Phil Lilley

Boated to the dam after they'd open 3 gates. Thought may be, just may be some shad had washed into the lake. Pulled up to the south corner at the cable and casted a few times. Caught a rainbow and then this smallie. See the blue gill tail hanging out of his mouth? Couldn't get a good pic cause I was about to drift into the bank. Two drifts to the ramp. First drift, on the north side, netted 3 rainbows, all before Big Hole. Last one was this really nice 19 inch rainbow male. I thought may be, just may be the white jig bite was on. Second drift - nothing. Missed a couple of bites. Better than last evening but nothing like it would be if shad were coming through. Word is they will run gates will Table Rock is back down to 915 and with rain comin' that may be a week or so.

Wow- just got in from being gone all am and someone told me there were 3 gates open. I said, "NO WAY!" Yes way. I called the hatchery and confirmed. I fished up there last evening and caught 3 rainbows in 2 drifts- one on white and two on sculpin. Pretty slow. These gates might just what we need to wash shad in the lake. Bill says they're dying like crazy on TR... some should come over the top I'd think. Will get out later and see what I see. Will report back with a pic... at least.

I'm already getting PMs and emails for orders. I'm not taking orders yet. When I get them in I'll start a new thread and tell you what I'll need for orders. Probably used Paypal or something. Checks in the mail. It'll probably be a week 10 days.

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Thanks for sharing those wonderful images. What's the name of the canoe outfitter down there?

Sorry- I was out all day yesterday and was too tired to read last night. I like Sam's idea with the dot(s). If it's ok, I'll order 2000 to start and see how it goes. 2-inch, bright orange with Ozark Anglers type in white, centered. Cost will be $3 for 2 stickers with postage, $5 for 2 sets. Sound ok? I'll order this morning if there's no major objections.

For you guys who know about joomla- I installed joomla and a theme with sample content on my computer using it as a server using mamp as the server manager. Got thru the installation ok. Went to view the site and/or admin area and got this error - JError Unable to load Database Driver: Now this is the second time I installed this program. The first time I negated to install the sample data and wanted to add it so I deleted the files from my /site file and pasted another copy of the install files and reinstalled it. That probably messed up the data files. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

Could start with something simple and inexpensive and move to something later.

I held my own Wednesday. But today he kicked butt. But we BOTH got our limits, thank you. And threw back some sows for seed (pic).

Vince and I fished Wednesday evening and again today - put in at K Dock and ran up to Snapp Wednesday and didn't find anything there but a nice crappie. Ran on up to Cedar and found them in 20-25 feet of water on the bottom. White or gray 1/8th oz if the wind wasn't bad and a white 1/4rd oz deer hair jig if it was. Today same thing. Water temp is 45. Have to be at these depths or not getting bit. Light bite today. Several walleye- couple of cigars and a couple about 13 inches. We limited both days. Today was tougher. Fished from 10 am till 2 pm and had it to ourselves. One rig at K ramp. Where are you guys? Little cold and rain scare you off??? I did get cold!

There are lots of rainbows in Roark. Some whites have been caught but they are unpredictable. Water temp is 41 in the lake and 49 in the creek. I havent' caught a white yet but I've only been down there twice. Some guests did catch some nice ones Wednesday... or Tuesday. Not sure which day.

MDC says they do NOT reproduce in the lake.

Sanders Bluff... that's a new one for me. Where is that?

April 8 - Al Agnew, Missouri Smallmouth Bass An avid angler and self-professed "river rat", Agnew is widely acknowledged as an authority on rivers, canoeing, fishing, and conservation in his native Ozarks, and is a sought after public speaker across the Midwest on these subjects as well as art. April 20 - TIm Homesley, Roaring River, Crane and Capps Creek Tim owns and operates a very nice fly shop near the entrance of Roaring River State Park. He fishes the park as well as Capps Creek and Crane Creek, his knowledge is second to none on all three of these trout waters.

Probably not. He referred to images most of the time so it wouldn't be helpful.

We need to hand out name tags... I'd like to put faces with screen names next time. Powerpoint images - depends if Mike shares them.

