Phil Lilley

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Looks like 34 and sunny Tuesday but starting off at 22 in the morning. If the winds doesn't blow, should be a nice day. I'm open to whatever... can meet here at the resort too - at the pavilion. May have a super special on jon boat rentals if the water is running that day for forum guys and gals. I'll probably have leftover chili and other goodies.

So @duckydoty and I fished the last 30 minutes of the day today. Boated above the dock a ways throwing 1/16 oz jigs, I spotted who we think was Frankie just off the boat cruising slowly along... I got 2 tries at him and DD once. He ignored our offerings. Ten minutes later and 100 yards up lake, a huge brown flashed off the boat about 15 feet. Was it Frankie following us or another monster brown?? We threw and both of us got hit but no hookups. We both stomped our feet... exciting!! kicker... we both were using 2 pound line.

Just to clarify... Rio 6x tippet is .005 and Trilene XL 2-pound is .005 inch.

Mitch - Generation and wind play a huge part. Wind will push heavier line around more than light line. The other consideration is lure profile. I use a smaller jig for its size, not necessarily for its weight. If the water isn't running or just barely, I use a smaller profile jig rather than a big bulky jig, although you can make a good argument for bouncing a big jig off the bottom too.

My fishing buddy John Johnson is selling his boat. 2016 G3 210 SX 150 4 stroke Yamaha He says it only has 31 hours on the motor. It’s only been on Taneycomo. Asking $42,000 PM me if interested.

I need to take you jig fishing, Mitch. I'll show you why we use 2-pound line. I got a bag of your craws - seconds I was told - all colors. They look awesome... need to try them on our browns. Wish I could use them up past Fall Creek, namely below the dam where there's a ton of bass right now. Bet they'd eat them!

Was fishing yesterday afternoon down by the Landing and hooked something that didn't cooperate at all. Had 2-pound line on throwing a 1/32nd ounce jig. I knew immediately it was big and heavy. It didn't shake or bolt, just bulldogged me, came towards the boat and then made a bee-line away. I was on my trolling motor trying to follow it when my line went limp. I bet he ran into some steel structure that dots the bottom of the lake in that area. It was as if he cut it with a knife - clean cut. I would have liked to just see it... but I have a feeling it was a big carp. I'll never know!

I don't really set goals. But I do think about what I'd like to do in the coming year. I'd like to get over and fish the south central Missouri Rivers with OAF guys. I'd like to take another Alaska trip with my fishing buddy before he gets too old. @Bill Babler I want to fish the Naknek River (Alaska) in late October for big rainbows. I've never been that late in the season. I need to fish Table Rock and Bull Shoals more.... great fisheries in my backyard. We want to teach more people to fish a jig... We all been given a certain numbers of days in this life... I never want to assume tomorrow will come. So I try to live each day as if it was the last although I fail to accomplish that most days.

Table Rock Lake Top Flood Pool: 931.0 feet Top Power Pool: Jan 01 to Apr 30 915 Apr 30 to May 01 915 to 916 May 01 to Jun 01 916 to 917 Jun 01 to Nov 30 917 Nov 30 to Dec 01 917 to 915 Dec 01 to Dec 31 915 (TRZM7) Bottom Power Pool: 881.0 feet Real time generation Beaver (417)336-5083 Table Rock (417)336-5083 Bull Shoals (870)431-5311 Norfork (870)431-5311 Greers Ferry (501)362-5150 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corps Table Rock Water Gauge Link http://www.swpa.gov/generationschedules.aspx Link for estimated generation Historic Table Rock Lake Levels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kings River at Berryville, Ark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James River at Galena, MO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGS River Gauges 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

Sounds fun.

Oh I may have deleted the topic by accident... will have to rebuild it.

Thanks Ryan for the write up. I'm looking forward to trying spey casting here on Taneycomo... but I need a lot of practice!!

Thanks for your comments... it was a fun-filled weekend with great people. it was nice to meet you and your wife, and I hope you all come back soon!

