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Nice report. Glad you had a good trip and some nice ones for the dinner table

Great report. Thanks Phillip

There is a lot of great information on what to use in that area on the upper Taneycomo section. Read it and then go catch some fish. Good luck. I would say your most likely target in that area is trout. Air injected worms, power bait (two colors on the hook, one of them being white), cleo (1/8oz spoon), 3/32 oz maribou jigs. These are a few of the more popular choices and are relatively inexpensive.

I have night fished under the lights around snap, but it has been several years. We caught a few walleye and a couple of crappie, but had a hard time keeping the gar off our shad. It was still fun. Sorry, but that is all I know about the subject...which isnt much.

I have to echo all that has been recommended, including the Steak Inn..it is very good. The College of the Ozarks, Keeter Center is also fantastic. I am not much of a show guy, but SIX is outstanding for all ages. I would take my grandma or my 16 year old daughter and they would both love it. Joseph at Sight and Sound is Broadway quality, no doubt and a wonderful message. As a note, Top of the Rock is not currently open as Bass Pro owner, Johnny Morris, is STILL remodeling it after a fire a few years back. The best mexican food in my opinion can be found at the Branson Landing at Cantina Laredo right on the banks of Lake Taneycomo. Might as well bring the boat down and catch some fish before you head up for dinner..... Tourist trap? I suppose it is how you look at it. I say an affordable vacation compared to most other options out there. High quality entertainment, of all kinds, nature, singing, magic, mini golf, real golf, shopping, go karts, laser tag, and of course, world class fishing and much much more. Oh yeah and some of the nicest people you will ever meet. If that is a tourist trap...then sign me up. By the way, I have lived here for close to 25 years and I am NOT in the Tourist industry. Have fun and tell your friends to come see us too. PS - Dont forget to stop by Andy's frozen custard for dessert

Now that's funny

Went out today in the Dam area and had a pretty good day. Most fish were caught in 6 FOW or less and our best string probably went about 18lbs. We caught them on several different setups. Crank, topwater and the little green worm, just depended on what the scenario called for. We caught around 12 from 7:30 to 10:30. Mostly LM, but we did have one real nice K and one small SM.

What green fish??? SSHHH remember its a secret. You can start legitimately catching them at Scotty's and down. Any of the creek arms or main lake can produce that time of year. Same stuff as other lakes for 55 degree water

Went Saturday and Sunday...and Saturday morning was brutal weather when we just got used to nice weather. We caught a few here and there, but found them in a big way by Saturday afternoon/evening. It seems like we would pick up one every now and then and then when we would find a group, we would catch 20 in 25 casts. Probably found five groups like that over the two days. All of the groups were between the docks and the shore and that had to be in 4 to 7 feet of water. It was fun, we probably caught 175 over the two days and that was after almost nothing on Saturday morning. Good luck and good fishing

Thanks Firefly for reminding those of us that are blessed to live here how good we have it.

We were also out there yesterday evening (not until 6pm and only until dark). We had a great evening catching 6 keepers and probably 15+ shorts and lost 4 more on the fluke that were close to measuring: our best 5 went at least 15lbs (3 of the keepers were LGM, 1 big kentucky and a stud smj) We caught them on the fluke, shakey head, grub, and spook late in the day in a cove out of the wind. We fished windy, main lake pockets near the dam and oddly enough I couldn't buy a bite on the blade: found them on the points and in the back, but nothing in between. Be safe this weekend and watch out for the storms.

Thanks Skeeter....I didnt even realize I put West instead of East... talking and typing at the same time is not a good idea. Sorry about that guys

You really have two good choices: Option 1: 65 to Little Rock (pretty hilly and mostly two lane, especially the first hour and a half from Branson)and then 40 to Memphis (they are always working on that road and it seems to be rough, but it is flat. It is shorter than option 2 Option 2: Go back north on 65 to Springfield and then go west on 60 Hwy to I-55 and then south to Memphis (this will be longer by probably 60 miles, but it is almost all 4 lane and it is much flatter (except for the first 20 miles toward Springfield) Good luck and be safe. Shawn

Tito, I actually got a lab puppy back in late summer for the specific reason of finding sheds (I even named him Boone) I am just getting ready to take him out on his first hunting trip. I would gladly take any suggestions to help train him. I have several sheds that I have found over the years and I have given him those to play with since he was 8 weeks old. I guess my first question is how do I get him to understand we are going out to hunt sheds. I think he will look for them if that is why he knows we are going. Unfortunately, we dont have anywhere too close to go, but we do have acces to 1000's of acres (private land) Thanks for any input.

As always, it was a lot of fun. It's fun to fish, but we can do that anytime. What is special about these tourneys are the friendships made and lies...ooops stories shared. Thanks Phil for hosting them, it would not be possible without you and all the fine folks at Lilley's Landing.