Phil Lilley

You fishing the willow bank?

It doesn't show up on my iPad either

It's a MP3 player. Not sure how to get that on a mobile device.

Thank you One Shot for your post. Here's my post. http://phillilley.com/blog/resurrection-day And yes I'm closing this topic.

My family is from Denison- cut my teeth trolling for sandies with my grandpa on Texoma. Wish the stripers would come up to Denison dam again some spring- that's fun! Welcome!

Welcome. You should fit right in here.

Heck- talk to him. He's loves talking fishing. That's funny... he doesn't have a website so I thought I'd put his cell # on there for contact.

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STEVE DALLY and JIM DUGAN have probably spent more time in fly shops, guide boats, sitting at tying tables and hanging out on riverbanks than most would consider sane. They both are total gear rats and not short on opinions. Jim has a penchant for the sweetgrass, slow rods and collectors reels; Steve likes fast action sticks, large arbor reels and jumping in anything that floats. http://theozarkflyfisher.com/

by John Neporadny Jr. Silvery masses of white bass swarmed everywhere in the gin clear waters of the creek. The stream contained so many whites that the fish darted between my legs as I waded through the riffles. Casting into a pool full of whites, I immediately hooked a fish and as it fought, at least 10 other white bass ran with the hooked fish. Nearly every cast produced a fish as I caught of limit of hefty white bass in less than 20 minutes. I've caught spawning white bass in the dirty waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries before, but I'll never forget my first white bass encounter in the clear waters of a Lake of the Ozarks creek. When white bass get that spawning urge, they seek the right mixture of water flow and rocks throughout waterways in this region. Although white bass can successfully spawn on various types of bottoms, they seem to congregate more around any rocky areas, such as gravel shoals and riprap. During a typical spring with normal rainfall, white bass run in several feeder creeks or rivers on the Lake of the Ozarks. On the northern side of the lake, the prime white bass runs occur in Cole Camp, Indian, Gravois and Little Gravois creeks. The southern region offers some of the best spawning runs however. An annual prime spot for spawning whites is the swinging bridges area in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park on the Grand Glaize arm. Other good spawning areas are the Big and Little Niangua rivers. The area around the Highway J bridge on the Little Niangua arm can be especially good at times. I look for white bass in the rocky pools below riffles where the current eddies into a shallow gravel bar of a feeder creek. Since these streams contain clear water, I use ultralight spinning tackle with 4-pound test line. Some of the most productive lures include small tube jigs with spinner jigheads, small floating Rapalas and Roostertails. My favorite way to catch white bass though is to combine a 4-inch floating Rapala with a white or pink 1/16-ounce doll fly. I tie the jig on a 1-foot leader of 4-pound test and attach it to the back hook of the Rapala. Since the combination has to be jerked hard to be most effective, I use a medium-action spinning rod and reel filled with 8- to 10-pound test line. White bass travel up the Lake of the Ozarks tributaries from mid-April to early May. The average size of these spawning whites runs from 3/4 of a pound to 1 1/2 pounds. Heading up one of the feeder creeks at Lake of the Ozarks region provides some of your best fishing action of the spring if you can find the annual white bass spawning sites. For information on lodging and other facilities at the Lake of the Ozarks or to receive a free 162-page 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.

Man we caught the whites today on the Spring. Paul and Martin Crews from Neosho. We were in Paul's boat. He's fished the Spring since he was a kid and he's old... my age. We started at 7:30 a.m. in the rain and caught whites on our first casts. We boated up about 5 miles to a group of docks/house docks on river right and started on the right side above a concrete ramp. We were throwing either smoke/red flake or smoke or smoke/purple flake. They were on the bottom and bit fairly light. We moved to the middle when it slowed after a few of hours. After the sun came out, we got lazy and drifted around a bit, not trying real hard. Ate a sandwich. Martin tied on a fairly large curly tail brownish grub and threw it close to the left bank and caught a white. He did it again. Maybe this was a pattern? I tried with my smoke grub- nothing. Put on a motor oil swimming minnow and it was on. We caught whites for the next 3 hours drifting down the bank, throwing within 6 feet of the edge and catching whites in may be 5 feet of water. Others started fishing the bank and doing ok. I saw 2 guys throwing rooster tails and another 2 guys throwing chartreuse curly tails. The latter boat was doing fairly well. The rooster guys I don't think caught many. Both were anchored. We did the best moving and working the bank. Paul said to anchor usually meant the "kiss of death". I would suggest... move around and change baits. If something it's working, then change. Don't expect your lure to all of a sudden be the fish's delight. Changing colors often usually produces more fish, more bites. The anchoring thing... hard to say. But if you're not catching, then you should change something, or everything. We saw lots of different kinds of people heading in- from families out enjoying a beautiful day to couples to fishing buddies. Saw lots of different kinds of lures. I wanted to stop and show everyone how to catch them--there are so many white bass in that system it's crazy! We did tell one couple where to go and what to use.

