Phil Lilley

OK.... I changed the title.

Aren't these red ears? If they're not, I need to change the title!!

At least once a year, I love to get up to the upper lake (Table Rock) and fish for big gills and this morning was it, so far. It took us a while of course to find where they were hiding but when we found them they bit and they were big.... they did not disappoint. 9 am - Put in at State Park. Tried a couple of spots close to the Branson Belle that have been good to me in the past - nothing. Then we went to an old favorite... the high line point in close to Moonshine Beach. We tried our pieces of night crawlers in 12-20 feet all places but this time we ventured out a little deeper and caught a few. Still bored, we went on over to the main point there, on the inside (east of the point) and fished in 22-28 feet on the bottom and found them. They weren't fast and furious but it kept us on our toes. Ended up with 15 between the 3 of us, about evenly distributed. I hadn't had my son Greg out BG fishing since he was a kid and for Coy, he's an old pro. Number 8 hook, small split shot, #4 pound line and drop it to the bottom, reel up a little bit. That's about it. The fish I cleaned, most had eggs so I don't think they've spawned yet. I was told they were 15 feet deep but we found them deeper, at least in those spots. How long? The board doesn't lie View full article

Lighthouses?

By the way bruiser is back.

We love you, Bill. I told Duane... we called it "poking the bear". Just having fun with you.

No they aren't. Both sexes.

No.

27 x 18 male. On a chartruese Mega Worm.

Here's DD's rendition of the micro. Turner - .0099 Duane's - .0098 Side by Side.

10x.... at least??

So I guess we should stop calling them 1/265th and call them 1/100th? Wonder what the full micros are? 1/16th?

Not sure I'm ready for custom fit clubs... would mean I'd have to play more to justify it. I bought these used off Amazon so I'm not out a bunch if they don't work. HAHA - if "they" don't work.

Twenty-four hours just isn't enough time to do all the things I want to do. Even getting up at 4:30 am, I'm still short time and energy. Anyhow... I started playing gold at an early age. We belonged to the Parsons Country Club and my parents would drop me off at the club lots of days in the summer. Of course there was a creek that ran through the place and I had my fishing pole with me too. Never had a lesson.... wish I did. Started with a slice and never could get rid of it until the last few years. I've force myself to keep my hands inside by changing my grip, stance and back swing. I'm hitting my driver pretty good now. My short irons have always been consistently good. I can putt but can't read a green. But my medium to long irons are my downfall. Anything outside of 150 yards, I have problems. I own a couple of hybrids, a 21 and a 23 degree. I hit those much better than an iron - I think it's a mental thing. So I've ordered a couple more hybrids - an Adams 25 and 28 degree. I'm thinking these may just replace all my irons between a 3 and 6. Anyone else have issues with long irons? Do you do better with hybrids?

@Travis Swift When you are going to be on Taney? I'll make sure to be around. Then there's @duckydoty too. Our small PJ 1/100th ounce jigs are pretty good too. I like the brown or sculpin/orange head. Sculpin/ginger brown head's been working good too. 6x is perfect. 5x is ok too but you'll get more bites especially if the water is flat, and it's been flat all week. Fishing's been stupid good for 3 weeks now. Average rainbow size/quality is the best I've seen in many years.

Just weighed a micro (1/256th oz). It's .0092 ounces. Someone do the math.

We sell them in our shop

Let's clean up the language.... symbols and all. Thanks

Lots of smallies, blue gills and goggleye around your dock!

The 5 and 6 gives you 5 different views: Superview, Wide, Medium and Linear and Narrow. So you don't have to stay with the fish eye look.

Nothing real exciting... edited out a lot of dead time. Did the best after the SD card filled up