Lake Taneycomo Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

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<p>Not much has changed since my last fishing report.&nbsp; Generation is generally the same with the exception that Table Rock Lake has dropped to 919.3 feet with is just a little more than 4 feet above power pool.&nbsp; The Corp is generating 1-3 units, starting slow in the mornings but by 2 pm they’ve increased outflow to 3 units, bringing Taneycomo up to 709 feet which is pretty good flow.&nbsp; You can see past flow patterns online at this link - <a href="http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17240">http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17240</a>.</p>

<p><img src="http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/images/2011/7-16-jig-350.jpg" width="300" height="294" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right">The best bite of the day is early and late in the day… but wait a minute!&nbsp; It’s 9 am Saturday morning and someone just called me to the dock to see a “huge brown”.&nbsp; Tom Bowman and Fred Bershauer were working the bluff bank below Fall Creek throwing a 3/32nd oz sculpin/peach jig with an orange head and Tom hooked a big fish!&nbsp; Had trouble getting the fish to the surface and when they did, seeing how big it was, did they panic?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Although it had a couple more fast and hard runs in him, they landed the 17.46 pound brown trout in short order, got it in the live well and headed to Lilleys’ dock.</p>

<p>This is the same bank, the same area I’ve been saying is holding some big rainbows and browns.&nbsp; It’s the same bank I caught a 6 pound brown a couple of weeks ago on an olive jig.</p>

<p>Tom and Fred were pretty excited.&nbsp; They posed for a few pictures, we weighed it and then it was back in the lake to grow some more.</p>

<p>And I was worried about how I was going to write a fishing report when conditions and fishing patterns hadn’t changed in a couple of weeks.&nbsp; I don’t like to write on the same techniques, colors and areas each report because it actually gets boring reading the same things every time but Tom’s fish has added some excitement to this one!</p>

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<p>We had another brown trout caught and brought to the dock this week.&nbsp; Carol Fessender of Palmyra, MO caught a 6-pound brown just up from our dock while drifting a night crawler on the bottom.</p>

<p>Water temp is hovering around 54-55 degrees and water is stained.&nbsp; If you’re wanting to get out and wade, the island at Lookout is a good place.&nbsp; There’s quite a few riffles and holes where trout are holding.&nbsp; Linc Hunt has been going up and fishing the riffle at the top of the island and finding fish there taking zebra midges, san juan worms and scuds.&nbsp; It’s fast and not that deep but the fish are there.</p>

<p>I haven’t tried it but it’s on my list this coming week to get out and wade the shallow side of the lake from Lookout down to the Narrows and see what’s over there.&nbsp; I’m sure there’s rainbows holding on the flats it’s just a matter of how to lure them.&nbsp; I’m going to try stripping streamers and soft hackles and drift some scuds.&nbsp; I haven’t been fly fishing much this summer cause the jig bite is so good, it’s hard to put the spinning rod down.&nbsp; I’m sure I’ll be getting out real early in the morning before the sun gets up- that should be the best time.</p>

<p>Guides are still drifting #14 olive or gray scuds, red san juan worm, peach egg fly and a white wooly bugger from the cable down past River Run and picking up trout early and late in the day.&nbsp; Mid day is tough.</p>

<p>Drifting with Gulp Eggs and night crawlers from Trout Hollow down past Lilleys’ Landing and then from Monkey Island through the bridges is till good.&nbsp; I still hear of people having trouble feeling the trout bite from the weight bouncing on the bottom.&nbsp; Adjust your weight!&nbsp; Go as light as you can stand- getting the bait to the bottom and feeling the tick on the gravel.&nbsp; This will make is easier to feel the true trout bite and you won’t get hung up as much on the bottom.</p>

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[Bill Babler]

Super fish. Glad someone caught one on a jig just like they were suspose to. Nice release. Fish still looked fresh and healthy. Thanks all.

[ferdb1]

Thanks Phil for posting this. I was very fortunate to be down here fishing with my Bother in law Fred> I have been watching him catch all the fish the last few days and I was lucky today was my turn! I have to say I have been to Alaska trophy fishing for rainbow trout. But never in my life have I caught anything like this!! The five minutes to land it will always be a moment I will remember, especially seeing Freds eyes when we first saw it. I was not sure he would be able to get it into the net. But Fred was able to net it with the first try. Thank you Fred. What a great time we have had here. It even makes it better when this happen when your fishing with one of the best, and when he is one of your true freinds, even if he is my brother in law.

[Phil Lilley]

Hey- I have that CD with pics. Mine turned out ok and I knew Ricky had taken a couple of pics so I ran him down and now I have his pics for you too. The CD will be in the office with your name on it.

Thanks for bringing it by the dock!

[hillbillyflyshack]

Great looking fish and kudos to you for releasing her.

[mwfischer]

That is an excellent jig. Reading this stuff makes it harder realizing I won't be able to make it back this year. March 2012 can't come soon enough!

[James32962]

where can I find some of those jigs.. I have some close and have caught fish but I like the looks of that one.. Any help would be great..Thanks...

[Phil Lilley]

http://lilleystacklestore.com

[James32962]

I have been in the store several times..Will stop by and get some friday....Thanks...