Court sentencings finalize one of state’s largest-ever poaching investigations Southwest Missouri family has violations in multiple states and Canada SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Greene County man’s court sentencings in December in Barton and Lawrence Counties are the most recent events in what is one of Missouri’s largest conservation cases involving the illegal taking of deer. On Dec. 13, David Berry Jr. of Brookline, received a 120-day sentence in Barton County Circuit Court for a felony firearms probation violation. On Dec. 6, he received a one-year jail sentence in Lawrence County Associate Court after pleading guilty to taking wildlife illegally on Oct. 11. The 120-day sentence Berry Jr. received in Barton County Circuit Court will be served in addition to the one-year sentence he received in Lawrence County. These convictions were made with information obtained from Operation Game Thief, a hotline sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri. Berry Jr.’s convictions are the tip of a long list of illegal fish and game activity by him and other members of his family. “It is unknown how many deer the main group of suspects has taken illegally over the past several years,” Lawrence County Conservation Agent Andy Barnes said. “It would be safe to say that several hundred deer were taken illegally.” Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Don Trotter agreed. “Conservation investigators estimated that the group was responsible for killing hundreds of deer over a three-year period,” he said. “The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the deer to waste.” What Barnes and Trotter were referring to were facts uncovered by several years of investigative work. On July 11, 2016, approximately 100 state, federal and Canadian wildlife officers simultaneously interviewed multiple suspects and other persons of interest in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Canada. Information gained from these and earlier interviews tied 14 Missouri residents to over 230 charges that occurred in 11 Missouri counties. Three suspects were tied to additional wildlife violations in Kansas, Nebraska and Canada. Two suspects were tied to Federal Lacey Act Wildlife violations that occurred in Kansas, Nebraska, and Canada. As part of this effort, MDC agents concluded an 8½ month investigation by serving arrest warrants on David Berry, Jr., David Berry, Sr., currently residing in Springfield, and Kyle Berry, Everton, on Aug. 31, 2016. Other individuals in Missouri also received summonses to appear in court on charges stemming from this investigation. Charges were filed in Lawrence, Linn, Shannon, Dade, Greene, Putnam, Harrison, DeKalb, Barton, Vernon and Benton Counties. Most of the Missouri violations were related to the illegal taking of deer. Most of the deer were trophy-class animals. In many instances, only the heads and antlers were removed. More than 300 charges were filed on this group in state, federal and international jurisdictions. Prior to the July, 2016 interviews, David Berry, Sr. and Eric Berry, 20, Everton, were convicted of taking gamefish by hand in Dade County. During the 2017 firearms deer season, while awaiting his court appearance for violations from the 2016 investigation, Eric Berry and an accomplice were caught spotlighting in Lawrence County. To date, this group of poachers has paid $151,000 in bonds and $51,000 in fines and court costs and collectively served 33 days in jail. David Berry Sr. and David Berry Jr. had hunting, fishing and trapping privileges revoked for life by the Missouri Conservation Commission. Eric Berry and Kyle Berry had hunting and fishing privileges revoked for 18 years and 8 years respectively. Jerimiah Cline, Republic, who took wildlife illegally and assisted the Berrys, had hunting privileges revoked for five years. Information received this fall through Operation Game Thief led to the arrests of David Berry Sr. and David Berry Jr. for violating terms of their probation. David Berry Sr. has posted bond and is awaiting a probation revocation. People observing wildlife violations can report them through the Operation Game Thief Hotline, 1-800-392-1111 or call the local conservation agent. Southwest Missouri family faces many conservation violations in multiple states and Canada. Francis Skalicky Media Specialist 417-895-6881 x1641 Francis.Skalicky@mdc.mo.gov

Very good, thanks!

@kelly

My uncle messed with my grandfather way back when... he always bragged about how great gas mileage his pinto used to get. My uncle started putting gas in his tank at night... then started taking it out. Really had him going for a while.

We only got 2. May be someone is messing with your rain gauge.

Finally got a break in the weather and had above freezing temps when we launched first thing in the morning. Wind was in the forecast, but it didn't kick up for a few hours and that enabled us to get in some Ned fishing in good conditions. Ned bite right now is good if you are on the right banks, those banks being steep chunk rock, bluffs, and rocky points. Some of those locations have them, some don't, if I'm fishing a likely bank and don't get any action, don't see anything on the finder, I'll move. The fish will bite the Ned right now, you just need to get on them. We put around 25 in the boat and if the wind had not started blowing around 10 AM making fishing that Ned deep difficult, we would've done better. No big fish, but we had 6 or 7 keepers and quite a few spots in the 14 inch range. I enjoy catching them on light tackle, but it's not going to win a best 5 tourney. Smallmouth bite was good for that part of the lake, I think we had around 8 smallies, 3 of them were solid keepers. Had a couple get off right at the boat too. Look like some pretty strong winds hit a few parts of the lake last week. One hundred yard stretch of bank had not only uprooted cedars, but also had some that were snapped off at the trunk. Takes a strong wind to do that. Looks like some pretty good weather after we get through this rain. WT 47-48. View full article

It was a blessing to have you guys. Sorry I missed out on some of the fishing yesterday and festivities last night. We made our trip to and from St Louis without incident.

Fished a little this afternoon. I’d call it slow. Great conditions and they were midging like crazy. Tomorrow is another day.

Post your pics and stories here... those of us who aren't going to make it to the White want to see what we're missing!! Make us jealous!!!

Thought I'd go ahead and start a topic for both the Jigfest and Taneyfest. I've heard they did real good on the White today. Hopefully everybody has a great time on both waters.

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