Phil Lilley

Haven't seen it... that is funny. It's all about key words and such. "related" sites. Peta likes fish and so do we.

Bill & Buster have found a bunch of stocker rainbows below the last dock in Taneycomo Acres, below Cooper Creek. Buster said he caught them on a small jig head with one power bait egg fishing it 5 feet under an indicator. He also caught them on a silver cleo. Generation has been different every day this week. Yesterday it didn't come on till 1-2 pm and today it's on a 8-9 am. ????????????

Yes but I caught all of the trout on white including this one. He fought as hard as any brown I've ever caught. 5 minutes of nose-to-the-bottom.

We discussed this on the cafe at length 2 years ago when it came up for vote. There are lots of facts regarding casino's, suicide rate, crime and the economy out there if you're really interested to see how gambling affects a community it rises up in. In the next 12 months, I'll dig it all up and present it again.

4 units running again but not as high and hard as last night. Headed out about 7 to KOA and worked a medium shad style rogue suspended against the south bank a couple of drifts- nothing. Threw a 1/8th oz jig the rest of the trip. Caught one rainbow same bank, the brown in the pic below Lookout Island about 500 yds against the bluff bank working the jig slow-slow, trying to keep it on the bottom. Another brown down at the mouth of Fall Creek, smaller. Still not sure why they aren't hitting jigs as well as usual. But I'll keep trying.

I'm surprised there aren't more voters... and only 2 on Table Rock??? I really thought those who read and don't join couldn't resist registering and at least voting here. I know there's those who live out east or west who visit- post your home waters where ever you are... just for the fun of it.

Misread your quote. Sorry.

Moved... I've said it before and I'll probably say it again- they built it in the wrong place. And they didn't take advantage of the lakefront setting.

Creek Chubs.

When I hear of high profits like these my first reaction is- free enterprise- good for them! But there should be some balance in it all. You'd HOPE that these companies would put most of their surplus back into technology to better themselves- it would be smart seeing someday their way of making money (oil) will be obsolete. Probably supply surplus.

I have more hidden someplace in the house. I know I put back more pages of trout stamps.

We just got in from a boat ride with friends... went and watched a couple of fountain performances... it kinda grows on you... it was nice.

With the free market and incredible technology advances, you'd think we could come up with something. Look at Japan and Europe- someone will invent something soon to solve our energy problems.

Can anyone else find and post Missouri Trout Stamps?

Father, You are all powerful and merciful- You are God. Even if we don't know what or how to pray or ask, You know the intent of our hearts. So I petition for Your mercy, to intervene in these people, to minister peace and healing to their bodies, minds and spirits. It's far more important to be in right standing with You than to be whole physically so I ask that You reveal yourself to those who are trying seeking in these times of hardship. Honor our brokenness with wisdom and strength, and heal our bodies so that we can serve You. In Jesus's Name I ask, Amen.

Cancer is difficult to understand, really any sickness is, but cancer is so common and scary that most of us have to deal with it at some point in our lives whether it's us ourselves or someone we love. One thing I know is God cares deeply. Father, You know this neighbor of Don's. You know the sickness she has. You know the number of hairs on her head! I ask I Jesus's name that you would heal her but more than that You would would reveal Yourself in this time of hurting and grief. For in these times we look to what's important in this life and most find You are most important, seeking You and Your purpose. Thanks and I give You all the praise and honor- In Jesus Name- Amen

Getting off on highway 76 from 65 you go west one mile to Fall Creek Rd. It turns left or south just past the Pizza Hut. Take about 5 miles- it dumps into highway 165- go left. Another 2 miles you'll see the dam- take a left at the entrance to Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery. Find the maps online here to Taneycomo. There is at least one showing the roads, parking and fishing spots. If you're here later in the day, you may have to deal with high water- try to come early in the day.

Ninja man? Capps Creek comes to mind. Crane Creek. Shoals is alittle further drive along with the Elk River. Not alot to chose from... farm ponds?

Please post the link... thanks for asking.

That's Powersite isn't it.

