Phil Lilley

You got it... They may be waiting on plumbing which won't be done till the raceways are near completion.

Power pool is 701.3 for Taney. Not sure what you mean by minimum and maximum but I'll say that it has dropped 4-5 feet below 701.3 before for construction/repair of lower dam and I've seen it as high as 712.

Coy sent this to us earlier- our church has been lifting Cody and his family up since. Not many of us can image what he's going through. Father, you know Cody- you made him. You know his heart and his need. Minister to his heart as well as his body. Heal his wounds, both physical and mental. Give him the answers he's searching for. In Jesus's Name.... amen.

I think it's 25. They've been catching suckers off our dock using night crawlers for weeks.

Each fall, Bill from Springfield rents a stall from us. He and his friends go sucker gigging 1-3 nights per week, heading out about dark up to Fall Creek. Can't go above Fall Creek to gig but they find plenty of suckers downstream. This year has started out huge for them, taking several limits last weekend.

It looks as if the Cafe is no longer... what a shame really. The forum inspired me to start my own. The site it forwards to has alot of bass info it seems but is hard to read. I know it's difficult to put together a good site and make it easy to get around and find things. I'm constantly looking for ways to improve... and I'm always open to ideas.

Steve- we must go sometime. What kind of trout have you seen... size-wise? Mostly rainbows? Thanks for the report- please feel free to post as much as you like and hopefully we'll send you some business.

Empire is dropping Taneycomo's level to 697.5 to allow work to be done at the Branson Landing. They just called us to let us know. The lake level is already at 699.0 and will drop another 1.5 feet. This will make is very difficult to get a boat above Fall Creek, but not impossible. I'm going to check and see if the Corp is going to run any water while they do this. Sometime Empire and the Corp coordinate and run the same amount of water thru each dam to keep the lake level high in the upper end of the lake. The gravel exposed in the upper end and the bug in the gravel (scuds) will not be impacted quite as bad because of the lower temps today but tomorrow it's supposed to get up in the mid 80's and that may have an affect on them. We'll see. Talked to MDC Chris Vitello. Cloudy and rainy conditions are going to help a bunch. Also, MDC has asked for minimum 600 cfs from the main turbines during part of the draw down to minimize the affect of the drawdown in the upper end of the lake. The lake is supposed to be down a minimum of 48 hours but probably no more. When are they going to run this water? Not sure but I'd say if they are it would be during the hottest time of the day today and tomorrow, possibly Saturday. 600 cfs is less than one turbine and with the lake level low, this will be lower than normal but faster current- that goes for the trophy area down to Branson so watch the gravel bars even if the water is running.

SE Kansas... I got to hunt Monday and Tuesday and killed limits both days. West and south a few miles from Altamont on a friends place- Roger and Jerry Carnahan. We hunted over 2 fields- both were milo fields that had been cut and baled before opening. We started at 4:30 Monday. The birds were already swarming the field. We had 15 each by 6. Tuesday we were on the field by 6:30 am and they were coming in low and fast. I couldn't see them so waited on the easier ones to start coming in- alittle higher. We were done by 8 am. Dad got his shoulder fixed (got a shot) during the day and it felt good enough to shoot so I talked him into going out. We hunted a field next to the one we hunted earlier in the day but they didn't start flying till 5:30. But when they did there were hundreds coming in at a time. He didn't know which ones to shoot- it was funnt to watch. We stayed till 6:30 and called it quits. I think he bagged 12. These birds were the smallest dove I've seen. I know they are smaller at the beginning of the migration- the larger ones fly through later in September and October. We heard some teal fly past the farm house Tuesday morning before daylight on the way to their pond. Two bunches. No other reports on teal.

Dries- stimulators, elk hair, hunpies, renegades, big ugly, crackleback Nymphs- scuds in tan, gray, olive... thread, zebra midges Egg flies- small San Juan Worms That's generally the flies plus some. There's lots of variations of each.

Not much generation so water temps will be uniformed throughout the lower end. It's also a shallow lake so you don't have to think 'deep' like Table Rock. Cool temps- try topwater. Linc was throwing a rapala around during a camera shoot last week just below Branson and caught a big white bass. Pretty cool!

You're a class act! Thanks for returning and letting us know how you did. Next year we'll have it figured out ahead of time and give you all our secrets!

A month passes so fast... each time I check the blogs another month has passed since my last entry. I try to keep everyone up to date on site plans... it's hard doing everything I want to do without full control of the site. The trouble is knowledge. I don't have the know how to do the things I want to do. Jim, my partner and computer geek, is the brains behind the scene and he's busy building internet sites and making commercials to help. He does what he can, when he can, and we are grateful! OzarkHunters.Com is going to happen very soon. I'm publishing a full colored newsletter that will be ready for the FFF Conclave. It will be like last years but a little bigger in size. It will announce the new forum addition. We are working on logos for both sites and hopefully will create hats, shirts and stickers for each. More to come.... Alaska was a hit for me... may be more than a hit. I fell in love with the area, so much so I want to spend more time up there. The best way is to buy some land, build a couple of cabins and offer to take people fishing. Well, my friend Jim Johnson is already doing that so I think I'll help him. More definate plans to come soon... along with booking information. On problem now is that he only has room for 6 people at a time and he's already filled up next season. My cabins will allow more people to go. As I mentioned, another year has past in my life and of course I don't feel any different. Approaching 50 is alittle unnerving but I'm trying to think of it as a wake up call. Seeing my kids grow up so fast is another reminder of how short life is. Fishing-wise... I wish I could say fishing on Taneycomo was great- I can't. This has been the worse trout fishing year since I've been here- this summer anyhow. Low water flow is the only one-thing I can point to for it, plus the fact MDC dropped their stocking numbers by 10% this year. 10% isn't that much though- not enough to make this big a difference in 'catching'. The brown spawning run will help but only up by the dam. Just hoping for RAIN this fall and winter.

I REALLY wish I could be there and almost any other weekday is good for me but I'm in KC that day helping Linc move his belonging down here to Branson. My daughter, Megan, leaves for England to school the day before from KCI. Next time!!

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Read the topic called "Fished today, from Kimberling to Shell Knob". It has all the bass info you need right now fishing Table Rock. Crappie- someone else has to answer that one. Very little going on that I know of.

Just heard of a few 20-24 inch rainbows caught at night.

Thanks guys... I'm blessed to have friends like you all. I'm also blessed to get the chance to hunt in my old stomping grounds with my dad and have lunch with a couple of friends in Parsons. Limited yesterday and today- lots of doves. Dad got a good report on his shoulder- only inflammation, nothing torn. Got a shot and got to hunt this evening. Oh yea- ran into 'Kelly' Stammer from OAF at the LCMC... wish we could have gone to lunch but didn't want to hoard in on your "date".

Big mistake!! Correction- this meeting starts at 8:30 am in the morning, not in the evening.

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Welcome Rick. Ft Scott is in my old stomping grounds... Parsons. Headed there this afternoon actually. Hope to shoot a few doves.

Explain alittle... what is MTFA? And what happens when you catch a tagged trout? Did you win anything with the 7-6 rainbow?

It is nice and quiet most nights. Leonard said there were alot of people there last night but alot of people at night isn't like alot of people during the day.

You fished at night or daytime? Purple is becoming a hot color on Taney it seems. We've used/sold uv blue for several years... and have used purple woolies and jigs for quite sometime. I guess it's now time for purple scuds to have their time.

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