Phil Lilley

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/elk-river/2012/04/23/hog-heavens-river-report-april-23-2012/ For full fishing report.

Watch it last night- first 2 episodes recorded. I think there's only been 2. They're been offering "best of" which I'm not real interested in. Interesting to see the two directions they've gone- blues and reds. Should be interesting. You can tell they've been thinking about new camera angles in the off season. Using some go pros. Picture seems to be sharper too.

I'll add it on the forum... it was there for years but no play.

Casting for Recovery- http://ozarkanglers.com for more info and link to auction site. Got some nice stuff on the auction block!

On upper Lake Taneycomo - you come and get it. $1500. Looks like most lifts start at $1900. Works fine.

Microwave! People think I'm crazy. Take a plate, melt butter on it (olive oil if you're trying to be really healthy). Sprinkle your favorite spices on the plate with melted butter. I use lemon pepper, season or garlic salt. Put the fillet on the butter and spices, rub it around and turn it over. Fill the plate with fillets. Season again. Cook full power for not more than 4 minutes. You can over cook it. I'd do 3 to 3.15 and see if it's done. I'm serious- this is drop dead good. I do it with trout, white bass and crappie. Sub out spices... add squeezed lemon. It's quick and healthy- even with the butter. I would not use margarine or a substitute butter- I'm not a fan. Too much water and you're fish will be rubbery. One other thing- cut the line of small bones out of the fillet. They run down the middle of the fillet- you can feel them. They won't cook out- better to get them out before or after cooking. They tend to stick between the teeth if you don't.

He means http://ozarkanglers.com

http://www.ozarkanglers.com/bull-shoals/2012/04/21/col-rons-walleye-fishing-report-april-21/

Told ya!

Ron called in a fishing report this evening. You can find it here ----> http://www.ozarkanglers.com/bull-shoals/2012/04/21/col-rons-fishing-report-april-20/

Bill's Fishing Report Phil's Fishing Report Trout fishing today was about the same. Water's running maybe a little less than yesterday but with cloud cover, they're biting good.

Oh you asked the wrong group that question...

Generation on Taney should slow down in the next few weeks so the water temp on Upper Bull should warm up. Thanks for the report!

We sell batteries from Battery Outfitters. http://www.batteryoutfitters.com/ Local people, owner Lane Shumaker grew up in Golden, MO and will personally back every battery he sells. Not trying to sell one out of our shop... but this is why I carry them. Lane is a first class guy!

Duane, Mona Cheri and I headed for the White River yesterday about 5 am. We arrived at Wildcat Shoal Access a little before 7 am ready to spend the day on the river chasing big browns and rainbows. We were excited to see and fish the big caddis hatch we'd been hearing about. The caddis didn't let us down! They were running 4 units at Bull Shoals dam at 60 cfs- later in the day it increased to 165 cfs. I pulled a jon boat over with a 25 hp motor. Wasn't sure if it would be a problem running over the shoals - I wanted to run up to the Narrows. I had no issues at all. We boated up to the top of the island at the Narrows, got out and waded around the island for a while. Mona Cheri caught a few rainbows drifting a mega worm (white) while Duane found a pod of small rainbows and caught a few on a streamer. About 8:15, the caddis started to hatch. We got back in the boat and started targeting rising fish against the bluff bank for the rest of the morning, into the afternoon. We'd drift the bank and look for feeding fish. They'd be in groups of two and threes, not everywhere but fairly consistent. We'd get lookers and refusers. We'd spook a few with a bad cast or they just flat wouldn't pay any attention to the dry. We used mainly Elk Hair Caddis, light cream colors. The caddis hatching were at least 3 different shades of brownish cream and they got thick quick, stayed thick all day pretty much. We caught several browns and rainbows, all were fatter than fat, probably with caddis seeing they'd been hatching everyday for the past 2 weeks. I'd see fish darting around under the surface too, I bet eating emergers. But we weren't prepared as well as I'd liked to have been, not having any good caddis nymphs. We did try some zebras and I did catch one brown on a black Zebra but that was after one took my dry... complicated story but I did have him on the dry in the beginning but was on the dropper when I got him to the boat, both in the mouth. We pulled out at 3 pm and headed to the dam. Stopped for a break and something to drink. Put in at the dam access and started throwing white 1/8th oz jigs and drifting egg and mega worm patterns. Duane tried a white chammy worm he ties and that ended up doing the best on the fly rod. But the white jigs were the best at catching trout. Caught some decent browns and nice rainbows, all fat and hard fighting. Toward dark, I switched to black and man they came alive. Both Duane and I caught some quality rainbows and one brown, big fat and very wide bodies. Most were over 18 inches but nothing much over 20. Last fish of the day... a 20 inch walleye caught on a black jig. Pictures to follow...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margie-goldsmith/catching-trout-in-an-amer_b_1431101.html

I've been told last week of April first week in May. Most females being caught a couple of weeks ago had firm eggs. Not many caught since except deep.

http://www.ozarkangl...-april-16-2012/

I've noticed since the last forum software update that the social tags at the bottom of each topic are working. Before the update, I'd tried and tried to get them to work but couldn't for some reason. Now you can "like" a topic and send it to your wall. I find this pretty cool, if you do facebook. Now you can post on the forum first, then send it to your social media site without having to do both. I do see a down side to this though. There are those on the forum that don't want their posts to be spread all over the place on facebook or where ever... Not sure if you can block it. Might investigate it on the forum's backend or on individual accounts. Anyhow- just thought I'd point it out.

??? I don't remember back more than 2 years.

Use just enough weight to get to the bottom. Too much weight will hang up and be frustrating to the kids. They'll be able to feel the bite better too. Gulp Eggs- the best.

Look on the different lake sites on OA. For instance http://www.ozarkangl...om/table-rock/. Each lake site has the regulations listed. Some lakes are not on the main site yet. If you have any questions on any other lake, post the question on the forum that applies. You'll get a good accurate answer.

This is funny... forgot I did this a long time ago.

Steve- which gage are you referring to here?