A Long Night Out!

[Leonard]

I went to the water about 6pm..

somewhere around 10:30 the water started dropping.

IT WAS OFF

Pictures around outlet are at the bottom.. hope you all can see them good enough to what happened..

the area at outlet got deeper... the is a big drop off (as of now).. up above 1 and all the way to the flats..

the flats dont seem much different.. but I sure it has changes it somewhere.

we were able to walked all the way down to the big hole..

below outlet 2..

Most of it is knee deep. I walked out to the middle and it never really got deeper..

there is a big tree down at the stairs at outlet 3.

as you walk out from the stairs.. that is all less then knee deep all the way to the head of the rebar hole (but still got some really nice current).

the REBAR.. it has really filled in.. it pobably not 3-4 foot deep.

the gunlet.. there is a big tree there.. right in front of the island of rocks.

the hole... WOW.

it filled in to.. I could not find the drop off (but Im not saying it isnt there).

Also I could not see the little gravel island that on the left.

here is a few pictures not sure how well they turned out..

these 2 are of the drop off (where we walked from the pathway up to outlet 1.

from where I was standing this is about a 7-8 foot (MAYBE MORE) drop off...

the picture are dark..

but Im sure we all can tell where these are taking... mostly at outlet 1..

[vanven]

If my wife wasnt due today I would be in my truck headed south. Bah! Oh wait I am lucky. Still want to go fishing.

-jerod

[SLIPPERY SI]

SO....HOW WAS THE FISHING? I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THEY WERE FEEDING LIKE CRAZY!!!

[davekeim]

Congrats on that kid! Hope all goes well.

Signed,

Cardiac

[Troutn]

Well I got down to Taney last night late (approx 11:30) to fins out that I had left my flyrod at home. Well as I was getting ready Leonard came up and offered to lend me his for a while. So I took him up on it and we started fishing outlet one with no water. After catching a few just outside outlet one, we moved on down towards outlet two a little bit catching a few as we went along. The action wasn't as heavy as I would have thought that it might be but the variety of fish made up for it I suppose. I was using unweighted sculpins and I am not sure what Leonard was using. After fishing the flats a little we went on down to the big whole. When we got down there the fish were surfacing like crazy and with spinning rod in had this time we proceeded to catch a few down there. All in all it was a good trip. It was really nice seeing what the high water had done and what had or had not changed. For the most part it is the same ol' Taney just with a few modifications here and there. Anywho, here are the pics. The am only claiming the Smallie!

I hope this doesn't invite every snagger out there down to Taney next year by posting these!

[Leonard]

Hey Troutn.

Thanks for snapping the pics..

[fly2fish]

Its sad to see Leonard has gone from a finesse trout fisherman to a spooner now a gar fisherman, what next? LOL

Hey do you think my 4wt can handle one of those gar or spoonies or should I use the 8wt. You know I will try the 4wt first. See ya

soon.

Henry

[jrbhc8]

The picture of the spoonbill is PRICELESS!!!

jrbhc8

[Kayser]

Was that paddlefish snagged, or hooked in the mouth? I know of some guys who fly fish for some other filter feeders with big streamers, and they just tear them up.

Rob

[Capt. Bly]

I'd say that you have caught one of about everything possiable down there this spring! It's a season to remember.

Jeff