Phil Lilley

You have to be careful what you post/write on the internet, screen name or real. I was sued 10 years ago plus for reporting that a local guy got a ticket - fishing violation. I copied it from the local paper police section. The paper was wrong... we both got served. My insurance co settled for $4000. I knew I could fight it and win cause I didn't do anything maliciously but the ins co saw it differently. They didn't want to mess with it. You slander someone and it will come back to get you.

That's what I told Duane.

I understand the link to the podcast doesn't work with Internet Explorer. I've called my tec guy - he'll get on it in about an hour. Anytime you start something new, you hit road blocks. We've had our share!! Thanks for your patience.

Announcing a new addition to OzarkAnglers - Ozark Trout Bum Podcast with Steve Brigman Steve is an outdoor writer here in SW Missouri and was part of the Bass Edge Podcast for a number of years. Today he's starting a new chapter in his career, sharing stories and podcast features about trout and the people who chase them. So if you have some time, check out the site and listen to his installment of the first Ozark Trout Bum podcast. I think you'll find his first guests interesting. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/ozark-trout-bum/

Want to make sure I'm not throwing something out there that's not working for you guys. Is anyone having issues with the downloading/playing the audio .wav files? Remember, using Chrome? Chrome won't open .wav files. I can convert the wav files to mp3 but that's an extra step I'd rather not take- but will.

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/elk-river/2012/05/08/hog-heavens-river-and-fishing-report-for-the-elk-river-may-8/ Here's where you'll find Russ's call in fishing report.

Oh- and I edit Babler's posts ALL the time. Man, that guy can't spell a lick.

Guilty! I must confess. I have edited posts in the past!! I've corrected misspelled words. Even yours- just a few times- FF. It was when I copied your great posts to the main site. Not all the time... it's those red squiggley lines under the words that haunt me. Sorry.... it was the "Marsha" in me. That's my wife. She's a journalist major. It's her fault.

Check out their fishing reports on the main OA site. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/table-rock/

We've had 3 call in fishing reports posted today on Lake Taneycomo - check them out. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/lake-taneycomo

You might not see any heavy flow this week. They're running 1/2 to 1 unit right now. Regardless you can put in at the cable and float down to the boat ramp or down to Pointe Royal, to Riverpoint Estates or all the way to Cooper Creek ramp. I don't think the current would be heavy enough to keep you from paddling upstream when you wanted to.

BS is a matter of opinion and not all opinions should be expressed 100% of the time. If that were the case, this forum would be dead - I would have killed it a long time ago. I don't agree 100% with 99% of the people on 100% of their opinions therefore I have to bend and give space. Although I have the power to nix anything and everything here, it doesn't give me the right to do so because in MY opinion people are more important than my opinions.

Table Rock site fixed- thanks.

Ron brought up something before he left the forum I wanted to address, mainly because I wasn't clear on the subject. A quick search tells me I was wrong in my thinking - that a image posted on a public forum is fair game to be copied and used without the permission of the owner. Do the search and see what you came up with. http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5970.cfm This is the site I found. I'm sure there are more out there. I am guilty of using images for articles, grabbed from searching google images. I'm going to go back and see if I can identify those images and reverse my direction.

Are you talking about the Corp site or OA? They've changed their URL address lately and I've had to change links on the site.

FYI- Ron asked me to delete all his posts and membership on the forum. It is done.

Darrell Bentley was nice enough to go out and get a few interviews for us at Kids Day today at the park. Pretty cool!! Take a listen to one young man who caught 3 trout on his first time to Kid's day. http://www.ozarkanglers.com/montauk/2012/05/05/kids-day-at-montauk-state-park/

How did you work the bait? Jerk and stop?

Steve called in a fishing report for Lake Taneycomo last evening. Guide on Taney have been pretty busy lately. Hear his report HERE.

