Phil Lilley

Let me clear up some things that have been said by those who are REALLY confused and mislead by Trav here. I am NOT going to sell ozarkanglers.com. I am NOT going to change ozarkanglers.com. I am NOT going to add new waters UNLESS members make a case such as the recently added Bourbeuse River. It has NEVER been my intention to grow this forum bigger... I think it is as big as it should be, probably too big. That's why I have combined and deleted a few forums here in the last couple of weeks. I AM the same person who built and has maintained this site since 1997. I haven't had a major character change and have not lost my mental capacities... I am not thinking about doing something as stupid as was suggested some 3 pages ago. Now... Can we get back to some constructive suggestions. All I want to hear is what waters outside the Ozarks, outside the waters named on OAF, would be of interest to you guys that could be added to a new forum? AR, MO, KS, OK, IA, IL maybe west TN

I really should let this go on for another 24 hours and see what happens... Wow... Trav- you were silent for, what, 6 months and now the world will end if this forum is moved, or changed? Talk about over reacting... but I guess that's Trav. As for making my mind up and doing whatever I want... you got that about right. Thanks for all the USEFUL comments. I did leave something out in my last post. The forum I'm moving over to the new url is a forum I bought and used for the hunters site- it's not being used and needs updating. Instead of adding more and more waters to this forum, I decided to just start another site altogether and add those waters to it. So if you don't have any objections... I'm going to bed. And Trav- I'd never sell this forum to the "anthill"... are you crazy??

Thanks for the comments. Keep them coming. I'm so involved in NAIA basketball this week I hardly have time to check email and read the forum. I've secured a new url site and have it setup for a new forum. I'll move the forum over and update it, build in new waters and have it up in a week or so. I've had some good suggestions for persons who would help with fishing reports on rivers and lakes... those contacts are vital in bringing on good people to give info on these places. Unfortunately, you'll have to register on the new forum. I can't move over memberships. Thanks- keep comments coming.

Has to be a glitch.

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What did you find that they'd hit? Most of the anglers I saw the other day that were doing the best were throwing rooster tails.

Yea with the wind a 1/32nd oz would be extremely hard to keep track of. We have to go heavier- as much as an 1/8th oz. Wind is tough. No doubt about that.

I think I've found the easiest and least intrusive way for members to advertise on OAF. I placed a simple ad on the Table Rock Lake Forum header on the main page of the forum. It's a simple text/image gif which I can create for each advertiser with a sentence stating "White River Lodge BB is the sponsor for the TRL Forum. The image is linked to the advertiser's site and will open in a new browser window. Images will be limited to about the same size as Back Country's banner ad. I will make the image at no charge. Here's how the rates will run. 2009 Rates For ads in Special Forums, ads will run 6 months for one advertiser for $75. After 6 months, if another advertiser wants to take that forum he can but if there's no one else interested, the former advertiser can re-up for the same forum. This is to give others a chance to advertise on premium forums (top of the page). For all other forums, ads will run 6 months for one advertiser for $50. After 6 months, if another advertiser wants to take that forum he can but if there's no one else interested, the former advertiser can re-up for the same forum. This is to give others a chance to advertise on forums of special interest (forum on lakes where he or she has a special interest). OA reserves the right to cancel the ad at anytime, refunding the fee at a pro-rated sum. Otherwise, the fee is not refundable unless there is another member who wants to pickup the outstanding term. Once the space is paid for, then and other then will the fee be refunded. Payment- checks only, made payable to Lilleys' Landing and mailed to 367 River Ln, Branson, MO 65616 If you're interested, send me a PM. If you're not a member on OAF and want to advertise, register on the forum and then send me a PM. Only registered members will be allowed to advertise on the forum.

I am sorry... I didn't see this. Are you still having trouble? There's a box in the top right corner of each topic called "Options". There you can change the way you view the thread. You want 'Standard' for normal viewing.

