Members mo_bowhunter Posted January 24, 2009 Members Posted January 24, 2009 This report is a little late but I have been out of town traveling all week, sorry. I made my first trip down to Taney last weekend. Thanks to you guys here on the forum – our fishing trip was a great success. Phil – thanks for coming down to your shop and meeting us, I appreciate all your time and help! Saturday and Sunday they were running one or two units most of the time. We had a wind shifting NW to SW throughout the weekend, around 10 – 15 mph. I do not know what normal boat traffic is on the lake, but Saturday seemed pretty crowded to me between Fall Creek and Lilley’s Dock. We would boat upto Lookout Island or the Narrows – drifting back down stream to Lilley’s. We had our best success just down stream of Lookout, right around that private ramp upstream of Short Creek, the bank opposite Trout Hollow and the shallow side just upstream of Lilley’s. I was fishing a Jointed Rapala sz 11 Gold and a Lucky Craft Pointer 78 Aurora Gold on drift rigs. My partner was fishing a Rapala Floater sz 8 Rainbow in the restricted area – and would switch to the Gulp White/Orange and White/Green on drift rigs from Fall Creek on. We caught 20+ fish each day. I caught 3 browns from around 12” to 18” – and a couple good size rainbows at the 18” and 20”. All in all, I had a blast and I am very anxious to get back down to Taney. Next time I will have to try going down the lake a little more – we were having great success up where we were so I did not want to move much. Thanks again for all your guys’ help and advice – it definitely paid off!
Thom Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 Mo_bowhunter: It is a great place to fish. You are about the 4th Ofallon angler fishing Taney now. We might want to get together for breakfast some morning and compare notes. There are several others in the area that fish Taney. Perhaps this summer we can all comare notes at some local resturant. Rizzo's, Ocharley's, even Mcdonalds. Swap stories and lies .... whoops .... I mean stories that we kinda remember. Anyone in the area Pm me and lets see what we can get up. Thom Harvengt North side Ofallon Mo Thom Harvengt
Members mo_bowhunter Posted January 24, 2009 Author Members Posted January 24, 2009 Thom, That sounds like a great plan - I live off of Belleau Creek road near Fort Zumwalt South High School.
Members Rackersc Posted January 25, 2009 Members Posted January 25, 2009 Add another OFallon guy and wife to the group. We live by Marshall Ford.
mwfischer Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Hey guys, I am a taneycomo regular from St. Peters. We're making our spring trip this March 6-7. I'm definitely getting the fever reading all of these posts and hopefully the fishing stays good for the rest of the winter/spring! Keep up the good news!
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