Phil Lilley

This flow - no turbines and 2 gates - will continue through the weekend into Monday according to the SPA schedule. They stocked a bunch of rainbows this afternoon according to Tony Weldele from the RR bridge to Monkey Island... Good fishing!

Thanks - you gave me more maps to look at!! Guess I was referring to 4-6 weeks out... that's usually when we get it. Not being negative... it's where my mind is this time of year. Thinking out loud. Thanks

It's not a big shad run... in the fact that they aren't hammering anything white. And we're not seeing any fat trout, no shad in the water or fish spitting up shad. There are some coming over I'm sure but I don't think many are making it to the cable. But fishing is good... and they are hitting white, as well as sculpin and black.

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml This is the weather map I watch this time of year. I feel for the residents in the orange area because it's been orange there for 4-6 weeks now. Actually, my Buddy John McClosky lives in North Georgia and he said they were getting a lot of rain before and when he was here in mid December! That's crazy. But it does remind me of the rain patterns that sat over us - yep when the White River basin got flooded all those times!! That weather pattern - all it has to do is slide over west a bit. Anyone else thinking about spring rains!??!?

I ran to KC yesterday for a kid's program last evening... not good timing but grandkids come first. Here's a video from yesterday. I'll probably run up today and do One Cast with Ryan.

Through Thursday, at least.

That's what I'm hoping for... the longer the better. 2 gates 2 feet - that's going to let some fish through.

I can't take pictures of Tuesday 😳

No the lake water may be cooler than Taney... DO will be about the same.

Might be totally unrelated to this. 3/11 is in a week. The turbines are free standing at the base of the dam. Doesn't make much since. I'm hoping for a couple of weeks at least. When one turbine is down for maintenance it takes weeks.

From the Corp just now - With plant outages scheduled during work at the Table Rock Powerhouse, The Corps will need to pass inflows using the main spillway. This spill should remain constant during the duration of the plant outage. If the units come back online, the spillway gates may be shut and releases be made through the turbines. Tuesday morning, gates 9 and 10 will be open 2 feet each. The flow over the spillway will be roughly 3,900 cfs. Please contact me if you have any questions. The way I read it, all turbines will be down for this repair. 3900 cfs will be running over gates 9 and 10 for the duration. What does this mean? 3900 cfs is equal to about one unit flow. And shad should come over the spill gates for most if not all the time. Good fishing ahead!!!!

I sat back and watched this group of friends and saw what a fishing group of men should be. No egos, no offenses, sharing stories and life. Appreciating the time together at a nice lodge on a great river with lots of fishing prowess present ready to teach the ones who aren't as versed in jig fishing. Thanks Jeff for all the coordinating, putting this together, as well as the One Bass on Table Rock. You deserve a big thanks to many members on this forum for your effort. Kudos! Ham, I'm amazed at your humbleness, how you shirked off that big smallie like you were embarrassed you'd caught it and not someone else. And your willingness to teach anyone how to "Ham those trout", sharing the skill that's taken a lifetime to perfect. You are a gentleman. Thanks Curt for fishing with me. It was good catching up since our Alaska trip last summer. Thank you Richard for sharing your Zig Jigs. They truly are fish catching jigs! Thanks Les for your stories. And yes we missed Rick and others that didn't make it. The fishing was pretty incredible, seeing we caught world class small mouth bass just outside the mouth of the Buffalo, I guess in their wintering hole. I don't think we knew exactly what we had at the time, not being avid bass anglers. Duane and I are always joking about the "stinkin' bass" we catch while trying to catch a trout but we couldn't say that about these bass. Pretty neat. And the trout -- they were much more colorful (esp the rainbows) and bigger on average than the fish in past years. Not as many though... there were pockets holding a ton of fish but in years past, I remember catching rainbows all through the river, just smaller and all silver. This year was very different. Very impressive. One thing has to change, though. Duane and I told each other we're going to have to invest in a White River trout boat --- with a jet! Plus a drag chain. I ran the motor most of the time and about poisoned myself with fumes from the motor while back-drafting, trying to keep the boat straight while fishing pockets along the banks. If the wind was right, my head would start throbbing... took me a while to figure out why. And the prop limited my ability to go places I needed to go. I was happy I didn't damage the prop.

Here's what Clint Hale sent me on Missouri trout strains. Trout Strains (1).pdf

Deleted the tampon posts... started to delete more but I wouldn't know where to stop.

Disappointed this topic took a turn to the nasty side. And by some who have been on here for a lot of years - and should know better. The ice is getting thin... spring is almost here. Now knock it off.

Fishing with Duane I bet we had 6 pushing 18-19 inches. DD had one 19.5. It was crazy - almost all out of the same hole Thursday. I asked what was the SM regs for the White River. I'm sure they're not the same for the Buffalo, which those fish came out of.

These are from Thursday. The trout are from the White Hole area. The smallmouth came from near Buffalo City. \ Only pics from Friday. Again, White Hole area.

Background alert!!

Only pic I took on my phone. From this morning. Measly 18-inch brown.

Ok. Limited lifted post away

Waiting on my server guy to lift the attachment limit on uploading images.... setting were change on an upgrade.

You were saying....

Thanks for all your organizing work on this, Jeff.

Any reports of shad coming through? That would be a game changer I guess.

I know the dam area gets hit real hard, esp in February. White Hole may be a better place. Would love to fish down at Buffalo City but not sure there's enough water during the day. I fell in love with that area.