Vince and I put in at Cricket at 4 pm. Talked to Mark and Linda... Mark showed me pics of last year's flood. They had it pretty hard. Hope this season makes up for their loss. Go by and buy something! We headed up and found a wind blown bank just above Yocum and started. Water temp was 49 at the dock, 50 on that bank. We caught 2 nice crappie out from the bank in 15 ft of water using a purple swimming minnow/ 1/8 oz head. Went up in Long and fished another flat on the left- found crappie in depths anywhere from 8 to 12 ft around stick ups. Only 3 more keepers and a few black bass. Most came on a small yellow tube jig, 1/16th oz head. They weren't on the bottom this time- suspended 2-6 ft down. Back out and then up in Cricket this time. Caught a couple of crappie along the bluff bank around stick ups, again suspended. Locals were fishing off the bank on the right in Cricket. Heard one say they'd caught a few whites. We caught about 6-8 small male whites scattered in all locations. Left at dark. Ramp wasn't crowded at all- surprised. Water color was great! Several boats came out of Long Creek about 5-6 pm... couldn't figure out why??? Did they limit on whites? Got tired- no bite? I'd think that was the time to head up the creek for the late evening bite? We were after crappie so we didn't mess with it.

You dog... you didn't say you already went fishing!! Honey-do boy!! How's your nose?

I'm in the process of creating a new site and forum. It will cover waters outside the Ozarks- waters that YOU, the OzarkAngler Member would be interested in. I need- #1 - names of lakes, river and streams you fish and would be interested in seeing on a forum. #2 - url's of sites you use now for those waters, if any. For example, I visited with a guests who fishes Carlyle Lake in Illinois for Sauger. I googled Carlyle and didn't find much information on the lake, especially current fishing information. I want to confine the area to MO, OK, KS, AR, IL right now. But I am open to other neighboring states in the future. Thanks

What I'm interested in is what other forums are covering what waters and how well. I'd like to see the other forums so if you could provide url's it's be great!

Thanks for the report, Phillip. Have you been out much? I've been fishing Bear some with some luck but I'm sure it's getting real good now. What color swimming minnows have been working? Hopefully you're schedule is filling up with guide trips...

Am curious... what other forums do you guys frequent?

Oh man... sounds like great fishing on the Spring. Wish I was there!

Is it working for everyone?

Got an email asking about flies... I need a killer fly for Rainy Lake for fishing in late June. Pike Walleye Smallmouth Any help would be appreciated ! ! ! Maryann Townsend Can anyone help? Thanks

I just got this emailed to me to post- very beautiful brown trout.

Click Here for Podcast This is a mp3 file. It should play on your system automatically when clicked.

Clint from the hatchery and Larry from the Corp fished (boat) in the area. They reported to Jeremy they caught alot of whites, mostly small males but some sows. They left before we got there (3:30 pm). Fished from the bank at Slough- nothing. Saw nothing caught. Water is off color- don't know temp. Went up to below the Tin Whistles- nothing but the guy up from us caught 8 whites- all males but a few big enough to keep. He had a stringer full. He was using a small spinner- chrone and I think white. He was a local and knew what he was doing. Stories on the bank said whites were caught in the middle of the day best. We went on up thru the field to the bottom of the riffle below the Maiden Hole - it's where the small bluff ends on the south side of the creek. Lots of people up there fishing and we saw big stringers taken out. That's where we should have been earlier- sorry Duane. I bet the bite is going to be excellent in this area early in the morning. Take some waders and blue rebels and I bet you'll do well. May be even a fly rod- this water is perfect for it. No current though. The lake level is over the riffle there so very little current. If we get some rain this weekend- Katy bar the door.

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showforum=4 Pinned on this page is a topic called ~~~~ Generation Chart (Corp site). There you can see exactly what they've been running for the past week. http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=373 By this, looking at the forecast and rainfall predictions, you can take a very educated guess what they will do with the water this weekend, remembering they usually run LESS on weekends compared to weekdays.

Had a great turnout... thanks for coming out. Bill did a great job I thought. I learned alot. I'm trying to post the audio of his talk. It's a whopping 860 meg file though. Anyone know how to condense it down to a manageable size? I counted 68 people at the gathering. One gentleman drove from Lake of the Ozarks.

I need help. I have a 90 minute digital recording of Babler's talk tonight. The audio file is almost a gig. I don't need to edit is as much as I do reduce the size of the file if at all possible. Anyone have any experience? I've tried to search but finding it hard to ask the right question in the right place.

Fall Creek continues to work on shoring up their bank upstream from their boat ramp. Last spring, flood waters ate away at the bank under one of their condos, making it uninhabitable. It appears they are going to keep adding chunk rock to this road they've created until the level reaches above flood levels. Whatever their plans, it's going to be tons of rock at I'm sure a big expense.