I did record it but not sure it would make any sense posting the audio cause they refer to slides almost the whole time. I counted 65 in attendance.

Cody Smith is our Greer's Ferry guy.

Good area... I'd try both. Depends on light I'd say.

Mike Webb is nationally known for his presentations on electronics. This is an incredibly opportunity... hope the place is packed!

I'm actually not taking the trip. A couple of friends are and I was checking it out for them. But I will report back after their trip.

We may be seeing a change in generation patterns here on Lake Taneycomo. Saturday the water was off for part of the afternoon and tomorrow they are scheduled to shut it down mid morning and leave it off for most of the day. The area lakes are all below power pool, and with mild temperatures in the forecast, this may be a pattern we’ll see until spring rains come and change lake levels. Can you count on this? Very hard to say, but it does make sense. Since the cold weather broke, we’ve seen a lot of fishing pressure on our trout. But the good thing is that less pressure during a very cold and wet winter means there is an abundance of rainbows in the lake right now, even though hundreds are being caught each day. We’ve seen evidence of this in our fishing, and in witnessing how everyone at the resort fares each day. Most are catching trout on various baits and lures. When the water is running and you can get a boat to the cable below the dam, drifting flies and working lures has yielded some nice rainbows and a few browns. A gentleman told me he had landed and released a 21-inch brown Saturday close to the first island below the dam. He used a sculpin-colored one-eighth ounce jig when the water was running. While fishing this past weekend, I saw a couple of large rainbows cruising the flats above Fall Creek, so there’s trophy trout around to target. No one has reported seeing any thread fin shad coming through the dam. It’s still not too late in the season for a run—I’ve seen them as late as May in the past. Water temperatures on Table Rock are still in the low 40’s to high 30’s while Taney’s water temp is hovering around 40 degrees. When fishing jigs during generation, I’d try white as well as darker colors—brown, black, olive and sculpin, not to leave out ginger, gray and pink. My favorite is still the sculpin/ginger combo. When the flow really slows or even when it’s off, I drop to a 3/32nd -ounce on four-pound line or a one-sixteenth ounce on two-pound line and work it off the bottom. I reduce the jig size because I can work shallow water with no movement more slowly than when I’m using a heavier jig. With no generation we can go to a jig-and-float rig and try our micro jigs and marabou jigs. Some of the guides run a double rig using a beaded egg fly and a zebra midge under a float. The egg acts as an attractor and the midge (#14 red, black or green) is the bait. I’d drop to two-pound leader at least when using small flies. Fly fishing—we’ve seen huge midge matches the last couple of weeks when the water has dropped; the rainbows have been keying in on them. Saturday when I was up fishing the flats below Lookout, I watched as trout were all over the top, some just nosing the surface picking off flies while others ran and whacked midges that were buzzing across the surface to dry their wings before flight. See video. Drop a zebra midge under a very small indicator 12 inches deep and cast it close to where you see a trout rise. No movement is necessary; just hope the trout will notice your midge in the mist of all the other real bugs. Leave it for 20 seconds and then find another active rainbow and cast at him. If they get picky, drop down to a size #16 hook or even a #18. If it’s sunny, tie on a bright primrose and pearl or another shiny-bodied midge. Strip a soft hackle or wooly bugger if the surface is choppy. Below Fall Creek, inflated night crawlers are the best way to catch bigger rainbows, either with generation or without. Gulp Powerbait will catch a limit of stocker rainbows pretty easily most days using a white egg and another color such as orange or pink. Spoons and spinners have really worked well all winter, but you do usually catch fresh stockers on these lures. Fishing down lake is still generally worthwhile. Most of our guides have been fishing between the bridges, and even the tournament anglers caught their biggest trout at the mouths of Turkey and Coon Creeks and in front of the Landing. On dark, rainy days, go trophy brown hunting and throw some big stick baits around docks and dead trees. You may even hang a big bass. For the coming weeks, keep an eye on rain in the White River Region and watch how it affects lake levels. Use OzarkAnglers.Com and its links to keep track of levels as well as up to date fishing reports.

Ordered it on Amazon- thanks!