Phil Lilley

I didn't see those posts either - Bill didn't say anything to me about it. I would say now that we lost one of our first, best and long time contributor - the guys who gave Bill a hard time - my guess is that they are not contributors. And my guess is that all of them put together could not replace Bill's value to this forum - for almost 20 years now. Bill - suck it up and keep posting.

My first cruise... 10 ports I think in 3 countries. Couple of days in Athens. Marsha, my son Greg and Marsha's sister Shala (Florida). In my old age I don't like to be gone from home and my bed. I'm sure there are those here that know what I mean. But this should be fun. Greg and Shala put it together so all we have to do is follow along. No fishing excursions though... I didn't look for any.

It's been an interesting spring season for fishing on Lake Taneycomo. If I had to script it, I'm not sure I could create a better scenario as far as the water conditions we've had so far. We've seen up to nine gates opened at the dam, bringing in a lot of shad and other food for our trout. Plus, the warm water has spurred some great, active trout feeding most days on white jigs, jerk baits and scud flies. And then the cicadas started to hatch, providing some awesome dry fly fishing -- which will continue well into June. We started the spring with very low lake conditions above and below our lake, but spring rains have caught us back up on rainfall, plus some. The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers has not let Table Rock Lake rise too much, dumping water and maintaining the level at around 917 feet, which is our summer pool level. With two turbines down for maintenance, anytime there was demand for more than 6,000 cubic feet per second flow, the Corps supplemented turbine flow with a flood-gate release, but that has ended with the turbines back online. With present levels and rain in the forecast, I would say we're looking at at least mid to heavy generation most afternoons with lower to no generation in the mornings for the next few weeks. While the flood gates were opened, the white jig and shad fly were definitely the best ways to catch trout up within three miles of the dam. Since the gates have been closed for almost two weeks, the fish aren't really keying in on white, but you can still catch fish on white -- it's always a good color to use. The same for jerk baits and big streamers. Black, though, has taken back the lead as the best color to throw, with sculpin/ginger a close second. Most of us have looked forward to this cicada hatch! And it has not let us down. The only slight disappointment has been the lack of multiple areas on the lake where our fish have targeted them. From the dam down through the Narrows is by far the best area, with the bluff side from Fall Creek to Trout Hollow Resort just okay. Our guides have been making their living drifting night crawlers from Cooper Creek down to the Branson Landing with three to four units running. We've seen some nice catches come in and heard of some brown trout caught and released, especially in the Monkey Island area. The lake's current is much slower there, and it's easy to drift and bump the bait along the bottom. I've also heard that the PowerBait Gulp Eggs are working in the pink/white combo. Drifting scuds on the bottom has been good from the dam clear down to Trout Hollow Resort. If the water is running pretty hard, you can get away with using a #12 gray or brown scud, but if it slows down to one or two units, drop the size down to a #14 or a #16. Make sure you're bumping the bottom or you won't get bit. View full article

It's fun for sure!

Ran 2 units this afternoon and shut the bite down. I thought it would do just the opposite.

Guess you could below Fall Creek.

They are picking up some nice rainbows on the bluff below Fall Creek now. Mike has caught several rainbows and browns the last couple of days including this one that measured 24 inches.

Merry Christmas...

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I'm not messing with money... I don't have time to set it up honestly.

You guys should not see ads now... let me know if you do.

They should get a lot fatter in the coming days...

What really pays for the ads, I think, are the hundreds of non members who visit on a daily basis. I added myself to the group and they are gone. I don't care... and I wouldn't hold it against anyone who wants no ads. Seriously. The site averages about 5,000 page views and pays about $14.00 per day. Compare past years - 2022, April avg 8,000 views $30.00 per day 2023, April avg 6,000 views $16.00 per day

Blake went up and fished the cicada this morning and said it was silly-good. Bluff bank below Lookout down. After the rain. I caught them on a sinking cicada fly yesterday on one cast. A fly Duane showed us. But a jig will do the same thing, as Blake demonstrated today. Shad - Cicadas. Scuds too. It's pretty good fishing right now on Taney.

If you don't want to see ads on the forum, post here and ask to be exempted. It may take me a little while to get to it but I'll make that change.

It's working now.

Doesn’t seemed To have worked…. I’ll have to look into it further

I haven’t even done it to myself yet. I’ll get to it in a little bit.

I don’t need your monies…. Just tell me and I’ll change your group setting. See if it works

I CAN create a group that would not see ads.... I just looked it up. Now, how much is it worth to you

Beautiful Cut. Thanks!

It's really never slowed down except the "white bite" did somewhat. Drifting scuds is still real good with lots of 20"+ trout caught and released. The warmer water over the top helps the bite. The cicada bite is good early, then tampers off later in the day when the cicadas start hitting the water is droves. Still not much action below Fall Creek which is disappointing. Black jig plus a sculpin/ginger jig with an orange head is hot too. My sources say we're supposed to get a lot of rain in the next week so we may see more gates open through the holiday weekend.

At least the ad content is better, at least for me. That Chinese company isn't coming up on everything anymore.

It is a write off. And I'm sure not complaining about anything dollar-wise. We are blessed beyond measure! And I did run my own ads most of that time, pointing to our online store. So I am wrong about not running ads completely. I do wish I could trim them down though here... I could control them a little better a year ago but they're upgraded the forum and changed things. Now they're everywhere and I don't have much control how and where they go. Or there's a way and I don't see it. That's one bad thing about Invision - they're short on instructions. And Yes! We do get our money's worth with you, Glenn. I wouldn't have it any other way