Phil Lilley

Fishing and guiding at the Lake of the Ozarks helped Chad Brauer gain plenty of experience before he followed his legendary father on the tournament trail. . . . . . Read More

On page 3 there's images from my day in Bristol Bay with "Waterman", Sean from the forum.

This is a thread from 2008 and my trip to AK. I was going through some of my old posts and saw that the images here were broken - so I fixed them. Refreshed my memory a bit... thought I'd post so that those who have joined the forum since them can see some great images from Alaska. I'm going back to the Naknek in September - and there's room for more people if you're interested. September is the time for big rainbows and lots of lazy bears.

It's a half unit. Not new. Actually I like this flow. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Generation pattern changed this week from water running all the time to only during the mid to late afternoon until late at night. There's been no generation every morning this week. Our trout have responded in a positive manner! When the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers has run water, it's been two to three units -- a pretty good flow. And there hasn't been much time to reach the highest point, bringing the water on pretty fast. So if you're wade fishing below the dam, you had better get off the water as soon as you hear the horn. Our spring weather is starting to migrate to summer temperatures, and we're starting to see some wind, which we've lacked this month. Wind, although it's tougher to fish in, is good for the bite. Most fish like windy conditions because it chops up the surface of the water, making it darker down where they are. Plus, wind stirs up the water, moving bugs and nymphs around so that they're easier to see and eat. You'll see this more in shallow water than in deep water on Taneycomo. The worse fishing conditions are when there's no wind at all and the surface becomes beautifully glassy. You can see the fish -- but they can also see you! Wade fishing below Table Rock Dam has been very good for most anglers. Most are fly fishing, using a variety of flies and methods. Red #18 zebra midge fished under an indicator has reportedly been catching 14- to 17-inch rainbows pretty consistently the last few days, while some have been casting and working olive or black #16 wooly buggers in choppy surface conditions. I've gotten one report of some topwater action, fishing small hoppers and ants from the Big Hole down to the boat ramp. When the water is running, Jeremy Hunt has been banging the banks throwing big articulated streamers (fly fishing) for brown trout and doing well. He's using a fly called Peanut Envy in a light- to medium-brown color. He offers guide service from a drift boat. I've gotten out several times this week fly fishing up above Fall Creek in the trophy area. I've tried fishing the shallow side of the lake from Lookout down, targeting rainbows I can see and doing fair using zebra midges and scuds. I didn't find one good color or size but had to change flies quite a bit. I did use 6x fluorocarbon tippet. Guides are reporting catching good numbers but not necessarily good-sized rainbows throwing silver cleos and black rooster tails. They have also been fishing white thread jigs and black micro jigs under a float four- to five-feet deep. I got out this morning with a friend. We started at 7 a.m. and boated to Lookout. No water running, no wind. We started throwing black 1/16th to 3/32nd-ounce jigs straight, with no float, toward the bluff bank. It was slow to start, but about 8 a.m. they started feeding on the surface and hitting our jigs. We moved and fished all the way to Fall Creek, taking three hours to do so. All the way down we caught trout, all rainbows except one small brown. It didn't seem to make any difference how we worked our jigs -- they were attacking them. Down below Fall Creek, people are anchoring and fishing bait -- and catching their limits. Most are still fishing PowerBait Gulp eggs, using two colors on one hook, a white and one other color. Four-pound line is fine but two-pound is better. Throwing or trolling cleos or in-line spinners are working, too, especially when the wind is blowing.

The gravel in that area is still moving a bunch and clean so I doubt if you're going to see bugs there for a while. After the flood, our gravel was moved so much I think most of the bugs (scuds) went downstream. We're starting to see them again in the normal areas now and the trout are keying in on them. It takes time after an event like we had a year ago.

Tim Homesley called in his fishing report for Roaring River State Park today. Sounds like it's the perfect time to head to the park to go trout fishing! http://www.ozarkanglers.com/roaring-river/2012/04/25/tims-fishing-report-april-25/

Wonder why the water is "muddy"....

I know nothing about this lake. You don't hear much about it. You guys who fish it, what's the lake like? Compare to other lakes in Missouri...

Gordon Proctor - on the bylines. This is the film that was played a million times at the hatchery visitor's center. Thanks for sharing.

Ron called in his report from this morning's fishing. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/white-river/2012/04/23/col-rons-fishing-report-april-23/

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/elk-river/2012/04/23/hog-heavens-river-report-april-23-2012/ For full fishing report.

Watch it last night- first 2 episodes recorded. I think there's only been 2. They're been offering "best of" which I'm not real interested in. Interesting to see the two directions they've gone- blues and reds. Should be interesting. You can tell they've been thinking about new camera angles in the off season. Using some go pros. Picture seems to be sharper too.

I'll add it on the forum... it was there for years but no play.

Casting for Recovery- http://ozarkanglers.com for more info and link to auction site. Got some nice stuff on the auction block!

On upper Lake Taneycomo - you come and get it. $1500. Looks like most lifts start at $1900. Works fine.

Microwave! People think I'm crazy. Take a plate, melt butter on it (olive oil if you're trying to be really healthy). Sprinkle your favorite spices on the plate with melted butter. I use lemon pepper, season or garlic salt. Put the fillet on the butter and spices, rub it around and turn it over. Fill the plate with fillets. Season again. Cook full power for not more than 4 minutes. You can over cook it. I'd do 3 to 3.15 and see if it's done. I'm serious- this is drop dead good. I do it with trout, white bass and crappie. Sub out spices... add squeezed lemon. It's quick and healthy- even with the butter. I would not use margarine or a substitute butter- I'm not a fan. Too much water and you're fish will be rubbery. One other thing- cut the line of small bones out of the fillet. They run down the middle of the fillet- you can feel them. They won't cook out- better to get them out before or after cooking. They tend to stick between the teeth if you don't.

He means http://ozarkanglers.com

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/bull-shoals/2012/04/21/col-rons-walleye-fishing-report-april-21/

Told ya!

Ron called in a fishing report this evening. You can find it here ----> http://www.ozarkanglers.com/bull-shoals/2012/04/21/col-rons-fishing-report-april-20/

Bill's Fishing Report Phil's Fishing Report Trout fishing today was about the same. Water's running maybe a little less than yesterday but with cloud cover, they're biting good.

Oh you asked the wrong group that question...

Generation on Taney should slow down in the next few weeks so the water temp on Upper Bull should warm up. Thanks for the report!