Phil Lilley

Seems there's a permissions issue. I've reported it to Jim.

If your image is already on the internet, copy and paste the url into the Insert Image popup box which will appear when you click this icon located on top of this text box If you want to attach your image, go down below this text box where you'll see a Choose File button next to another button called UPLOAD (in lite green). Click Choose File and locate your image. It cannot be over 2 megs. Actually, you should resize the image to no more than 800 pixels wide (what I do) and set the resolution to 72 (again what I do). Then click the UPLOAD button. Then your image will appear as a file in the drop down box called Attachments on your left side, below this box. Click the Down Arrow and you'll see 3 icons. Click the green one and it should add the image to your post.

OA is much bigger than everyone thought... alot of it is the forum. All is well. If you do see something not right either here or on OA proper, let me know.

Do you know Jerry Dudley? He takes kids fishing too- he's from Fayetteville.

Hatchery is 417-334-4865 and dial 0 I'll have to PM his mobile...

Did pretty good. Tried a jig head with gulp eggs under a float for a while, drifting along the banks from Lilleys down past Cooper. Had a few hits but nothing hooked. Wasn't pleased with the results. Went to a jig- 1/16th oz with a heavy float. Nothing. Went back to a 1/32, orange head brown marabou and caught a couple in a good eddie on the school side downstream below Cooper. Then tied on a 3/32nd oz olive and worked it pretty hard, jigging it up sharply. Wham! That's what they liked. REALLY nice rainbows coming out of the lake right now. I could have kept 4 weighing over 4 pounds- all chunky and really colored up. Those drifting bait the last couple of days have been doing real well! Most are limiting. Best area is in front of our place! Very thankful.

Use to be 4 over 18 inches. Not sure if they changed it. I mentioned that to a guy in Swan one evening cause he was bragging on the huge whites he had. The rule is meant for hybrids but most people can't tell the difference between whites and hybrids.

Trying to put info here in one place so that we don't have to click on several places to get otherwise. One stop shopping... Any other suggestions? I'll keep adding as long as they're good links.

Congrats!! You've made the big time.

Beaver Lake Beaver Lake Top Flood Pool: 1130.0 White River Top Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 - 1120.43 feet April 30 to May 1 - 1120.43 to 1121.43 feet May 1 to September 30 - 1121.43 feet September 30 to October 1 - 1121.43 to 1120.43 feet October 1 to December 31 - 1120.43 feet (BVGA4) Bottom Power Pool: 1077.0 http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/beaver_1.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/beaver_2.jpg http://beaver.uslakes.info/Level.asp River Levels White River near Fayetteville, AR Richland Creek at Goshen, AR War Eagle Creek near Hindsville, AR West Fork White River east of Fayetteville, AR Table Rock Lake - Lake Taneycomo Table Rock Lake Top Flood Pool: 931.0 Top Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 - 915 feet April 30 to May 1 - 915 to 916 feet May 1 to June 1 - 916 to 917 feet June 1 to November 30 - 917 feet December 1 to December 31 - 915 feet (TRZM7) Bottom Power Pool: 881.0 Taneycomo Power Pool: 702.3 Real time generation - 417-336-5083 http://www.swpa.gov/...nschedules.aspx for estimated generation 702.0 feet -- 000 m.w. -- 0,000 c.f.s.703.0 feet -- 010 m.w. -- < 1,000 c.f.s.704.0 feet -- 035 m.w. -- 2,500 c.f.s.705.0 feet -- 050 m.w. -- 4,000 c.f.s. -- 1 turbine (unit)705.5 feet -- 075 m.w. -- 5,000 c.f.s.706.0 feet -- 085 m.w. -- 6,250 c.f.s.707.0 feet -- 100 m.w. -- 7,500 c.f.s. -- 2 turbines (unit)708.0 feet -- 125 m.w. -- 8,000 c.f.s.708.5 feet -- 150 m.w. -- 10,000 c.f.s. - 3 turbines (unit)709.0 feet -- 175 m.w. -- 11,500 c.f.s.710.0 feet -- 200 m.w. -- 13,500 c.f.s.711.0 feet -- 220 m.w. -- 16,000 c.f.s. - 4 turbines (unit) http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/tabrock_1.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/tabrock_2.jpg Dissolved Oxygen Levels & Temperature at Table Rock Dam http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/trdo.jpg Lake at College of the Ozarks: http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/scofozdo.jpg Lake at College of the Ozarks: http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/scofoz.jpg Generation (Table Rock Dam) Megawatts and CFS through Turbines (only): http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/tabrock_3.jpg River Levels Long Creek at Denver Yocum Creek near Oak Grove, AR James River near Springfield, MO James River near Boaz, MO James River at Galena, MO Kings River near Berryville, AR Bull Shoals - White River Bull Shoals Lake Top Flood Pool: 695.0 White River Top Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 - 659 feet April 30 to May 1 - 659 to 660 feet May 1 to May 15 - 660 to 662 feet May 15 to June 15 - 662 feet June 15 to July 15 - 662 to 661 feet July 15 to September 30 - 661 feet September 30 to October 1 - 661 to 659 feet October 1 to December 31 - 659 feet Bottom Power Pool: 628.5 http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/bulsdam_1.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/bulsdam_2.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/bulsdam_3.jpg Norfork Lake - Norfork Tailwater Norfork Lake Top Flood Pool: 580.0 North Fork River Top Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 - 553.75 feet April 30 to May 1 - 553.75 to 554.75 feet May 1 to May 15 - 554.75 to 556.75 feet May 15 to June 15 - 556.75 feet June 15 to July 15 - 556.75 to 555.75 feet July 15 to September 30 - 555.75 feet September 30 to October 1 - 555.75 to 553.75 feet October 1 to December 31 - 553.75 feet Bottom Power Pool: 510.0 http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/norfork_1.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/norfork_2.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/norfork_3.jpg Greer's Ferry Lake - Little Red River Greers Ferry Lake Top Flood Pool: 487.0 Little Red River Top Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 - 462.04 feet April 30 to May 1 - 462.04 to 463.04 feet May 1 to June 1 - 463.04 to 462.54 feet June 1 to September 30 - 462.54 feet September 30 to October 1 - 462.54 to 462.04 feet October 1 to December 31 - 462.04 feet Bottom Power Pool: 435.0 http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/greersf_1.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/greersf_2.jpg http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/data/plots/pics/greersf_3.jpg Stockton Lake Truman Lake Grand Lake

