Phil Lilley

Yea- Duane's got everyone chasing him around again. He catches a bunch of whites, reports it, I go and fish after him and ... nothing. Next time he says he's catching fish at Swan - I'm going to Beaver!!

Pic of finger... "I'm not EVEN going to click that pic and make it bigger!!!" Wow! Something I picked up on in the first post was - "ultra clear water". An interesting discussion would be how to fish clear water vs colored water on these rivers for smallies.

Yea- they just sent me the correction. It's Saturday, March 24th.

I can get you tickets - just let me know. Can mail them out.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-587" title="Scott Martin" src="http://www.ozarkanglers.com/table-rock/files/2012/03/Scott-Martin.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="281" /> Branson, MO- Local area residents and visitors will have the opportunity to spend an evening with several Walmart FLW fishing pros in Branson. The special free event is called “Meet The Pros” and will be held in the Life Center of First Baptist Church in Branson on Saturday, March 24th at 7:00 pm. Coldstone Creamery will provide free desert and coffee. The event is free but you must pick up a ticket at FBC Life Center or FBC office at 400 Sunshine in Branson. This event will take place prior to the Walmart FLW Tour on Table Rock Lake scheduled for March 29th, 2012. Major sponsors include Lilleys' Landing Resort &amp; Marina, ColdStone Creamery and Dr. Grant Wood’s “growingdeer.tv”. The free event will feature fishing tips and life stories from five pro anglers which include: Jay Yelas, Mark Rose, Scott Martin, Clarke Wendlandt and Glenn Chappelear. Numerous door prizes will be given away including gift cards to Bass Pro Shop, a guided day trip for trout fishing through Lilleys' Landing and much more! <a href="http://www.flwoutdoors.com/community/profile/home.cfm?uid=24410" target="_blank">Jay Yelas</a> has fished 201 events with 141 money finishes and ranks 6th in all-time money winnings. Yelas has 52 top 10 finishes. He currently is ranked 26th place on the FLW Tour. <a href="http://www.flwoutdoors.com/community/profile/home.cfm?uid=69779" target="_blank">Mark Rose</a> is a 12 year pro. He has had one tournament win with 17 Top 10 finishes. He is #3 in FLW standings today! <a href="http://www.flwoutdoors.com/community/profile/home.cfm?uid=60686" target="_blank">Scott Martin</a> was the youngest pro-angler in history to win an FLW Tour Event. He has been a Top 10 tournament winner seventeen times. His career earnings are over $2 million. He is #11 in FLW national standings today! <a href="http://www.flwoutdoors.com/community/profile/home.cfm?uid=61057" target="_blank">Clark Wendlandt</a> is a seventeen year professional fisherman. He has had 31 top ten finishes and over $1,000,000 in career earnings. He was the 2008 FLW Tour Angler of the Year and has had 31 top ten finishes. He is #18 in FLW tour standings today! Glenn Chappelear is a professional fisherman and inspirational speaker. He is the founder of Sportsmen's Outreach. Glen speaks at sportsmen banquets and participates in at least 11 professional tournaments each year. Glen is currently #28 in FLW Tour Pro standings. “This will be one event outdoor enthusiasts will not want to miss. We are extremely fortunate to have these men here for the banquet and the FLW tournament,” said Dr. Grant Woods, one of the event organizers. Grant is known for hunting &amp; fishing as many have seen his TV show through Bass Pro Shops called, “growingdeer.tv”. Outdoor enthusiast will also find outdoor booths added to the event this year showcasing products and services geared to the outdoorsmen. For more information go to <a href="http://fbcbranson.com" target="_blank">fbcbranson.com</a>.

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/blog/2012/03/08/white-bass-at-swan-creek/

I have a friend who guides in Alaska. He floats big rivers for a week and tent camps. Very experienced and these trips are once-in-a-lifetime! He has an opening July 11-17 to float the Alagnak. This is one of the best weeks to catch big sockeye salmon. David Roller - here's his site and info. http://www.peremarquetteoutfitters.com/ He's also a guide on the PM.

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/bull-shoals/maps/ They aren't the best maps... I created them years ago and need to update (like I have time!!). But they do show the holes.

This is why I created this new forum... I think the #1 topic on OAF is smallmouth bass, which I'm pretty proud of. I, along with many others, appreciate Ron, Al, Joe and many other people here that share so much of their experiences and knowledge for others to glean from. Hope this move helps spread the passion for smallmouth bass and the fisheries we are blessed with here in the Ozarks.

That's why they call it the pothole... a wide variety of species. Never know what you're going to catch. Sounds like you were fishing on the Forsyth side. They usually do better on the Powersite side where the current it. But sounds like you did very well. Thanks for reporting.

I've really have chosen not to micro manage the forum. There are a lot of posts somewhat out of place. I do move them occasionally but only to help those who are asking for help, ie posting something about Table Rock on the Beaver forum.

She had permission to post here.

418 area code correct? No problem on the post.

