Phil Lilley

I knew there were forum members up there but it's hard to know... I actually had some OAF stickers with me in case I ran into someone who wanted any. I need to get the resort's name on the Griz. I knew we probably missed some fish by leaving early but we were tired. Started too early. A boat with 3 guys said they had caught 19 whites but not in the creek. Another guy at the ramp was telling a boat launching to go uplake, around the bend and fish the flats, that they'd caught some up there. If you can find then in the main lake- that's the place to get them right now. There was current in the main lake yesterday cause they're running water out of Table Rock. Just a little but enough to move some water. I'd drift minnows on the flats if I was going back during the day.

Just pulled out of beaver creek. 3 gills. Started at 10 this am. Tough day. Fished from snapp to almost barker. Mostly up beaver.

I'm in the white Grizzley, black lab if anyone comes up.

Been up here most of the day. Nothing. Seen a few small fish caught on minnows. Not happening yet.

For the last three days, the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers has ran a couple of units for about 30 minutes in the morning and that's it -- no generation besides that. It's been pretty quiet on the generation scene. Table Rock Lake has risen a couple of feet this week from a two-inch rain we got over the weekend. It's now hovering at 910 feet which is still five feet below power pool. It's been cold and windy; we can't seem to get past this long, winter season. But it looks like there's some spring-like days ahead so we might be over the hump! Regardless, trout fishing has been pretty good for most anglers who brave the elements. Water color is good and temperature is about 45 degrees. The breezy weather makes for pretty good jerk bait fishing as well as casting spoons and spinners. Actually, bass fishing on the lower lake has been very good throwing jerk baits according to one bass club member. He caught quite a few black bass a couple of weekends ago over four pounds. And speaking of warm water fish, anglers are still catching crappie along the wall in front of the Branson Landing trolling or drifting with minnows or small jigs under a float. You'll catch rainbows, too. Fishing with live bait: Anglers caught good rainbows and a few browns on minnows, straight lining them just below the mouth of Fall Creek this week. Also fishing them close to Short Creek as well as down at Monkey Island. There's a lot of small forage fish along most of the banks hiding close to fallen trees and pond weed. Injecting air into night crawlers is another great way to catch a limit of rainbows and may be a brown or two. Fishing them about anywhere between Fall Creek and Monkey Island. One of our guides just came in and said his clients caught some real nice rainbows about 500 yards below Fall Creek on crawlers. He said the key was to stay put and be patient. He said most boats were moving around too much and not waiting on the fish. White and brown or white and orange Gulp Power Eggs are also working good if you're using bait below Fall Creek. When it's windy and there's a big chop on the water, they're taking a Trout Magnet under a float. Best colors are pink, salmon mix and sassy. Above Fall Creek, the jig-and-float technique is hard to beat. Rainbows are taking an olive/orange head, olive/tan head, tan or black half micro jig under a float anywhere from three- to seven-feet deep depending on the water you're fishing. Guide Steve Dickey found some nice rainbows in the deep water below Lookout, fishing his brown/orange head marabou jig seven-feet deep the other day. Today he called in this FISHING REPORT. I fished at the Narrows, about 3/4 mile above Fall Creek, yesterday and did catch quite a few rainbows, mostly small (less than 12 inches) but did catch a few in the 14-inch range. They took a #14 red zebra or a rusty zebra midge under a small indicator 36 inches deep. I used 6x fluorocarbon tippet. Fly fishing below the dam, wading in, fishermen have done really well stripping a black or olive woolly bugger, size #8, working the flat from Big Hole clear down to Trophy Run. Conditions have been best when the wind is blowing and there's a good chop on the water. Also try soft hackles and cracklebacks, size #14 and #16. Of course zebra midges are working well, too. Rusty, P&P and black zebras size #16 fished from 6 to 24 inches deep. In the Rebar chute, San Juan worms in brown and red, scuds size #12 to #18 in tan, brown or gray and egg flies drifted in the faster water above, in the chute and below the hole. There's still several trophies up there to catch (and release).

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/buffalo-river/levels/ Here's a link to OA's Buffalo River Levels.

Too cold... no way!! Try it - you'll love it!