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That's exactly what Paul said... very light hit. Water still cold. Bigger than normal whites for Grand. If you can get out Saturday, let me know.

I threw a blue rebel on that bank for about 100 yards. May be I was in too close... or there too early. Oh well. Wish I would have ran into you. As for things I heard today... Beaver Creek- ppl were catching them below the Maiden Hole mid day. Had a friend watch from the bank. Yesterday, couple of guys were fishing the eagle nest area. One threw a a-rig and caught a bunch. The other a swimming minnow and didn't do well at all. Today, they couldn't get bit using either in the morning.

Man, Bill. You're up WAY past your bedtime!

Probably, Bill. But tomorrow is not my day to fish. Accountant, budget, birthday party (not mine) and may be a little trout fishing. Saturday I'm heading to the Spring River (OK) for some white bass.

I put in at River Run about 4 pm I think. I worked every crappie spot I knew. Nothing. White bass spots, nothing. Water temp between 49 and 52. I fished Barker flats, Willow Bank, above the Willow Bank and up where the channel swings from the east side of the lake to the north above Swan. I worked the shallow flats with a rebel- nothing. Not many boats out. Picked up a burger at Danna's, then headed to KDock. Water was slick when I pulled up. Was going to try the flats Buster caught whites on just hours before but I knew they wouldn't be there, esp in shallow water under those conditions. So I headed up lake and tried a couple of crappie spots, one bass. Went up to Snap - nothing. Fished the rock wall, nothing. Came back and finished in K cove because there's was a chop and balls of shad in 6-10 feet of water, nothing. Pretty evening to be out! Dogs were very disappointed in the catching.

A new alliance forms as a 6,500-animal hog farm is constructed near America's first national river. http://www.mnn.com/local-reports/arkansas/local-blog/another-battle-begins-to-protect-the-buffalo-national-river-0

Residents around Table Rock Lake on April 6 and 7 may be hearing strange sounds and seeing bright lights on the lake at night — sounds rarely heard or seen on this lake renowned for family boating, skiing and bass fishing.The sights and sounds will be those of the Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats 2013 U.S. Open Bowfishing Championship. More than 90 boats with 300 to 400 anglers from about 25 states are expected to participate. http://www.news-leader.com/article/20130328/LIFE06/303280032/Bass-Pro-debuts-major-bowfishing-event-at-Table-Rock?nclick_check=1

A search on Bull Shoals Lake near Point 19 for a missing Theodosia-area fisherman has been scaled back after the man was reported missing late Monday night. Brendon James, 44, is presumed drowned. His boat was found floating along the shoreline about a mile from the family's private dock located on Bull Shoals Lake just southwest of Dugginsville near Peel. http://www.ozarkcountytimes.com/news/article_a250f466-97d6-11e2-adf1-0019bb30f31a.html

Lake Level: 701.6 Water Temp: 47 Degrees Water Clarity: Clear Lake Taneycomo, located here in Branson, Missouri is fishing really good. Over the last week we have really caught numbers of nice rainbow and a few brown trout. The fishing has been great for the most part generally all day long. Above Fall Creek, when the water is running, we have been drifting pink and peach colored egg flies trailed by #12 and #14 uv grey and olive scuds. We are fishing these baits on under floats and on weighted drift rigs on spinning tackle. A 1/16 oz or 1/8 oz weight is used depending on the water flow. Olive and olive/orange sculpin jigs cast and snapped are taking quite a few fish for us as well. Micro jigs in olive and ginger are taking numbers of trout for our customers when the water is off. Below Fall Creek, we are catching most of the trout fishing jig n float combinations with a brown or ginger micro jig fished 5 to 7 feet below a strike indicator. If the water is flowing, then power bait in chart/white or orange /white combinations are the ticket. A few fish iting night crawlers but must inflate with air. Stop by Lilleys Landing and take care of all your tackle needs at their heavily stocked tackle shop. See Phil, Darrin, or Lisa and they can get you fixed up. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo, come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri. CATCH FISH GUARANTEED!

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