June 09 Fishing Trip/guide ?

[bvp81]

I'm planning a June 09 vacation to the Table Rock Lake area and I'm looking to do a couple of days of fishing. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend any good guides for Taneycomo or Table Rock Lake or which would be a better place to fish this time of year? Any information will be helpful. Thanks.

BVP81

[tippett7]

In all fairness to Phil, as this is his site, I would recommend him or one of his guides. There are a lot of great guides in the Branson area. I would do a google search for taney guides and table rock guides and decide for yourself.

Here are some of the most familiar:

Lillies Landing

Bill Babler

River Run Outfitters

Back Country Outfitters

Chartered Waters

Archers and Anglers

Jeremy Hunt

Leonard (Taney Night)

[Phil Lilley]

I could add another dozen guides.

All depends on what you want to do-

Spin

Fly Fish

Bait Fish

Just catch fish...

Then we can match you up with the best guide.

You can call our office whenever you get your dates and we'll take care of it. 1-800-284-2196

If you want a drift boat experience/fly fishing, call River Run Outfitters. We do everything else.

[bigredbirdfan]

While on the subject of guiding. What is the best time of year to take a guided fly fishing trip?

[tippett7]

October - November is the best time, so you can catch huge browns.

[twosets]

I would say that any time is a good time, if you learn the ropes now you could be ready for the big browns in the fall.

A trip with a good guide like Bill Babler will put you miles ahead of where you were in what to use, where to use it and how to use it.

Bill is very good on both lakes

[bvp81]

Thanks for all the info. I'll be coming the first week of June and I'll have one or two of my friends with me. I would like to catch some brown trout or really I just want to catch some fish. I've never done any fly fishing, but I would be open to trying it, but I'm pretty experienced with a spinning reel. I'd really just like to find a guide who's rates are reasonable and who can have a good time with the guys (not liked getting hammered, but just a good guy who can have fun and still put us on fish).

Thanks Guys.

BVP81

[bigredbirdfan]

When it comes to guides get the best one on the water you can find. What the hell is another 20-30 dollars.

Bill Babler and Bill Beck are the best. Period. Oh and good guides are so passionate about fishing that you probably won't have that much time to have adult beverages anyway. That is what the night time is for.

[Leonard]

The 3 guides you should look into

for probably both lake (off the top of my head)..

Bill Babler, Bill Beck, and Don House...

I dont know if Eric Prey does both lakes or not...

these 4 probably spend more time on both lakes then anyone I can think of... (right now)..

Im sure you can work something out on hitting both lakes the same day... or one lake one day and the other the next...

(Note: If you want to fish both lakes with the same guide.. Id call them to make sure you can get with them)..

These guides full up pretty fast!!

May and June fills up fast...

[Micheal Kyle]

I would think that a guide that allows his clients to drink alcoholic beverages would have have a huge liability case on his hands. Accidents happen believe me I know this all to well. I had a bad boating accident while on a trip to Alaska glad I was not drinking when that happen, the turn out might have been way different. Just my 2 cents worth.

Now I do guide on the Local tail waters and have been quite successful but we do have bad days just like every one else does, one day catch over a 100 fish the next day only catching 20 fish. I hear it so often go with them they catch a lot of fish if thats all you want then do that. What I try to do when I hire a guide is find one that will teach me something and that I can take and use back here at home.

I had a trip out west about 6 years ago for 4 days he started rigging his rods up just like we fish here at home so we started a conversation about that, he said I was told to put you 2 on a bunch of fish, I laughed and said what does that teach us. Lets do something different so we can learn something that I can take back home and possibly use. So we did I now use this on trips and it has been very successful.

I guess what I am saying find someone that is good at what they do be it warm water or cold water and that you can possibly learn from don't worry about how many fish you boat because that will come with time.

The two guides that were mentioned here on this thread will do just that they are good. If you want to do a drift boat trip on the tail water there are two shops that do that mine and River Run. In May June the White in Arkansas will be red hot if you are going to be down for a few days you could fish it for one day it is the absolute best trout fishery in this area.

So just a few thoughts good luck.

Michael