This is Phil Lilley with the Lake Taneycomo fishing report. This week, you could almost set your clock by the generation schedule. The water has been off from about 10 p.m. until 1 p.m., building to three units at just over 708 feet which is a lot of water. Every spring, we have trouble with green moss in our lake. It grows on the bottom up close to the dam during the morning while the water is off, then breaks off when generation starts and flows down stream. We also get moss from Table Rock Lake through the turbines later in May and on into June before the green stuff stops growing and flowing. It's a pain when the current first starts. The moss sticks to your flies, your jigs and hooks with bait -- whatever you're throwing. You might as well take about an hour break when the water starts up. After a while, it clears up and the fish start biting hungrily again. In the mornings, fishing has been rewarding most of the time. I've been fly fishing with friends a few mornings this week, using P&P (Primrose and Pearl) Zebra Midge #16 or #18 under an indicator 36- to 40-inches deep and fishing the bluff side of the lake above the Narrows. If there's a chop on the water, the fishing is excellent. If the water is slick, with no wave action, it's slow but not terrible. They'll still bite a zebra when you use 6x fluorocarbon tippet. Half micro jigs have also done well in the same areas, setting the jig 30- to 36-inches deep. Black, sculpin with orange head and gray are the best colors, but when the water starts moving, switch to a full pink micro and drift down the middle of the lake. Night fly fishing is heating up below the dam this week. I say "heating up" with tongue in cheek because when I went wet wading last night (no waders, only neoprene booties, wading sandals and shorts), my sweatshirt wasn't enough to keep me warm. The water temperature is 44 degrees right now. A bright, three-quarter moon and light fog danced on the water. I caught six rainbows and one small crappie on a black hibernator. fishing from outlet #1 almost down to outlet #2. The crappie was a surprise. Guide Duane Doty was up there, too, with a friend who had never been night fly fishing before, and they stayed longer (dressed warmer) and caught more trout. Duane said he did better on white hibernators and also used a minnow pattern he ties. Here's a link to a report he posted a couple of days ago. Capt. Steve Dicky has been putting his clients on lots of rainbows this week. He's had several trips with beginner fly fishers. He said that when the water has been off in the mornings, it's been easy for novices to catch trout because they don't have to cast very far from the boat to get bit. He's been using full micro jigs and zebra midges under indicators and he's doing the best from Lookout Island down to Fall Creek. Steve called in a report and you can hear his report by clicking this LINK. Launching out today about 11:30 a.m., I drove to the dam and walked in at the Missouri Department of Conservation boat ramp. The water was off and low with mostly a slick surface. There were a lot of rainbows up close to the near bank in shallow water. They spooked and swam to the middle when I approached. I started with a black beetle #16 on the surface -- a few lookers but no takers. I had guessed that with a little wind and chop on the water the trout would be more receptive to eating a beetle. Just as I switched to a soft hackle, the wind started to kick up and trout started eating off the surface. Midges were hatching and skimming across the surface. Rainbows were jumping out of the water, chasing them. I tied on a #16 red soft hackle and stripped it fast and short with pauses. I brought four rainbows to hand and missed twice as many fish. One rainbow pushed 15 inches. All fought hard! Switched to a #18 P&P Zebra under an indicator 10 inches and caught three more rainbows. The wind was on and off, so there were dead times. When the wind blew, the fish bit. No wind -- no action with one take-and-catch as the exception. After the horn blew at 1:15 p.m., I picked up one more rainbow and that was all. Below Fall Creek in the mornings, fishermen are catching their limits of rainbows using air-injected night crawlers. Use two- to four-pound line, a #6 or #8 short shanked bronze hook and a small #7 split shot, pinched on the line 24 inches from the hook. Break the night crawler in two and hook the worm in the middle of that section, letting the worm hang off each side of the hook. You do NOT have to hide the hook -- the trout won't mind. When you get a bite, let the fish run with it just a little to make sure he gets it in his mouth effectively before setting the hook. **If you want to release a trout, do NOT touch the fish, especially with a dry rag or glove. This will remove its protective slime and endanger its future health and survival. Do NOT try to remove the hook if it's deep in its mouth. Cut the line and let the trout go immediately. It has a much better chance to live with the hook than it would if you try to dig it out. The hook will eventually dissolve. Once the water starts running, drift with Gulp Powerbait Eggs using one white and one other color such as orange or pink. Use a drift rig and only use the amount of weight needed to get the rig to the bottom. The best area to drift is down the middle of the lake from Trout Hollow to Cooper Creek. Another good thing to try is casting nickel-colored Cleos. They've done well thrown out and reeled back fairly slow or just trolled.

Welcome.

