Should Be A Trav Report

[Ann]

Ok, Trav was so dissatisfied with Lower Taney that he won’t even write a report on our trip. We were in Branson to work at the “Ranch”. So we didn’t hit the water until around 5 pm.

We put in at Rockaway Beach and headed for Bull Island. The water temp was 70 degrees but it was very murky. You could tell that the water had been high for awhile, but was now low. I did catch a 12 inch Black Crappie and from what Trav tells me, that is a really nice size for a Black Crappie. We then floated out to the Flats. Trav mentioned that where we were fishing the water was usually 8 ft deep, but today it was only 6 ft deep.

I did not see any bait fish at all. The only activity I saw was from Gar and Carp.

We then boated over to Boston Bluff. The most interesting part about fishing there today was the story about the “Gold Mine and the pirate ship” that Trav told me. However, the water was very clear itself but the top had a lot of gunk (don’t know what it is) and pollen floating on it.

On a bright note, the wild life there was really neat. I even was able to see an Alligator Gar up close. Being from New England, I have never seen one before.

I know this report is not as well done as Trav’s reports are, but I felt one should be done regardless of our out come.

[Gatorjet]

Thanks for the report Ann. I'm going to be at Lilley's for 3 days next week, and thought I might run down to the lower lake one day to try for some Crappie and Bass. By your report I think I'll save the gas and stay up lake, and enjoy the Bows & Browns.

BTW, I hope the Gar you saw was a Longnose Gar, not an Alligator Gar. With those 150# behemoths in the lake even the Brown Trout would be in danger!