fshndoug

please look up safe ways to handle trout. You could have weighed the fish in the net and the subtracted the net weight without risking damage to the fish.

I am not a biologist but I would bet that the growth of the Branson area has been hard on almost everything concerning the fishing and other wildlife. You can't make believe that all the nice lawns with all their weed killers and fertilizers are good for the fish and such. After all it always ends up in a watershed. No one on here has said anything about the mismanagement by the Corp as to the flooding that occurred to the upper portion of Taneycomo over a few short years that caused massive erosion along the banks and deposited who knows how many thousands of tons of gravel through the upper 3 miles of the lake. Many areas filled in with gravel from the cable to at least Lookout Island. The scud population suffered with each flooding event. I used to be a big fan of our Consevation dept but after what I have seen at Bennett Springs and the way it has gone down hill the last decade I don't have much faith that they can do any better on such a large area as the Taneycomo. Yes there are large fish in Taney right now but doesn't seem much different that what was in Taney in the 70's. Just ask Laker67 if that isn't so. There were huge rainbows in the upper end in the 70's. We can't talk about the size of the Browns because those are genetically altered fish. As the continued pressure mounts on the fishery combined with the stocking rates that are in place now you can expect less and less success if you measure that in numbers of fish caught. Just maybe that will result in far fewer fisherman coming from all over to fish this body of water. This will not be good for the resort owners and the proliferation of guides that seem to be plying the waters of Taneycomo. I just hope I live long enough to see it. Phil don't take this personally but you might not have known much about trout fishing when you first got down ther ,just saying. Always enjoy your daily one cast shows.

The glory days were in the 70's and 80's

During the past 50 years I have done 85% of my fishing on Taney from Fall Creek to the cable at the dam. I prefer to wade fish as I make much lees noise than boat fishing. I bet I haven't kept 50 fish in all that time .The fishing is definitely slower than it has ever been due to the number of people and the decreased numbers of fish that are present in the river. I fish with both a flyrod and spinning rods. The jerk bait bite has been good on Taney for the last 25 years in the upper end. Most hits come with in 10-15 feet of the bank while boat fishing. Seldom ever throw them when I am wading and never at night because I don't relish a bait in my hand and they are a pain in the you know what when they are netted. I sight fish quite a bit where I see fish and I don't like to fish the outlets as much as the fishing is too easy and it is combat fishing at its finest. I love sink tips and full sinking lines if depth permit them. To be successful one needs to be versatile with a wide variety of methods, these do not include bait fishing by the way. I can just about guarantee that the fishing will get tougher before it gets easier on Taney. Some better enforcement by the agents would be a welcome change to the benefit of the fishery. I bet there is quite a bit of poaching that goes on throughout the system.

I think you are starting to see the effects of the conservation dept stocking 300,000 fewer trout per year .With all the harvesting of fish that has been going on the last couple of years combined with the lower stocking numbers and the improper handling of fish by almost everyone what you see now with far fewer fish being caught is going to be the norm in the future. You can stand in one place around the upper end and see very few fish compared to past ,which I mean 4-5 years ago. I would bet there are at least a million fewer fish in Taney than a few years ago. I am sure that some will disagree with the above commentary but I am just throwing out my observations with over 50 years of fishing on Taneycomo.

That sure is cold Pete

Like not catching a 20 inch brown

You just like touching a frog fanny when you fish Glen.

At least the weather people were right on D-Day in 1944

Happy birthday Mr. Doty

How about a pic of you in your speedos lol

Be sure to check the regs on keeping fish on Taneycomo and the lure regs on all tailwaters

Good to see you starting the season Charlie

Dadakota there is a secret lake within its borders named Lake Jacomo.

Y ou won't see many people that are local posting pictures of walleyes like you do from people trout fishing Taneycomo

Pete take your glasses of and move back from the tv the view will improve with distance

There are plenty of pigs in Missouri they are called litterbugs

I need a new yard and you could also use a yard Wrench lol

Wrench you would have to fix yourself a cup of coffee first before you shot someone.

Bennett is in big trouble, small fish is about all that is left. You can catch bigger ones at any urban stocked lake.

I do know that a 250 grain lead bullet was fatal for a nice fat doe last December.

I can just see Marty's new name already-Backporch Marty

Nice china Glen

You could have set the New Madrid fault in motion if you would had fallen JestersHk

way cool