Phil Lilley

That's tough to say. Best thing is to have a fishing buddy with you to help net the fish quicker. In saying that, it would be cool if anglers on Taney unite and help each other land fish faster. I mean total strangers. Just thought of that concept. But it would help. We do it all the time when catching salmon and rainbows up north just because it would take 2-3 times longer to land a big fish in current by yourself verses someone netting it for you. Beyond that - if you use 7x tippet and hook a big trout, you'll fight him too long guaranteed. Even 6x. Unless you get real lucky and slip him on the gravel or into a net early, you'll probably fight it to it's death if using light tippet. But it's hard to catch one with 5x or larger... so it's a dilemma, one I'm not sure you can get around.

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Gosh- I didn't identify these guys. The Wheat Brothers from Springfield. If you ever want these guys to play at a function, send them a PM... they are great!!

YOu should be scared!

Oh my gosh!! First a squirrel and now a BEAR?!?!?!?!?!? No thank you!!

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I think I've posted this before- MDC have experimented with triloid browns in the past. So there are troloid browns in Taney already but not recently stocked.

KY3 did a great piece on the event - view it here: http://www.ky3.com/home/video/59952832.html Special thanks to all those who tied flies, donated stuff and took these guys fishing. Jeremy Hunt donated 10 fly boxes and your flies fill each box with over 100 flies in each. Guides that gave their weekend to these guys were- Don House Eric Prey Chris Tetrick Jim Lund Dana Lindsay Bill Babler Vince Elfrink Jeremy Hunt Zack Hoyt Dan Sears George Steffen

I can ask MDC. Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery stocks most of the trout areas other than trout parks in the state. It's located here in Branson below Table Rock Dam. http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/hatchery/shepherd/

Man, it's hard to chose where to go fishing with all the white bass reports now... but this rain will change at least upper BS. I'm sure it'll dump alot of mud and debrey in the lake. You got in and fished it just in time.

I assume they get rainbows from Shepherd. We have alot of rainbows here on Taney have have that orange belly. I know Shepherd crosses their strains with McClouds but regardless, wild or not, they're from Shepherd... probably.

Did you get the hackled jigs? They were gone when I checked. I think they will work as well or better. Let me know... I won't be able to try them for a while now.

I get to a couple of movies per year. Watch House and Leverage on TIVO... that's about it. Oh yea- Cardinals Baseball.

Started about 9 am and fished till noon. You see in the video where we are and the conditions. 6x tippet with a small micro, tan under a float 4-5 feet deep. They caught and released about 35 rainbows up to 16 inches. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340">

It's a youtube video... not sure what you need but they are pretty simple to see. Go to http://www.youtube.com/user/phillilley and see if you can see them there.

No problem, Gary. You didn't bother me at all. This flip camera doesn't do well in low light I have found out. And the light I had was too bright. I'll have to play around with it. I found a strip they liked. I'd strip about a foot fairly slow and pause 3-4 seconds. Casted out anywhere from straight out across current to down at a 45 degree angle and start. Most of my strikes came straight downstream though. I was really surprised when I went through outlet #2 with the light I only saw one rainbow and I looked pretty far down. None in the fast water. I think the DO is so good right now in the main lake the trout aren't having to stay close to the outlet flows like previous years.

Got up there at 10:45 and was home by 12:30 am. Started at the Big Hole and had bites right off the bat on a #4 blood leach. Switched to a black pine squirrel and did well too. Caught 8 down there. Then went up to outlet #2 to see what was up there. Caught 2 rainbows before turning the light on the outlet- didn't see but one rainbow. No browns. Here's some vid's... gotta figure a way to take and talk and show off the fish at the same time. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340">

Ho Ho Ho

We didn't get to the banks you showed me... Jeremy was driving and I didn't offer any advise on where to go. The rain cut us short. There were 3 Big Cedar guides working that whole side of the lake. We just hopped in to open banks where we could. So did give away any spots... not today... but if I ever did it would be totally by accident. I'm buying Bill a Flip Video Camera for Christmas!

David, One of the first things we will ask you to do is to read the current fishing reports on the forum. There are quite a few. This keeps our guides and other contributors from having to repeat what they've been saying for the last couple of days. As far as the nitty gritty of line sizes, whatever you use at home will work here. Our Ozark lakes are clear, probably like yours in FL. You are coming at the ideal time. As could can read, bass fishing is pretty awesome on both lakes. Your questions are very general... answers will vary not with the lake but with the area you will be fishing. So more info is needed on your part. Where are you and your friend fishing? What areas? From the reports recently, you will see that there is a ton of surface feeding all over Table Rock - mainly white bass but also blacks, spots and sm. In closing, and then I'll let our Table Rock guys finish, we do expect a detailed fishing report after your trip to the Ozarks. We trust it will be a good and successful one.

I'd call or go by MDC in Springfield and talk to them. I'm sure they have printed material plus people there that can tell you what the best plan of action is. If you do, get back to us and let us know what they say.

Marsha and I went to the movies today. White Out Could have been a "b" TV series which would be cut quickly. The actress in the movie - Marsha commented it's the first movie that they strived to make her look good ALL the time. Outside in 50-65 below temps with hard wind, no face mask and she came out looking like a rose. 65 below - you can't even breathe without freezing your lungs. Just too many impossible situations. Too many unexplained happenings. Story line is very lame. Don't bother going!!!

I didn't fish very long - maybe 90 minutes - and I didn't go up where there's alittle current and would have done better but this area can be great fishing... just not mid day today. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340">

OK- now that Bill has found out how to take pictures and post them, I'll have to best it... "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"> It'll take at least 3 years for him to figure out video!

Yes- I have one but it's not for the new ultra's they are selling now at Best Buy. It's for the old, first generation ultra. Just trying to save someone from buying what I did - and now can't use it. I haven't found a hard case for the new ultra yet- they haven't come out with it yet I guess.