Ryan Miloshewski

We will have to meet up on the water or for a beer after a day of fishing!

No kidding dude. Felt good to catch a crapload of fish.

Well I finally was able to fish for an extended period of time, and it was on! Blake, from Lilley's Landing, and I boated up to the cable Saturday, 7/27 around 4:00 pm. We fished until dark-thirty, making several drifts from the cable through Trophy Run, and then from Lookout to Trout Hollow. Blake was throwing a 1/16-ounce peach jig with a sculpin head and the trout were hammering it. I, of course, threw a jerkbait. The ticket this time was a Spro McStick in Table Rock Shad. Fish were slamming it--hard! Lots of chasers but a lot of fish hitting within a few jerks. Most of them had all three hooks in them, somewhere, too. A real pain to release them without getting some new jewelry. We landed around 70 fish in 4.5 hours. Biggest we landed were some absolute chunk rainbows by the cable and through Rebar. A few were 16-17-inches and two pounds or more. The fish are fat and healthy. We had 2 units running and fish were everywhere--near the bank, middle of the lake, and near structure. I missed one just below the cable on the south side that was 20-inches or more. Big rainbow that went after it, but she just whiffed on the McStick. On my last cast I landed a 16-inch brown just across from Trout Hollow on the gravel bank and wood. A nice end to a heck of an afternoon. Dillon and Jack Harris were fishing around us most of the afternoon. Everyone caught a lot of nice fish. Jack caught a 19-inch rainbow on a sculpin/olive jib and Dillon had one 20-inches near the boat but lost it (due to a net mishap). Shags from 96.7 KCMQ and and his graphic designer, Tim, were around us, too. They did well on scuplin/olive jigs, Shad Raps, and a variety of baits. Here are a couple of his photos from the weekend. Photo credits to Nathan "Shags" McLeod. Here is the McStick I used. As you can see, it took a beating. I will be back for a week starting August 10th and will be giving some detailed reports then. This post has been promoted to an article

Truth! Went to visit my buddy in Denver a couple Junes ago. Drove up to Boulder to fish. When I left his house that morning it was 67 deg and when I got to my fishing spot it was 34 deg. I was not complaining but holy hell was it cold.

I think it's just because I'm stuck up here with all these 90 degree ponds year after year. If I lived in the Ozarks and was able to do that, I'd have a different view I'm sure.

Also, after enjoying a Casey's breakfast of large Kona blend coffee, two slices of breakfast 'za, and a cake donut, getting out of waders fast enough to not fill them up is an extreme sport.

Sitting here at work in KC and it is 97 degrees outside already. Heat index getting up to 110 this evening. All this does is make me think I have reverse seasonal depression! I hate summer. I hate "going to the lake," boating, etc. If I am going to a body of water, I want to fish it. Give me fall and spring--fishing is great, hunting seasons are open, you avoid a full-on flop sweat when walking to your car. Anyway, who else is preparing for teal season? What do you all think will happen this year for numbers? I've been hearing duck hatches have been excellent up north. I only hope! I need teal season and walleye fishing on Stockton.

Probably not. Have to be in STL Saturday afternoon so I'd like to sleep some. But we shall see!

I, Seth, obey the law. Cheater.

I will be sure to blab the secrets any chance I get!

I started a new job with Cerner in May and I have not fished since May 11th. That is 60 days. I am going nuts. I made the decision to take off Friday and I am coming down to fish Taneycomo for the first time since February (which was a good trip). Anybody going to be down? Plan on wading in the morning then seeing if Phil has a boat available for the afternoon. I will have a report after the day, assuming I catch fish. None of you care, I'm sure, but I had to post this somewhere haha. I am going crazy!

Hammer down and let 'er rip then.! Only need a few inches of water. Lookout will be your barrier--go up and see what it looks like.

If you ask @duckydoty if you have enough grit you can get there pretty much whenever. Then I remind him I am renting one of Phil's boats. If you're at 706+ you should be able to get up there.

Oh boy..I sound way uglier than I am, I promise!

Reminds of how to cook diving ducks so they taste great. Clean them thoroughly, remove the skin, wrap in bacon, place on a cedar board. Smoke or grill for 15 minutes. Remove from the board and take off the bacon. Eat the bacon and cedar board and toss the duck.

In the immortal words of Dr. Iam Malcolm, "life..uhh..finds a way." We think we can control..but we can't.

I get the point of showing it CAN be contracted, but this is extreme. They injected it into their brains and they developed it? I'll be darn. Countless other published studies had the other outcome when simply feeding them meat from CWD positive deer. Will it be able to cross over easily in the coming years? Yea, I think so. That's how evolution works. But the hysteria is ridiculous.

This is what happens when humans think we can cure and fix everything--nature has its forest fires and maybe it's one of them? We need a plague anyway. If you don't think there is something lying in wait to knock out half our population (or more) in the next hundreds of years, you are naive. Also, as I've said before, LD is not credible and is a certifiable nut. He didn't get a job with the MDC years ago and went on a vendetta. It's sad.

You should have the USACE daily generation schedule populate at the top (even though it's mostly inaccurate certain times of the year), along with weather data. Check out DeerCast. I like their format..and they pay me.

Great input so far. More specific would be great, though. Here's mine. On Lake Taneycomo, on a late summer evening, with the water running I love boating up to the dam and drifting. Usually, there is nobody else up there and I fish until it is dark. It's always peaceful. I have seen a midge hatch up there once that covered the sky. I stopped fishing just to observe. In the woods, there is a spot I love to turkey hunt on public ground in Kansas. It is a 3/4 mile walk to get to, but once I am there I can sit there in peace for hours. Lots of turkeys, but the location in and of itself is incredible. I truly feel I am home when I get there. I have two trees I like to sit against, and each time I go back it feels like I am seeing an old friend.

Haha this is perfect! Exactly what I am looking for.

Hey all--working on another story and I need some input from the misfits. As an outdoorsman, do you have a "spot" where you feel at home, relaxed and at peace? A deer stand, duck blind, etc? This does not have to be a good location for game/fish. It is the place where everything seems right in the world. Let me know! Thanks in advance.

The good part is nobody is on the lake then haha. I have been busy with turkey hunting. I'll get down there sometime soon.

Also, in the summer a big grass bed blooms leading up to Powersite. 65 lb braid and a frog will lend you some hogs. Have to hit it right at first light, though.