Fishing Buddy Report Feb 26 - 28

[fish]

Once again, we've got to hand it to Phil and the crew at Lilleys Landing! This is THE BEST place to stay on Lake Taneycomo for both atmosphere and fishing! We got down to Branson about 1 pm on Sunday afternoon. Bright blue sky and a little wind on the lake. The Corps had just stopped running water so we unpacked and beat feet down to the dock for a nice afternoon. JD used worms while I kept to my favorite power egg color...bubblegum! We stayed out until around 530 or 6 when the sun was down enough to put a chill in the air. JD was nice enough to deal with our fish while I played Sherpa and packed all our gear back up to the room.

We dawdled around on Monday morning, drank coffee, played on the computer then went into Bass Pro to use the gift card my brother gave me for Christmas. Since I share our trout with him, he thought that was a fair trade! We got back and the water was off again, so we packed up and went down to the dock for an afternoon of sun and fish. There weren't alot of people there this weekend, which made it even nicer. We saw another 20x72 SeaArk like ours in a stall and talked to the guys who were fishing from it. They were having a great time as well, catching fish from the boat. JD and I talked about renting one of Phil's boats, but we were catching from the dock so why? We stayed out, again, until the sun fell enough to put a chill in the air. Caught ALOT of fish. JD played around with the power eggs and power worms and finally settled on the real earthworms again. He caught two small brown trout. We haven't caught any browns for two years so we were glad to see that they were still around. He also caught two white suckers....heheheheheheheh! I stuck with my bubblegum power eggs and finally switched to pink. Pink doesn't work as well, but it does work. Again, JD dealt with the fish and I played Sherpa.

We packed up and left as scheduled on Tuesday morning. Listening to the Weather Channel, they were talking about some "tornadic activity" that would be accompanying the storm system that was going to move through Tuesday night. I guess the Weather Channel isn't always wrong, since when we got up at home on Wednesday morning, the news had the details of the storms that hit Branson and southern Missouri. Our thoughts were with those folks affected and our hearts go out to those who lost possessions and loved ones during the storms.

Again, thanks a BUNCH to Lisa, Ryan, Curtis and the rest of the staff at Lilley's Landing. Oh, yeah, and Rodeo, I will miss you for a few months, till we are back again!

~~ Mrs Fish

[Gatorjet]

Good to hear you had a great time at Lilley's. the best place on the lake! A little secret, or not so much of a secret as Phil mentions it quite often when talking about power bait. Put one white egg on with what ever other color you are using. You will be surprised the difference this makes in the number of bites. I don't know why it works, but it does. My power baiting friends have been doing it for several years, and when I join them on the dock in the evening to sit back, tip a few coolies, and have a little fishing fun they always do better than I do when I try a single color. I've done that a few times just to see if it mattered. It did!