just gettig started

[perchjerker]

I have been fishing Taney for almost 35 years and was down there on the weekend of July 15th of 2006.I fish about every other month, and this time I went 2 days without catching a fish. From Fall Creek to the Downtown campgrounds I didn't even see a fish in the water. Was this because of full generation,temp of 49.5,low stocking, or an oxygen issue? 1 day I must of passed 30 boats without 1 fish on.I used flies,tolling,casting, anchoring,and the always productive inflated worm.I think I could have went to the throphy area and caugt fish , but just wondered why the lull.

[Phil Lilley]

I was just talking to Bob Klein, one of our guides. Bob used to own Riverlake Resort and Main Street Dock- he and Jackie go back to 1982 on Taney. He said this has been the slowest trout-catching summer he's seen and I have to agree. Lack of seeing trout, lack of bites, lack of catching all down. Stocking has been cut by 10% BUT both of us have noticed there's a big drop in fishing pressure on the lake. With all the resorts downtown gone, marinas, Sun Valley not in business and others we've heard are slow this summer, less boat traffic and people fishing off docks- all equal less access to the lake.

No O2 problem, temp is normal, clarity is a bit clearer.

Bottom line is we don't know why it was slow.

Good news it's getting better- why? Don't know. But Bill did well this am above FC on micros and Bob did well at Monkey Island on eggs and spinners. He said he saw alot of trout in the water.