Phil Lilley

You will get that here...

I should be around... I'll bring the chili.

Saw this in the Branson Independent. 3 miles south of Ozark on 65 off EE Hwy. Go east and watch for signs. 10 am Not going to list all the lures but there's alot of old antiques, in boxes and not. Also a few guns, farm equipment and other stuff. It's a Holt Auction. 546-8787 is the phone number.

Only if you fish above highway 65 bridge. Below the bridge, you only have to have one if you keep trout.

Added some ads at the bottom of the page... try it and see what becomes of it. It pays like google- views, clicks and I think buy. I'll keep you up to date on revenue.

Wow- what an undertaking!! Sounds like you know the road since you've already adopted one child from China. What a mission!!! Marsha and I will pray for you guys as you go, and for you continued parenting of all your kids. You are blessed!

http://www.sbj.net/article.asp?aID=78563 Congrats to Stan and Carolyn for another very nice award.

I'm tired of putting fires out on the forum. This is about fishing. Either get along or find another forum. That's goes for everyone.

Will say one more thing and that's all. This quote... there's alot of people who think this statement is true for all of Taneycomo.

I know who healing waters is... I've stopped this before- posters hiding behind a screen name and disking people over fishing techniques. Unfounded accusations and hear say won't be tolerated here. This topic is closed and so is the subject on this forum.

There's been postings on this for some time... but haven't seen anything in a while. Brian Sloss was up on this- may be he can shed some light.

Penatx Optio WPI it is waterproof That's the one I have. It's nice. Get one on ebay.

There's not much. Cooper Creek only has RV -I think!- You might check with them. Otherwise- State Park is the only place I know of.

Sorry- didn't see you edited your first post. My phone doesn't ring at 3 am........

Are you awake??? Details??? Report??? Yes you need a new camera! ~~~Shelling out a hard time~~~

Need to take pictures at night... WITH A FLASH!

Got out late this am for a couple of hours. Boated up to Lookout about 9 am and worked down to the narrows by noon. Tried stimulators and humpies first along the bluff bank- no takes. Dave fished a 1/16th oz sculpin jig on the bottom and picked up a couple. We both switched to a fly rod, #16 gray thin skin scud under a palsa 6 feet deep and fished the bluff bank and did fair. We both hooked several rainbows from 12 to 16 inches but it was alittle slow. I switched to a zebra 3 feet deep and picked up a couple. Went back to the scud cause Dave was kicking my butt. I pinched a tiny split shot 6 inches above the scud, 6x tippet and made sure the scud was on the bottom. We'd work the scud, moving it about every 10 seconds, making the scud hop off the bottom to attract attention. It worked prett well. Yes the scud was weighed a bit but the split kept it on the bottom. We did the best at the narrows where it's mainly gravel bottom. Did see a couple of nice browns but no takers. Switched back to zebras as the sun covered the whole area. Red with a gold bead fish 4 feet deep and caught a couple before heading in.

I've heard they are up in Bull Creek- up by the island and upstream of it. No other details but this word isn't very old. Big ones.

You are welcome to talk business here. We've had people ask about housing here in Branson as well as other places. This is a fishing forum but it's also about community and helping people. Yes there is a fine line between abusing the forum for self benefit but most people can see thru self promotion posting and reply accordingly. See you on the board.

Alot of short crappie? That's what I usually get when I fish there. Sounds like fun!

All the fish we caught fought very hard. The brown didn't show itself for 2 minutes. Was using 3 lb tectan and it was all I wanted with the brown.

Got out for an hour and 45 minutes... exact time cause our wives wanted us to go somewhere tonight... but they're not here so I get to write this report and post pics. Boated to Lookout at 5:30- Dave and I. Water had been running a bit but was dropping out. Threw sculpin 1/8th oz jigs and caught a bunch of rainbows. Had to get it right on the bottom cause they wouldn't come up at all to get them. Fished the bluff bank all the way to the narrows which took 1-45 minutes. Great evening. Almost all rainbows were fat and over 15 inches. All pics were of rainbows 15-16 and one brown on the 4th cast after "my last cast" at the end of the evening. Brown was very stocky but only about 18 inches. Fought real hard. We did switch to 3/32 and then 1/16th oz jigs as the water got slower and slower. But again, had to keep them on the bottom. Lost a few jigs.

Just talked to Mr. Babler. He's still on Kodiak fishing away like a mad man. Says they're tired of catching salmon- fresh pinks and silvers all over the place. They've had 2 days of halibut fishing and boxed up over 150 pounds of fish a piece for shipment home. He didn't mention any rivers but sounds like they're all full of fish. Lots of a lots of people though. Didn't say is was as crowded as the Kenia or Russian but you always see people where you go. Fish are hitting anything pink. He said he took a bunch of pink swimming minnows and couldn't make a cast without something attacking it. Pink jigs, beads and a pink fly he has with black dumbell eyes that also are killers. They're looking for something besides salmon now... want to find some dollies. They're looking today. Flying to King Salmon on Wednesday. I'll be up there Sunday evening.

I'd fish in Bull Creek and downstream. I always have done well using plastic worms. There's been some crappie caught up in Bull from the island upstream on small jigs and small plastic lures, I've heard. Topwater for bass should be pretty good too.

Got out this evening with a friend from KC. Boated just past Fall Creek about 7 pm and fished the gravel point across from the boat ramp. Water was dropping off one unit and trout midging in the seam and in the backwater. We threw zebra midge, black #18 under a palsa 12 inches and caught fish on every cast for about 30 minutes. Then they got picky. Dave kept fishing the midge and I switched to a #18 red soft hackle. He caught a half dz more and I had only one but it was fun enticing them with the soft hackle- they'd chase and chase it but never quite get it in the mouth- or I was just off on my set. No fog!! Very pleasant evening!!