here. It will boost the growth of our trout and help some of you guys get down here and enjoy this kind of fishing. I know the White River gets a huge shad kill every winter... we don't. I think it has to do with the height of our dam compared to Bull Shoals and the depth of our penstocks (where the water runs through the dam). BS is shallower than ours. But we still CAN get big shad kills. We have in the past- all the way up to May.
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OK thanks.
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Excellent report!
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Al- which "select" prints?
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I've been hearing that the deer population in north MO is way down- that a lot of people are mad at MDC for not putting a limit on doe tags this year. I guess CWD is having an adverse affect on deer? I'm not in the loop at all on this. On a side note- I've been showing off these 2 deer pics to friends. First is the "wife", Kathy Carnahan and the second is her 18 year old son Nate. They're from SE Kansas.
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Shot yesterday. The one thing you'll notice is how many time I mend the line. It's important that the float isn't dragging. If it does, your jig isn't down, it's riding up and moving faster than the current. Fish don't like that. Boat control is the other important thing, especially if it's windy. Keep the rod tip low- on the water. Don't let the wind take the line- you lose control.