When crappie spawn on Lake of the Ozarks, catching them can be as simple as casting a jig or minnow to a shallow brush pile. Within a matter of minutes you'll be hauling in a mess of these popular panfish. Since the actual crappie spawn can be short-lived, some anglers who depend on catching them in the shallows miss out on some good action by not fishing the entire crappie spawning cycle from pre-spawn to post-spawn. The following tips will help you to find and catch crappie through the spawning cycle on Lake of the Ozarks. This central Missouri reservoir probably offers the most consistent year-round crappie fishing in the state, but its best action occurs during the spawning cycle. The pre-spawn begins when crappie stage in March 5 to 8 feet deep near the spawning banks (a mixture of pea gravel with chunk rock in the backs of coves or pockets of river bends). Crappie move into the pre-spawn stage when the water temperature reaches 45 degrees. In clear water, throw a light pink (shrimp-colored) tube jig with either a 1/16-or 1/32-ounce jighead. For darker colored water, select a purple-and-white or black-and-chartreuse hues. If the fish refuse to these offerings, switch to a marabou jig. Use ultralight spinning tackle and 4-pound test line. Retrieve the jig slowly, but if the water has warmed, switch to a Roadrunner and swim it through the brush. When a cold front hits and drops the water temperature, attach a bobber about 6 feet above your jig and let this combination dangle over a brush pile. The bobber-and-jig system allows you to keep your lure in the crappie's strike zone longer than his other presentations. Lake of the Ozarks crappie move in to spawn when the water temperature ranges from 52 to 62 degrees. In early April, they fish will just about be on the bank spawning. The fish will be in about 1 1/2 to 6 feet of water along the pea gravel banks. Nesting areas are easy to find if the water is clear. The fish fan out about an 18-inch to 36-inch diameter nest. When you look at the bottom, it will look like silver dollars down where they've fanned all the silt away from the rocks. A variety of plastic-bodied jigs, including Sassy Shads, tube jigs or curly tail bodies, work during the spawn. Five basic colors to try are purple-and-white, chartreuse tail with yellow body, hot pink, a red/yellow combination and pearl. During the spawn, the fish become more aggressive and attack anything that gets close to the nest. Try a 1/8th-ounce jig and attach a small cork set about 1 1/2 feet above the lure. Cast the jig and cork toward the spawning area. Roll the cork with your rod which moves the jig just enough to attract attention. When on the nest, a crappie will attack it. After the spawn (usually late April and early May), crappie will start moving deeper. As the water gets progressively warmer, the fish will go progressively deeper. Anglers need to fish the same type of brush where they found crappie in the pre-spawn, usually in the 8- to 12-foot range. Whereas the crappie bite all day during the spawn, the best fishing now will be in the early morning, late evening or at night. If the surface temperature jumps into the 70- to 80-degree range, the crappie will seek shady hideouts 15 to 20 feet deep. Hang a lantern on a dock to catch crappie at night. The best bait is a minnow fished straight down in the brush. In late May, the crappie are nearly in a summertime pattern. Start looking for beds closer to the main channel because the water's cooler there. Look for fish in the 12-foot range and then probe deeper until you find crappie. Minnows are the exclusive bait during this time of year. The shad population replenishes during this time, and the crappie start pursuing livelier and larger prey than a jig offers. Hook medium-size minnows behind the dorsal fin to prevent driving the hook through the bait's vital parts and killing it. The bait rig should include a number 4 to 6 hook and a 1/16-once split shot set 6 to 8 inches above the hook The spawning cycle ends when crappie return to their deep brush piles (18 to 20 feet deep) for the summer. For information on lodging and other facilities at the Lake of the Ozarks or to receive a free 162-page vacation guide, call the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-800-FUN-LAKE or visit the Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitors Bureau web site at funlake.com.

Wrong dam... this is below Bull Shoals Dam, not Beaver.

For those who are wondering, no damage on the upper lake. Stormed passed over taneycomo at the landing. Not good there though. Scotty's is ok I think.

Marsha is KU alum. She'll be those seats second half. She' ll be in blue!

Going to KU at OSU tonight. Watch for me a couple of rows behind official table. Maybe the cowboys can throw a monkey wrench into KU's road to the title.

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Great day for fishing. Our trout, though, didn't cooperate as well as most would have liked. But there was some good weights brought in.

Would like the opinion of a fishery biologist. In OK, until just recently, there wasn't a limit on sand bass and there seemed to be an unlimited number of them on many lakes. They were once considered trash fish so many at that time they weren't harvested like they are today. I believe it would be difficult, but not impossible, to over harvest them. The damage to the population would be as they are or just before they spawn and that's when they're targeted the most and easiest to catch. I say difficult because one female lays so many eggs. The thing that hurts the population most is weather/rain. Cold fronts at the wrong time and/or a lack of rain and/or other weather related conditions will put the hurt on the spawn and affect future populations much more than harvesting them, I would think.

After wrestling with the Tapatalk people and finally paying them to help install the app on the forum, it's done and should be working. They give us just enough info to almost get it installed - actually leave one step out. Then, if you pay them $25, they'll finish it for you. Oh well... everyone has to make a living.

No music... I'd rather hear the birds. But I am putting a bunch together mainly for our resort site. Not sure about selling them.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ysUZazvQRXw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Just a short clip of my trip the other day. This bird came pretty close - I could see his eyes and it wasn't on me, the dog or the boat. It was on the fish!

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TX6CggbUgjM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br><br> This is another instructional video for those who like to drift Gulp Powerbait eggs on Lake Taneycomo. Hope this is helpful! Watch in HD if you can. You'll be able to see the rod better.