Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 24, 2012 Root Admin Posted August 24, 2012 I called to ask Clint Hale, hatchery manager, a question about a water sample they were taking and ended up talking about a few other things I thought I'd mention here. First- MDC conducted their survey on the upper lake the other day. Clint said since he's been here, and I think that's about 4-5 years, he's never seen as many brown trout as he did when shocking. No huge browns - he said 7 pounds was the biggest, but the numbers were impressive. They survey from about Short Creek to the dam. Rainbows- didn't really discuss them. Smallmouth - he said there are big numbers of smallmouth bass from Trophy Run to the dam. None really over 14 inches though. Yes- this is a huge surprise to me. I bet there's quite a few along the rip rap at Trophy Run. Lake Temperature - it's been holding at 49 for over a month now and that's GREAT! Do is holding at 3.2 out of the pipes, before it enters the hatchery which is excellent! Looking at the profile the Corp posts for Table Rock, he thinks this may hold for a while and that we may see a mild fall season as far as water temps and low DO levels. I'm sure the Corp will have to inject liquid dissolved oxygen later in the season but water temp is key too. Colder water holds oxygen better and warmer water puts more stress on the trout. Official results of the survey aren't usually done until December or later.
Brian K. Shaffer Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 Interesting to hear about the smallmouth bass... I have seen both largemouth (very short fish - nothing of any size really) and bluegill at outlet 4 when they are running 2 or more. Sure will hit that spot up in the future and try for some " green trout "! Just once I wish a trout would wink at me! ozarkflyfisher@gmail.com I'm the guy wearing the same Simms longbilled hat for 10 years now.
laker67 Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 Are there any regs in place on taney as far as smallmouth? Is it all keep and kill? Did not know if any special regs, length limit, apply to rough fish in the trophy area. And by rough fish I mean anything other than trout.
laker67 Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 Don't suppose they had a breakdown on male vs female in that count? Typical year would include more males right now. Glad to hear total numbers are up. If any big fish survived, they will show.
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted August 25, 2012 Author Root Admin Posted August 25, 2012 No details on the survey... not yet. But I don't think they do the male, female thing... No length limit on bass anywhere on Taney. Limit is 6 bass. Rough fish... I'm not sure about carp and suckers if there's a limit. 25 maybe?
laker67 Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 Thanks Phil, Just trying to get something going calling them smb's "rough fish".
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