Do they make a lite weight rubberized trout net? I'd love one too but I don't like the weight of a normal rubber net- way too heavy. I've always thought that the best way to avoid the hook-in-net deboggle is to debarb my hooks. We put nets in all our rental boats. I recently changed from nylon netting to soft, catch-n-release netting so as to not strip a rainbow of it's scales before releasing. As soon as we run out of these nylon nets in the shop, I'm selling only the soft netting nets.

The only thing about these fuels is if they become the only fuels offered at pumps (like leaded gas in the 70's) the cars AND BOATS which run on good ol' premium 93 octane will be hard to get and higher priced.

http://www.mswp.dps.mo.gov/News/NRDetail.asp?ID=N07060102 Didn't see a story on this one.

They only dredge downstream. Not sure where their limit line is but it's well down below Branson. They used to dredge up as far as Short Creek but no more. Unless I'm missing something, it's common sense that kicking the bottom, dislodging 3-4-5-6 inches of gravel, hurts the bugs. Eggs, young bugs... but I don't know cause I'm not a biologist. Don't know of any studies... there has to be some out there- in other states? Jim and I took a video camera and filmed underwater someone kicking (me) up rocks below the dam and it showed sow bugs being eaten but not many scuds (shrimp). You could clearly see scuds being dislodged but they quickly swam back into the rocks avoiding the trout. I say most, but not all. We were amazed how fast they were. But the sow bugs- they don't swim- and they were easy pickin's. I want to do more filming when we get a good camera... wouldn't solved this issue probably but it would be cool to do again and put it on the website. Wish I knew what we did with the video file. I do agree with the notion that generation is nothing compared to kicking. Gravel is disloged in a few places below the dam but those places are evident- clean gravel. But almost all the areas where kicking occurs, gravel is covered with algae which is evident that this gravel isn't being disturbed by the running water. Taney isn't like a river at all. The flow is tumbling more than flowing straight, thus it doesn't move gravel as you're refering. If it does, there would be any gravel for the first 1-2 miles of the lake after 50 years of generation... and there's lots of gravel still within a few hundred yards of the dam.

Weather break... according to the forecast it's not supposed to get much into the 90's next week which will feel like fall after 103+ for a week straight. Generation sucked TR down by 18 inches to almost 914 ft. I wouldn't think the Corp would be excited about dumping any more water unless they had to and lower 90's may not be warm enough. So we not see much water for awhile except may be some in the evenings- we'll see. The weatherman may be off on his forecast too and we may see hotter temps next week. Fishing continues to be slow for most. Our dock has been pretty dead since the big brown last week. Water is very clear which is normal... kinda. Not sure if it's this clear this early in the season before. It usually gets super clear in the fall- that's when most of us go to 2 lb line exclusively but we're finding we are advising 2 lb now to catch more fish. That's with the water off- no generation. With it on, 4 lb is fine in most cases. Best fishing has been down below Monkey Island down thru the bridges lately. Seems alot of the stockers aren't making it up here. They may now that the water is not running ninety to nothing. Vince said they drifted that area last week and caught alot of stocker rainbows on egg flies and scuds using a drift rig. I'd try fishing on the bottom with night crawlers and power eggs with the water off. Also troll inline spinners like Mepps and Rooster Tails and throw Cleos. Today is a new day. Patterns will change back to what they were before all the generation last week... I think. The only change is the browns that seemed to have moved up at the beginning of the heavy generation last week. Yesterday's catch of 2 legal browns is further evidence that it's true- there are lots of browns in the Fall Creek area. I got out last evening and tried throwing a 1/4 oz white jig on some of my favorite browns banks, hooking one small brown, seeing 2 other decent browns and one rainbow. The water was much higher than I like to fish but had to try. Now that it's down, we should get a good look at what's there. Babler reported doing very well last week drifting a tan #12 scud with a red san juan worm in tandem drifting from Andy's house down past the flats. He said all the rainbows one day were fat and in the slot. He still believes there are the number of rainbows in the trophy area and I tend to agree. But the ones up there were good sized. Zebras should work but be sure to use lite line/tippet. I would resort to 8x... yet. I'll have a better report later today from the guides.