Phil Lilley

Old man..... I won't give away your age.

Wish the jig bite was like this all the time

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We had 8 keeper browns weighed in yesterday and some real nice rainbow. Water ran all day, big difference from the last tournament. Most were caught on scuds.

Jump in with one of us

Have a great time out there!

You’re preaching to the choir here, Brian.

Welcome back.

I'll have one of our bass boats... I can take a couple people. And Blake will probably be fishing too.

Will do.

I think @dpitt should drop by if he's in town

Sandy is bringing @trythisonemv

Sandy plus 2 more @laker67

Sounds good

Just so there’s no confusion, and/or any misunderstandings, make sure if you’re coming to call make a reservations at our office. That’s the best way for us not to make any mistakes and miss Anyone. I’m really surprised we have booked up as much as we have that weekend because usually we’re half full Between tournament weekends. I guess it might be the warmer weather?

Yes. You need to call our office. I only am holding one room myself for gathering, where up to 3 people can stay if they want. Everyone else needs to book their room.

Just call the office - anyone - and say you're with Jigfest and you should get the discount. I'm surprised... but we are filling up that weekend. I don't know how many are with the group, yet. I'm checking.

Daryk - #22 has 3 twin beds in the back with a bathroom. We probably will clear out the main room for tables. As far as I know, no one has spoken for any of those beds.

BTW that's not Marsha in the pic. It's Elizabeth, one of the staff at CAM.

Marsha and I helped with distribution yesterday at the food pantry. I took this picture to show how much food we give out. I know you can see details but there’s 5 packages of meat, produce, frozen blue berries, cereal, bread, pasta and can goods. This is for a family of 3. A family can also receive food at one of our 60 mobile distributions throughout the month. So they can get 2 carts off food per month.

That would be a good stat to see. Off the top of my head, I would say 60-70% of the trophies turned in are from guided trips. May be more. Guides are honed in on the bite daily and they have the equipment needed for that bite. Plus the instruction. Guided anglers definitely have an advantage catching a big trout.

My "smart" TV doesn't offer the Peacock App and I lost the remote to my Fire Stick (which I haven't used for years). So I bought a Roku box and subscribed to watch... but really I had to because one group of guys staying here from KC didn't have a peacock account so I signed their TV in so they could watch. I felt somewhat justified, although I would have done it regardless. If the NFL can get the $$$ they will. And they will... get it. It'll help sports bar sales for sure. Good game though!

I'm sure there are a lot that are caught by guys who don't care about a pic. And one rule is that we require a pic. Not sure how to get around that... we may get too many false reports. Who knows. I know I caught 7-8 over 20 last year that aren't on the sheet.

We are finally starting to see winter arrive here in the Ozarks after a very mild autumn. Our lake water temperatures are still just above 50 but should drop steadily in the next few months. We had a very late lake turnover this season because of the warm weather. All in all, our fishing forecast looks pretty good this winter. Generation patterns have been consistent lately. We're seeing moderate flows on cold mornings, off in the afternoons and back on in the evenings until about 10 p.m.. This does vary with how cold it is. The colder it is, the more electricity is needed. tilTable Rock Lake is about five feet below its seasonal power pool and will remain there until we start receiving some substantial rains. Our water is usually stained after Table Rock turns over, but this year it's not too bad. That should help the fish bite since their activity does tend to slow down when there's a lot of silt in the lake. The trout bite seems to be better when the water is running. Drifting baits, flies and hard baits works, catching some pretty nice fish. Try drifting night crawlers on the bottom from Fall Creek clear down to Cooper Creek along with some Power Baits. We're carrying minnows now, but I don't think many people have tried them yet. There are some crappies down at the Branson Landing to catch. Look for them in front of the fountain. The jig bite during generation is fair. I've done pretty well throwing white, sculpin or black jigs and working the bluff banks and the bottom in the channel. The jerk bait bite has been good during generation also. The Doty's 110+ in sculpin or rainbow has worked especially early in the mornings and on dark, cloudy days. When the water is off, air-injected night crawlers on the bottom are the best. A jig under a float using two-pound line and a black jig is also a hot item. Fly fishing - the zebra midge, #16 black, under an indicator using 6x tippet is best with a #16 gray scud a close second. Strip a white or black streamer when the water is running and/or when there's choppy conditions. And we've been catching a few nice ones using a cream #20 midge dry on the shallow flats where fish are midging. View full article