Phil Lilley

There are some micro's that are SMALL - 1/256 is the smallest (where they get these weights I'll never know). The head on this one is as small as the bead on my #14 zebras. The hook is about a #16. So besides the head being attached by other than thread, it's a fly. Jigs are also called Doll Flies.

And why would I dislike your topic? Hey did you know the KOA just sold?! I know the manager- his wife just left the house- Marsha does a Bible study with a few gals my daughter's age (college). I don't fish the KOA much except if the water is running. Then I like throwing a jig. Caught my biggest rainbow ever on Taney last year just below the rip rap on that side throwing a 1/16th oz sculpin jig. Anyhow- looks like Aeronikl's got you covered. Wonder where he got that handle?!!?!?

No- 3 fished up. One weighed in at less than 5 lbs. I've been told that there were some complaints from wading anglers of boats up below the dam interfering with their fishing.

I just sent you an email thru the forum. If you don't get it, check your email address in your preferences. It could be wrong- it sounds as if it is.

Didn't have time to do much. Just hit some crappie spots I know. Didn't throw anything else but swimming minnows- lite action spin rods and 4 lb line. Only caught the two fish. No other bites except one for me.

Good thought. I may keep the thread that give good info so we don't have to repeat ourselves. Thanks

Got over to K Dock for the first time this year. Yes the water is down but not as bad as I thought it'd be. The ramp there is in good shape- just have to back down a bit to launch. It's good to have 2 people. The channel out to the main lake is clear and easy to navigate. It's about 5 feet from the lowest I've ever seen from several years back. Needs to go down about 3 more feet to be able to drive out on the road to the ramp on the main channel. We boated out to the channel and fished the bank down/right where the ramp is towards the dock. I hung a big blue gill and Tom did too- he landed his a didn't. it was the only bites he got there. We headed to Snap and found the stumps out of the water on the downstream bank where I've done well on crappie. Its the old river channel and drops off good but no bites there. Headed back down to Trigger. There's a new dock on the right just as you go in- lots and lots of brush on the point and around the dock- going to be a killer place later but no bites. Fished the opposite bank up to Wood's dock - nothing. Back to the first bank where Tom landed a big 15 inch crappie. he was in fairly shallow water off the mud flat. We used swimming minnows on 1/8th oz heads- he caught his fish on chartruese and motor oil. I used smoke and motor oil. Looking back at the ramp. Looking out from the ramp to the mouth of the channel. From the ramp. Tom's crappie Mouth of snap and the stump lining the main channel.

I'm doing the whole river from the dam to Flat Creek.

Thank you for all the great emails I've received the last couple of days responding to the "bulk email" I sent out to the members of OAF (as someone called it). All were positive and encouraging with a few suggestions which I always take to heart. I've gotten over 40 emails which I've read and appreciated each one. If this forum/site is to grow, and by growing it benefits us all in knowledge and experience, word-of-mouth is the best tool. Thanks. And let me know how I can help. Phil

Scott ushered us around the first of Jan on our bird hunt south of Mullinville. We're going back Sunday and hunt the last 2 days of the season next week. We left a few birds... settle the score.

The key is not cooking them too long. If you do, they will crumble. 300 degree oil is ideal. Time? You'll have to experiement. It depends on the size filet.

That's Scott Brown and Ashland. They're from Greensburg, Ks.

It's not as low as it was several years back but it's getting there. There's a shoal just up from the mouth of Swan that will come into play real quick as far as boat traffic- and as far as fishing.

Harvest this beast??? You'd have to take it to a beef slaughter house! I can't imagine it- catching one more-or-less cleaning one. I'd quick-release it- CUT THE LINE!!

You filet a trout like you filet a bass, crappie or white bass. You start behind the gill plate, cut to the back bone and then follow the back bone to the tail, lay the meat over and run the knife between the skin and meat. then you cut out the rib cage. If you have a larger filet, you could slit the meat along the Y bone line just above the top edge of where the ribs were. When you bread the filet, make sure you get some in the slit to cook the small bones inside. But generally they cook in a smaller filet.

I haven't fished it but I can answer your boating question. K-Dock to the dam is about 7-8 miles. You could run it but to save gas I'd put in at River Run just a couple of miles below the dam. Much better ramp too. From there up you'll have lots of trouble. Very shallow. I'd drive up and look at the Pothole area before boating up. Like I said, I haven't seen it this winter so I don't know exactly what the depths are. I wouldn't risk a prop or lower unit over it.

Swimming minnows- my guess is smoke or chartruese.

Talk to Tim Sainto just now... he said he limited x2 yesterday morning in the Yocuum Creek area but had to work for them. Got sleeted on- but said he was still catching crappie in 4 foot of water on the flats. The bigger crappie are going to be down in the lake closer to the Missouri line on the bluffs in the trees. Going to have to go deeper too- 10-14 feet deep.

Interesting you mention that - our stats show the following: Explorer - 90.8% Firefox - 4.8% Netscape - 1.9% I use netscape. Other - Windows - 96.9% MacIntosh - 1.7%

Exactly - it's frustrating to see so much $$$ going to east and west coast projects that few of us will ever see. TU regional did give us some money when we built the collection bend at the hatchery parking lot. I talked to Phil Surratt today about some of the things we've talked about. OzarkFlyFishers sound like the club/structure we may look into. Form a club then encourage members to join either FFF or TU. Sounds like FFF is open to something like that... TU may not like the idea because they wouldn't get funding thru membership. But if another club like NW Arkansas does it, we'll see. Gavin- thanks for the offer. We may be calling.

One false move could cost you your head....

What do you do with this many fish? Can them? Pickle them? Big fish fry? I've heard they're not good after being frozen.

I ran out of "fatty" names after 30. Curtis keeps them fed real well. They're starting to eat floating food- cool topwater action. The rain and boat traffic has clouded the water today. They may run water tonight and clear it up.

We just lowered the rate on the streaming so more people should be able to view it. That may have been your problem. We're going to watch it and see. It's still trial and error. You still may try going into Windows media direct - file/open url and type in http://66.76.215.83:1200 and see if that works.