Phil Lilley

Fished the PM many times... love that country.

Yes. 27th year. Invite Only. Most of the guys are from St Louis.

Had 60 boats in the RAW tournament today. Although we had a high sun and slight breeze, fishing was very good. Had some good weights brought in. Big brown took big trout again. Caught on powerbait!

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Yes- on our resort page.

There is an unproven test that the MDC uses, taken from a rectal sampling. MDC has deemed it as an appropriate test for themselves, but the test is not a valid test for the captive cervid farmers. I'd like to hear more about this from MDC. The deer farmer’s livestock has to maintain a CWD free status and are CWD free rated by the state and individual farm. I understand that at least 2 deer tested positive on a farm just last week. I'd like to hear about this further. Is MDC bringing in diseases by elk introduction that may hurt the deer population in Missouri? Are the MDC blaming the cervid farmers for the MDC actions or what can accrue naturally? So far, the answer appears to be unknown. If Spencer, the author of some of these bills, still isn't sure of his facts, then why is he pursuing MDC and sticking up for the deer farms? Reminds me of didymo and felt free boots. If there's ANY question of the spread of disease, then why take the chance?

It's a REAL reality show...

One Cast is a fishing video series on Lake Taneycomo. We started in on Facebook but have copied the videos to our Youtube Channel! We make one cast every morning from our dock and see if we can catch a trout! Interesting results for sure! Subscribe and Watch!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwcRHlU-7RKUvIVq7IhWHOw/videos

By John Neporadny Jr. The weather has been frigid and blustery most of the winter and you’ve been cooped up in the house far too long. Then along comes a break from the winter doldrums with a couple of balmy days that give you the chance to relieve your cabin fever. With all that sunshine on a calm day, you figure the water should be warming quickly and the fish should be biting, so you hook up the boat and race to the Lake of the Ozarks. I’ve been in this scenario many times on my home waters of Lake of the Ozarks during the middle of winter and most of the time I’ve blanked because I can never seem to figure out whether the fish have moved up shallow or have stayed deep. Usually by the second or third day of a winter warm-up I start catching a few fish, but then winter returns with a fury and I’m driven back into the house to start writing again. Various factors determine how bass react to a winter warm-up at the lake. Water clarity and time of day are keys to figuring out how to find bass when winter briefly turns balmy. Water color Water clarity dictates how much the water temperature will climb on a sunny winter day. “A lot of times that dirty water will warm up a lot faster,” says Roger Fitzpatrick, a veteran tournament angler from Eldon, Mo. “A lot of times the first fish to move up there are the good ones (especially after a couple of warm days) and most people don’t even realize that.” Prime times The longer the water is exposed to sunshine, the warmer it gets and the more active bait and bass become during a winter warm spell. During foul weather winter tournaments, Fitzpatrick still catches bass on a MegaBass suspending stickbait, but he has struggled to catch bass on the same lure when bluebird skies and calm conditions prevail in a winter warming trend. “On those high pressure days they will get off of that stickbait unless there is some breeze,” he warns. So in recent winters Fitzpatrick has changed his strategy and developed a timetable for selecting lures based on light intensity throughout the day. During the lowlight hours of morning, the local angler starts with the stickbait that he slowly works around banks with mixed rock (gravel and large chunk rocks). When the sun is at its highest point around noon, Fitzpatrick switches to a jig-and-craw combo that he pitches along rock banks, shallow brush and the shallow sides of boat docks. The water around all three of these types of cover usually warm up quicker in the afternoon sunshine. His favorite bottom-bouncing combo for winter warm-ups is a 3/8-ounce Omega Baby J Finesse jig tipped with a Zoom Critter Craw (a mixture of brown and green pumpkin hues for the jig and craw). Since the water temperature is usually still in the low to mid 40-degree range, Fitzpatrick wants his jig to fall slowly and maintain bottom contact as it crawls along the bottom. When he feels the jig touch a rock or limb, Fitzpatrick avoids hopping or jerking it over the obstacle. Instead he barely pulls it over the snag and lets it fall to the bottom. “When it falls back is usually when the bite comes” he says. A warm-up in the middle of winter soothes the souls of many anglers by allowing them to get out of the house, and it can be especially gratifying if they figure out the right spot, lure and time to catch Lake of the Ozarks bass. For information on lodging at the Lake of the Ozarks or to receive a free vacation guide, call the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitors Bureau at 1-800-FUN-LAKE or visit the Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitors Bureau web site at funlake.com. Copies of John Neporadny's book, "THE Lake of the Ozarks Fishing Guide" are available by calling 573/365-4296 or visiting the web site www.jnoutdoors.com.

Article of Interest: http://www.in-fisherman.com/catfish/family-fishing-lives-dion-guido-hibdon-update-2/

latest: 89% against all bills.

