Lake Taneycomo Report

[Phil Lilley]

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Generation patterns have changed a bit this week and it looks like the pattern will continue for a while.  It’s a nice change from 24/7 generation, giving those of us who like to fish still-water techniques a chance to do that.  They’ve been kicking the water on anywhere from late morning to evening times and running it until about 10 pm.

Still finding quite a few rainbows down in our area of the lake, from Lilleys’ up past Trout Hollow.  Boaters are trolling medium-size crank baits, rooster tails and small spoons and doing well.  Dodging the schools of leaves on the surface of the lake is now tricky a little though.  Rainbows are midging early and late in the day all over the surface, picking up small midge flies as they hatch from the lake.  You can also catch these feeding trout using a small jig or fly suspended from the surface using a float and setting the depth at 12 to 24 inches deep.  Jigs:  earth colors like olive, brown or black.  Flies: #14 or #16 zebra midge, black or red.  You can use this same setup using a spin cast or fly rod.

Yesterday was a good day to catch rainbows using one white and one chartreuse Gulp egg on a drift rig after the water started running and drifting from Trout Hollow down to our place.  Several anglers said they limited in no time and some of the rainbows were nice sized, up to 14 inches.

Night crawlers are working ok too but not as well as the Gulp Powerbait.  This is usually not the case.

I’ve been out only once this week and that was today.  My dad is keeping one of Megan’s pups (from Darby)—a black lab male and I’ve been watching it a lot this week, hence the major reason I haven’t been out much.  Don’t remember a pup taking so much time.  Anyhow, I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot more trout in the trophy area this morning, especially at the narrows.  I also found lots and lots of scuds in the gravel, something I haven’t seen since the high water in May.

I worked a mink or brown #14 scud on the bottom in pretty shallow water at the narrows and could see rainbows as they spotted the fly and move to take it.  Pretty fun.  Also did well above and below the narrows using a jig and float, brown 1/125^th oz jig with an orange head and setting the depth at 4 feet.  Saw other trout caught using jig and float too.

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Darby, my grand dog and mother of dad's new pup, just had to go in for a swim while fishing today.  Actually she was trying to catch a rainbow I tossed back to the lake and fell in.  But she took full advantage of the water plus she looked for the trout she could see from the boat.  Rainbows scattered only to run around behind her to pick up the scuds she was kicking up.  No, I didn't cast in behind her... but yes, I was tempted.  You see, I didn't want to hook a dog instead of a rainbow!

No generation means we can get up below the dam and do some wading.  I’ve heard of a few big browns and rainbows up there but not in big numbers.  Because of all the changes to the bottom structure up there, look around real well for holding trophies, especially in shallow water.  The riffled water running through what we called and I guess still call the rebar area doesn’t look that deep but it’s deep enough to hold some big trout!

Remember the oxygen is low in our lake right now.  If you’re releasing what you catch, be mindful not to keep a trout out of the water very long.  You’re working them hard on the fight, then pulling them out where they can’t breathe at all.  After the pics are taken, you’re putting them back in water that is oxygen poor.  Everything works against these trout—larger trophy trout compounds the problem.  Just use common sense when fighting/handling trout.  Thanks.

[Aaron J Scott]

Remember the oxygen is low in our lake right now.  If you’re releasing what you catch, be mindful not to keep a trout out of the water very long.  You’re working them hard on the fight, then pulling them out where they can’t breathe at all.  After the pics are taken, you’re putting them back in water that is oxygen poor.  Everything works against these trout—larger trophy trout compounds the problem.  Just use common sense when fighting/handling trout.  Thanks.

I think it's not stated enough--not every single fish needs a photo. And if you are going to photo a fish, get the camera turned on, focused and ready before you pull the trout out of the water. That way, you can fire off a couple shots in just a few seconds and not stress the fish much more than they already are.

With the generation off, I'll be down there early tomorrow. Tall lanky guy not catching fish--that's me. My blue stickered-up Prius will be in the lot. Give me a holler.

[TArcher]

I think it's not stated enough--not every single fish needs a photo. And if you are going to photo a fish, get the camera turned on, focused and ready before you pull the trout out of the water. That way, you can fire off a couple shots in just a few seconds and not stress the fish much more than they already are.

With the generation off, I'll be down there early tomorrow. Tall lanky guy not catching fish--that's me. My blue stickered-up Prius will be in the lot. Give me a holler.

At times I wish I had a Prius, lol. I would definately get down there more to fish if I had a Prius to drive. Instead I come about once a month and send money out the tailpipe of my Tahoe for a 4 hour drive one way.

I plan on being down there on Oct. 13th-18th to put in some serious fishing time

[Aaron J Scott]

Yeah, it's usually pretty handy to get out frequently and not feel the pinch quite so bad. Except that one time when I almost high-centered it on some backroad, trying to get to a walk-in access on the Current ... then I could've used something with a little less gas mileage and a little more ground clearance!