Remember, the MO/AR state line is BEFORE you get to Cricket Creek Marina and you'll need a ARK license to go south of the line. If you're a MO resident, you can buy a border permit and fish either side. Of course your boys won't need anything. Ask Mark at the marina about crappies... tell him you heard he was a great bowler... it might get you a little more info

Cooper Creek Access has a dock for fishing too.

They talked about this on KWTO this morning. Good to get the word out. He said that they were already starting to build the farm... ?

I've gotten a very good response from my email campaign. Looks like we're going to see a lot of fellow anglers there.

I'm planning on fishing the Spring River on Thursday with a friend from Neosho. May be I'll see some fellow OAF'ers over there.

I have a lot of respect for everyone on this thread... I've only skimmed may be half what's been written but it's good debate and best of all there's no harsh words. Plus I know that fishing is going to explode pretty soon and all conversation will shift to that direction. As for hard and fast "rules", it's tough to draw that line. People here on passionate about fishing, yes, but they are passionate about other things that affect our lives, and affects our ability to go fish. I recognize that. it's all related. So why not discuss those things, as long as it stays civil and respectful. To your credit, I think everyone who has posted on this topic could all go on a 3 day float trip and have a wonderful time together, regardless of their political views. That's how it should be.

How far up the creek do you think they caught 'em?

Had a catch and release certificate request mailed to us for a 29.5 inch rainbow caught on March 5 by an angler from Hollister. Caught on a scud.

Bumping this up. Bill Babler has now committed to be at this event later in the day.

by Darin Schildknecht This week has been great for wade fishing. The Southwestern Power Administration has not run any generators in the past few days, and it has been warm and comfortable to fish. The rest of the week also looks good as far as the weather, but, of course, that doesn’t always mean good fishing. I went out earlier this week and had a great time. I waded the Lookout Island area for about three hours. The weather was nice; it was about 50 degrees and sunny. There were more people there than normal, but there was still plenty of room for everyone to have their own space. The main area I fished was at the top end of the island just above the tree that is in the water, the most upstream one. If you walk out to the middle of the lake there is a hump that is about knee deep and is a great place to fish from. Standing there you can fish all around you. The first fly I tried was the Miracle Fly and the fish did not want it. They would come right up to it and turn away almost every time. I did catch a couple but wasn’t satisfied. I switched to a #16 Rusty or Harvester midge and it was on. Pretty much every cast the fish were eating it. If I missed the first strike, I would just let it keep drifting and another would com pick it up. Most of the fish were small but it was still a lot of fun. Another guy that was fishing close by me came over and we talked for a little bit. He was catching them pretty well, too. He was using a small soft hackle, not sure what size, and he was catching a lot of fish that way. He was casting at a 45 degree angle downstream, letting it swing and then stripping it back. Most of the fish hit it while he was stripping it back. Fishing a midge is very easy. Using a five-weight rod is the norm around here with a nine-foot tapered leader. I always use Rio Fluoroflex 6x tippet when fishing a midge. Just add about two feet of this to the end of you leader and you are set. A Palsa stick on strike indicator is the best indicator I have found to use with a midge. I set it about 12- to 18-inches deep and just dead drift it.

I'll share this story... close to my heart. My dad was a hospital administrator in SE Kansas from the mid 60's to 1990. Kind of a thankless job now a days. He had an open door policy--anyone could come and talk to him for any reason. His office had windows so you could see if he was in. He had a closet in behind his desk where he kept a very good supply of Girl Scout cookies. I used to raid it all the time. Little did I know he used those cookies for diplomacy. When anyone had issues with each other or with him, he'd order a pitcher of cold milk and glasses from the kitchen. He'd bring in the parties involved (usually doctors that weren't getting along) and they'd hash out their differences over milk and cookies, Girl Scout cookies.

If the water is NOT running, you can't hardly get above Lookout Island unless you're running a jet. They have not run water in many days now. Just no reason to run... Browns - what Duane said. But catching rainbows has been good.

Welcome

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lilleys-landing-resort-1 Set up an account - thanks

I need to find a good streaming service...

Got to run h2o for us to see shad.

I didn't hear about the 22-inch brown... email us a pic! We'll put it on our bragging board.

The feed is only good for 4 hours...