Generation patterns on Lake Taneycomo have held true for the last several months with few exceptions. The pattern has been for water to run in the mornings from about 7 a.m. until about 9 a.m. with anywhere from one to four units online. It seems that dam officials are running water harder when the temperature dips below 20 degrees during the night. Then some water is flowing in the evening after dark for a couple of hours. Then there's the day when they run water all day -- varying about one to two units with no apparent rhyme or reason. Sometimes it's hard to write all I'm thinking about trout fishing on Taneycomo to reflect the right perspective. Catching fish is one thing, how many trout are ready to be caught in the lake is another. The most important aspect to me is the number of quality trout in the lake and, then, how to measure and convey that part of the report. I have to compare what I see today with years of experience on this lake, and all the lake-altering events that have happened (floods, poor water quality). So here goes: In January we saw some of the best quality rainbows caught on Taneycomo in many years, not big lunkers but good sized, 15- to 17-inch rainbows. These trout weren't just caught in the Trophy Area either. Some were found as far down as Rockaway Beach. As a matter of fact, the best rainbows caught in the Masters Trout Tournament a week ago were caught just up from the mouth of Bull Creek on Cleos and jigs. After 32 years of living and fishing on Lake Taneycomo, I'm still thrilled when I catch a spectacularly-colored rainbow trout. The people at our state hatchery, Shepherd of the Hills, have developed some incredible strains of rainbow trout. They deserve most of the credit for our beautiful trout, although our Creator God gets the ultimate credit. Please take the time and admire the colors of these rainbows next time you're down here fishing. How and where are we catching these trout?!? I guess that's the reason for this report, right? I'll try to answer that question. I mentioned fishing down lake close to Bull Creek. The water is pretty deep down there, as deep as 25 feet. Conditions dictate where those trout might be (bright sun to dark and cloudy.) Most of the time they will be deep, close to the bottom. There are other areas down lake that are holding fish, such as at the mouths of Bee Creek and Coon Creek as well as the Branson Landing area. Another good place would be the mouth of Turkey Creek. Trout seem to hang close to creeks, just out of the mouth and partway in the creek. I'm not sure, but it could be the water temperature difference or more oxygen in the creek water. But they do attract fish. You can try either lures, as I mentioned earlier, or live bait like Power Bait, night crawlers or minnows. The further down lake you fish, the more likely you'll do well on minnows. If fish are midging or dimpling the surface taking small insects (midges), then don't let your lures go down as deep or fish something under a float closer to the surface. Our lake water is starting to clear and will continue to clear from now through the summer. Four-pound line is a must, but if you want to catch more fish, use two-pound, especially when using bait. 0b82993e7283b102a9452607fe5b2f56 " data-width="466"> Post by Lilleys' Landing Resort & Marina. During an Outdoor Writer's event last week, several of the guides had their writers throwing Rebel minnows for browns and did pretty well. I think the biggest brown was 19 inches with several 16-inch rainbows caught, too. Conditions weren't the best for throwing small crank baits (sunny and not much wind with no generation), but some got out early before the water was shut down and did well; others fished later in the evening, during lower light, and caught trout, too. Rebel was one of the sponsors for the event. [caption id=attachment_4015" align="alignnone" width="530] Photo by Jeff Samsel. http://jeffsamsel.blogspot.com/[/caption]+ Saturday I fished with a friend from our fishing forum, Pete. We didn't get out real early, but the water was still running enough to boat up to the Big Hole area below the dam. We made two drifts down to Trophy Run before the water dropped out completely. I drifted a #12 dirty gray scud (200R hook) under a float seven- feet deep, and Pete fished an egg fly/San Juan worm (purple) under a float at the same depth. We caught quite a few rainbows in the 14-to 16-inch range, all colored up and pretty. We continued on down past Lookout Island, catching more rainbows as we went. Then we worked the shallow side of the lake all the way down to the Narrows, throwing Zebra Midges under a palsa float 12- to 18-inches deep. The midges were #16 black with a nickel head/wire. We caught too many trout to count, literally, and again displaying beautiful colors and good sizes. In contrast, today I got out with my friends from Kingfisher, OK, and did some fly fishing. Boating to Lookout, we started throwing Zebra Midges under a float in the same way we fished on Saturday. Same conditions except it was sunny today and cloudy Saturday. Not a lot of surface action, nor were the trout very active on the flies we threw. We threw midges as well as scuds, egg flies and even a couple San Juan patterns. We caught fish but not the numbers and sizes we did on Saturday. That's fishing!

Rainbows are in "spawning mode" most of the winter and spring here because of how they are raised. They color up and some go through the motions but I wouldn't say catching is slower because of it. If that were the case, catching would be slow half of the year!!

Table Rock Lake Top Flood Pool: 931.0 Power Pool: January 1 to April 30 ~~ 915 feet April 30 - May 1 ~~ 915 - 916 feet May 1 - June 1 ~~ 916 - 917 feet June 1 - November 30 ~~ 917 feet November 30 - December 1 ~~ 917 - 915 feet December 1 - 31 ~~ 915 feet Bottom Power Pool: 881.0 Taneycomo Power Pool: 702.3 Real time generation - 417-336-5083 USACE Little Rock App (very useful!) http://www.swpa.gov/...nschedules.aspx for estimated generation, 24 hours in advance. Generation Flows/Levels and Terminology 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) (m.w. - megawatts c.f.s. - cubic feet per second) Branson Weather Forecast, MO (65616) Rainfall Levels Green Line - Table Rock Lake's Level Blue Line - Lake Taneycomo's Lake Level Green Line - CFS (cubic feet per second) The amount of water being released through the turbines at Table Rock Dam. Blue Line - Megawatts of power being generated. Profile Report (updated monthly) Daily Lake Reports Real Time Flow Report View full article

Man that's a beautiful rainbow. Can you imagine if rainbows took off on the Rock... may be MDC should stock them!!!! Can I repost this?

One more month left to take advantage of this special!

Wet your appetite...

Bill Freise caught the brown in the Short Creek area about 8:30 am when the water was still running on a jig. It was their first bite of the day...

Sorry Pete- I've been very delinquent... I'll post it later tonight.

Did you get lost, Jeff?