Hey- have a great time!!

Heard the TV tower in Joplin came down on their station. No one hurt. Fair Grove High School lost their roof and part of their walls. One boy broken leg. We were spared. Very little damage.

As in IF it rains? I doubt seriously if they reschedule.

Have had several fighters fly over this morning... extremely impressive!! We're going out Sunday afternoon. BTW- Branson Airport made USA Today... saw it in Hartford, CT this week.

One thing and I bet you already got 'em... if the others in the tournament now know they cheated, their tournament days are over, at least for that contest. And word gets around... they don't need to lose their check or go to jail to suffer the consequences. I believe reaping and sowing is a natural law, just like gravity and tithing... you don't have to be a believer to reap the benefits or suffer the consequences.

Gonna close this thread. It's been very helpful for the most part and want to thank those who contributed. Sorry I miss the post about Bill Beck. I would have deleted it but it wouldn't make sense now. I think Bill has been exonerated from any wrong doing. He is one of the best guides we have in this area- period. I've said it many times here... if you're going to post negatively, change your screen name to your real name and put your address and phone number on your profile. It's totally chicken to make these kind of remarks and hide behind a screen name.

Phil Lilley, ozarkanglers.com exclusive Vince Elfrink of Branson has a new personal best. And it just so happens it's a Missouri best, too! Elfrink, fieldhouse supervisor at College of the Ozarks, loves to fish -- and hunt-- for that matter. A native of southeast Missouri, he came to the tri-lakes area in the late 1970s to attend College of the Ozarks and there he has stayed and made the lakes area home with his wife, JoBeth, and their three children, Joel, Micah and Luke. Despite his faithfulness to his job and his family, Elfrink takes advantage of every opportunity to either be in the field or on the water. Three years ago he furthered his love for fishing and bought a bass boat and acquired his OUVP Coast Guard License and now moonlights as a part-time fishing guide. This past Sunday, he left church and headed straight to the bank on upper Bull Shoals. He was in search of the white bass and walleye that have been running the last few weeks. Armed with spinning rod, swimming minnows and his hand-tied buck tail jigs, he sprawled down the mud bank to the water to start his "restful" afternoon of fishing. It turned into a bit of a circus though. Hooking and landing a few decent white bass on his quarter-ounce white buck tail jig, he hooked another one – or so he thought. This fish fought about the same, but when it broke the water's surface, it had a different shape and color. It was a yellow perch. Yellow perch are not native to this part of the country. They normally are found farther north and are found primarily in the Great Lakes. But somehow they've found their way into Bull Shoals, much to the chagrin of the Missouri Department of Conservation. In another words, they were not stocked by MDC officials but rather by a third party -- without permission. But they've flourished and are now listed as an official game fish, at least on the record books. This yellow perch was a nice one. Elfrink knew he had something special. He made a call and found out the current state record was one pound, seven ounces. He thought his perch was bigger -- and he was right. He contacted the local MDC agent, Buck Nofsinger who asked him to bring the fish up to the local Country Mart in Forsyth to be officially weighed and verified. He weighed in at a whopping 1 pound, 11 ounces, several ounces bigger than the record. Vince Elfrink is now the Missouri state record holder for a yellow perch. The fish was picked up by officials from Bass Pro Shops. They will hold the perch in quarantine for 30 days and if it lives, it will be placed in their tank at Bass Pro on the Branson Landing. Vince and his prize fish.

Should work now. Phil

Great report- thanks! I'd heard about the K-Cove being hot. Glad you got on them.

Sent in a trouble ticket... should hear something shortly.

No- I don't think Empire has anything online. But as far as thru the turbines, I'd think that's 24/7 for sure. As far as over the top- that depends on if Taney is running. Level would be the level of Bull Shoals basically.

Just as I stopped typing, the rain started here. But it's just a small cell. Checked Table Rock's level and see it hasn't changed yet. Good sign. It may not jump up too bad.

Well, I knew as soon as I reported that fishing was "poor" the fishing would improve. It did. Today the guys said fishing was very good... best in weeks. They drifted night crawlers from Fall Creek to Short Creek and caught some nice rainbows- lots of them. Drifted from Lookout to Fall Creek using scuds, egg flies and san juans and caught lots of very nice rainbows. Why the change? One thing I'd say was lower water- 2 units instead of 4 units. I see the schedule says 3 units tomorrow. We'll see if the trout are still hungry with alittle more current.

Jeremy- you can embed video right into the forum... I edited your post. Hope you don't mind. Great videos!

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