On Fire

[Bill Babler]

Day started off so,so on the upper end, with 3 to 6 per drift using for the most part Bright Red San Juan Worms in size 10, and dragging White Wollies also in size 10. Did Throw the White 1/8 oz jig, and it was good, but probably not as good as the bottom bouncers.

Phil cane up and shot a little video and a few pic's and when he left he took the two other guide boats with him. At this point the action went from warm to burning hot.

Me, my clients and one other boat had the entire area to our lonesome's.

About 11:15 I pulled to the cable and bang it started. About 15 fish per pass from there to Clay Banks. Pass after pass after pass. Lots of Browns probably 15 to 18 with the largest at 18 inch. More Bows also with the biggest being 18.5 and a solid 3 lbs. Great colored up fish. Ben and Garry took lots of Pic's so maybe they will send me some.

The Boy's thought we might have had around 70 total for the 4 hr. trip, with about 30 of them being in the two pound plus class.

This was probably one of the best day's I have ever had on taney, just from the point of big after big. I frankly don't believe we could have caught a limit of sub-legal fish, as small fish were in the 13 inch class.

Garry thought the average was a solid 15 inches.

Both of these boys are very good sticks and fish taney all the time on normal flow. Garry has a personal best 13.2 lb. bow from the lake. They know how to fish and both stated it was their best day ever on taney.

When shad are present, if you have trouble throwing a 1/8 oz. jig, put a wollie bugger on a drift rig, it is a complete killer.

I would say however, that big red worm caught just as many and just as big.

No boats and lots of fish, what a day.

[Don House]

Bill, glad to hear they really turned on for you. Thanks for the tip, all of our bigger fish came on the small white jig but a alot also came on the red san juan worms all in all we really did good also, with a large number of fish in the 15 - 18 inch range and very nice colors. We left to go eat lunch and meet back up with Phil Stone and his group at the landing area then went back and floated from Monkey Island to the Landing and that area was on fire also, all fish were in the 16 - 18 inch range also with one solid three pounder, really good day and just like you we had it all to ourself. Total day 60 plus fish with two many to count over 2 pounds. Best day I have ever had on Taneycomo.

Here is a pic of one of many nice Rainbows we had.. Good Memories and Good Fishing for sure!

Good Fishing Everyone

Don

[Chief Grey Bear]

Wow that was some great fishing. I have got to get down there one of these days.

To bad Trav can't get up there and get in on some of that action.

[Trav]

I hear ya Cheif.

It would take me 3 stops for gas to fight the current. Haha

Too be honost, I havent even been trying. It just looks uninviting from my view of the lake.

With all the consecutive days of super fast water, all my brownies are probably all within 3 miles of the dam anyway.