Lower Taney Map

[Trav]

Thought Phil would produce this... but here it is. After numerous requests.

[bigredbirdfan]

Trav,

Very beneficial.

Thanks

[twosets]

Hey Trav

You forgot to mark all of your hot spots on that map.

Perhaps you are waiting to identify your new ones.

Seriously, thanks for all of the reports and input on lower tany, I have never fished below roark creek but one of these days I am sure I will wander down.

George

[Trav]

I marked my favorite spot. Its that blue wiggly stuff. Haha

[Daddy Carp]

Hey Trav, Super job it looks great. Do you need some fill dirt on that side??? We got about 300 yds. X 40' right out in front of Rockaway shore line about 50 yds out. Your welcome to take all you want....LOL. The old dock of JB's will soon be history. They are going to tear it down and remove it to make room for a new city dock in the near future.

[Trav]

Hey DC

I will take your dirt if you take my logs!

[Phil Lilley]

To be honest, I wanted to get a couple of other opinions on the different areas named here before I made it an official map on ozarkanglers but I haven't had time to do so. With all due respect to Trav, his knowledge and time he put in on the map, that was my plan and still is. This posting may speed up my efforts on this task.

[Trav]

Phil,

I know you have it in the works. So many people asking though, I went with what I had.

I have talked to probably 60 fellas and most didnt know any better than myself. And most were all multi-generational natives just like me. Those guys in Rockaway including thier historical office were gratefully cooperative. I based the majority of the classifications on folk lore and common description. Established by what my family/friends/neighbors called them over the three decades I have been fishing the lake.

Everyone agrees on the sunken forest and lost forest descriptions. As well as Grandpaps, Empire, Pickle, powersite areas. The bog inlet has a great story behind it. And of course bull is obvious.

Im confident that all the areas on the Rockaway area between bull and cedar are in fact common description.

Now the ones on the T highway side below Long beach down to Pomme cove were named by locals after the building of Table Rock. Some were labeled by the roads that lead to them and others by who owned property there. Paradise cove for example is more commonly known as Morman cove because in the 80s it was a Morman retreat. But the area to us on T highway is better known as Paradise Point. So the cove had an adapted name.

Duck cove and duck Island are bonified. Even in the days before the lake turned cold it was an area of interest by fisherman.

Sycamore has been labeled due to the obvious. No where on the Lower lake will you find a more concentrated population of sycamore trees. Barrier, hide away, and Peaceful coves are the only ones in question. Hide away got its name from the old Sammy Lane excursions. Thats where the Pirate ship hid out. Barrier was labeled because it has a very shallow entrance. and Peacful was established by shore fisherman that took a road with the same name.

Keep in mind, that grandpaps cove is also called quarry cove because the 76 quarry dilutes the water with white sediment in heavy rain.

I hope this thread brings out more info on lower taney. But it would take solid old school(Pre-Rock) evidence to prove my findings wrong.

By the way, I have yet to raise an eyebrow about a cove named huckleberry.

I have heard about it, but in 30 years cant tell you where it is. It is obvious that some tourist not knowing where they are at made that up.

If not, then myself and about 150 years of history is wrong.

Feel free to throw your opinions out there. As Phil said, maybe this thread will shed more light.

[Project Healing Waters]

Trav, the DUCK HUNTERS call Lost Forest Cove "Cockleberry Cove." But I have never heard of a Huckleberry Cove on Taneycomo. They also call Duck Cove and Duck Island "Diver John's" because he built that duck blind and held that dock permit from the 1970's until his death. The hunters also call Sunken Forest Cove/Island "Taneycomo Terrace" because the residents and management there seem to think they own it and nobody should be duck hunting there. In reality, the island...like all the others...is owned by Empire Electric Company, and there is what would constitute a permissive easement on all of the islands (meaning Empire does not have them posted and has not made an attempt to keep hunters, anglers, etc. off of them for DECADES).

[Trav]

Interesting PHW.

Will be educating to learn what else this thread may bare.

Truth be known, every cove and inlet in the Lower probably has more than one reference.

Maybe if we get enough input Phil can do us up a real fancy map. I would love to have a topo of the lake. But that is a whole different story all together.

I think I have curtailed my experiences in a previous thread about my efferts to get one made.

And I bet Cockleberry is the huckleberry I have heard before but didnt know where. Now I do.