Scroll down the entries and vote for one. One vote per member. Deadline in voting is Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10 p.m. (central) Winner receives $100 cash. If there is a tie, there will be a one day vote-off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. flyrodman Name: Luke Walz Town: Springfield, MO Where: Neighborhood Pond When: January Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. flyrodman Name: Luke Walz Town: Springfield, MO Where: Neighborhood Pond When: January Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. flyrodman Name: Luke Walz Town: Springfield, MO Where: Neighborhood Pond When: January Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. flyrodman Name: Luke Walz Town: Springfield, MO Where: Neighborhood Pond When: January Image #4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Stoneroller st peters, abandoned farm pond in southern illinois, circa 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. sixstring531 3.5 lb, 18.5" white crappie Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. sixstring531 3.5 lb, 18.5" white crappie Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Martin Marty Ford Tablerock Lake (Lower lake) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. esox niger Busch Wildlife #31 Dog days of 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. Bassmaster21 Garrett Brickner Where: Lake Springfield When:3/15/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11. tricky ricky pyramid state park Illinois ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12. Haris122 25th Feb., 2012 (or pretty close to it) Meramec River in St. Louis County Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13. Haris122 25th Feb., 2012 (or pretty close to it) Meramec River in St. Louis County Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14. Rennurdoaf Justin Day Feb. 2012 CC - Stockton Lake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15. Buzzbaitr My son, Lucas, with his first crappie. Our pond. Fall of 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16. duckydoty Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake between point 13 and 15 March 19th 2012 Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17. duckydoty Duane Doty and Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake March 19, 2012 Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18. duckydoty Duane Doty and Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake March 19, 2012 Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 19. duckydoty Duane Doty and Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake March 19, 2012 Image #4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20. duckydoty Duane Doty and Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake March 19, 2012 Image #4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21. duckydoty Duane Doty and Ryan Sifford Table Rock Lake March 19, 2012 Image #6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 22. Fishrman Oct. 22, 2010 Sweetwater ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 23. HarryJ Table Rock Lake March 20, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24. Kayser October 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25. BillieS Greers Ferry Lake, Ar Black Nose Crappie Fish Dinner Lure Shad Spoon August 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26. Evnrude18 Mark B. THE - Fellows Lake & The Wiggle Wart Warrior Feb 26th, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 27. perchjerker 27 12 inch crappie from a lake in southern Illinios. 3/20/2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28. perchjerker below the dam on Taneycomo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 29. justindaleporter Justin Porter & my daughter with her first crappie Kastyn Porter Forsyth, MO Table Rock Lake 3/24/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30. BilletHead Sac River Photos by the BilletHead Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 31. BilletHead Sac River Photos by the BilletHead Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32. BilletHead Sac River Photos by the BilletHead Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 33. SGFChief Bud Tichenor My best fishing partner....ever Cape Fair Area Mid March 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 34. Fishinbluedog John Barciszewski Table Rock 3/29/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 35. Haris122 Unger Park Lake, St. Louis County Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 36. Bittle Greg Bittle Table Rock Lake 03-31-12 Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 37. Bittle Greg Bittle 04-03-12 Table Rock Lake Stripe Nose or Mowhawk Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 38. Bittle Greg Bittle Table Rock Lake 04-03-12 How to fish like a red neck. Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 39. BilletHead Stringer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40. Dug Doug Langley Table Rock Lake 3/24/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 41 97ProCraft My daughter Luella Schwent At Lake of the Ozarks Good Friday, April 6, 2012 Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 42. 97ProCraft Good Friday was very good to us. My daughter Luella Schwent and I, Jeff At Lake of the Ozarks Good Friday, April 6, 2012 Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 43. Jiggy Linda from Dunnegan at High Point, Stockton Lake April 9, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 44. James 32962 James Myrick and Jeff Manci Table Rock Lake April 8, 2012 Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 45. James 32962 James Myrick Neely Henry Lake, Al 3-18-2009 2LB 9 OZ Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 46. Chris Gebhardt Honey Hole, Mo 3-30-12 15" 2 lbs. Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 47. Chris Gebhardt Honey Hole, Mo 3-30-12 15" 2 lbs. Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 48. Drew03cmc Andy Webb Baldwin City, KS Lone Star Lake 4/9/12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 49. catfish1 Portrait of a panfish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 50. Troutnut69 Caught April 15th ,2012 / Flyrod and wooly bugger A shot you don't often see with a 15" crappie...the release shot. Image #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 51. Troutnut69 Caught April 14th 2012 / Flyrod and ginger micro-jig Small crappie but I liked the background view. Image #2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 52. Troutnut69 Caught April 15th 2012 / Flyrod and wooly bugger Just another slab... Image #3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 53. Bother Dave Matt Penny, Zach Kettlles, duckydoty and Rick Kettells 4/5/12 Stockton lake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 54. KC Outdoorsman my daughter Kylee Cannon with a 12 inch Crappie taken on Smithville Lake on 4-26-2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 55. Mulnik Nick Mulnik 4-14-12 Table Rock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Quick fishing report for Lake Taneycomo. Today we boated up to Lookout about 1:30. No generation, wind blowing down lake from the SW at about 5-10 mph which created a perfect chop on the surface on the water. Temperature 49 degrees. We tied on zebra midges and set our palsa indicators at 4 feet deep. I used p&p (Pearl & Primrose) #16 and Steve Brigman, my fishing buddy today, used a black #16, both of us were using 6x fluorocarbon as tippet. We started in front of Andy’s house on the shallow side. There seemed to be a lot of trout on the bank. There were. Nothing big but fun. We moved to the bluff bank. There were tons of rainbows working the bottom along the drop- not on the shore ledge but where the bank dropped off into the channel. We caught rainbow after rainbow non stop till about 4 pm when they turned the water on. Some of these rainbows were really strong, thick fish, unlike the trout we were seeing a month ago. And the numbers have exploded. We boated to the cable and caught a few rainbows on jigs but nothing to brag about. They were hitting short so we missed a lot of strikes. We were in search of a picture fish but had to settle for a 14 inch rainbow I caught down in the Big Hole area. Steve had a hold of a nice brown close to the cable on a shad rap.

My brother in law Barry is a huge birder. Lives in Venice, FL. We've traveled to Costa Rico and Guyana with them on birding trips... really enjoy birding myself. Just can't take time out from fishing to do much of it.

Correct me if I'm wrong but there may be less fishing pressure on Pomme than Stockton thus less reports. But there have been more reports on Pomme this spring than past years. Trav lives on Pomme but he's not on the forum much anymore. One way to get more reports - and that's if you start them, sandbc. Good or bad fishing, report how you do and you'll add to the traffic and that will encourage more to post. Wish I could help but I've never been to Pomme De Terre.