Lilleys' Lake Taneycomo Fishing Report, February 21

[Phil Lilley]

I'm going to post a combination of reports submitted by people who fished here the last few days and add some thoughts of my own.  Generally, trout fishing here has been very good with a mixture of weather and generation conditions all week.

Generation has been sporadic with one exception--the Corp has been running some water at least every other day for several weeks.  Last Thursday they ran one to two units all day, off Friday and Saturday, one unit all day on Sunday, off Monday and one unit for a half day on Tuesday.  Off today.  No rhyme of reason but consistently they are running something one of three days.  It gives everyone their favorite fishing conditions.

Here's a report by one of our fishing guides, Rick Lisek:

Lake Level: 904.0 Water Temp: 47.5 Degrees Water Clarity: Clear

The trout fishing here on Lake Taneycomo has heated up. We are averaging anywhere from 55 to 90 trout in a four hour guided fishing trip. The really big trout have been hard to come by, but the 11 to 14 inchers are everywhere. Generation schedules vary and that determines what how we fish, but whether you fly fish or spin fish you can’t go wrong right now.

Above fall creek the best baits have been micro jigs and scud combinations and/or weighted eggs and midges. The best colors for jigs have been ginger and olive with an orange head. 1/100 oz has been the best weight. Olive and dark grey scuds as well as olive and black colored midges are the ticket as well. As far as egg colors, yellow, and peach have worked the best for us. Four to 6 foot leaders under a strike indicator work well most days.

Below Fall Creek, drifting pink and white power bait combinations have been taking numbers of fish. Use as light a weight as you can get by with. The best bet for larger fish is fishing a trout magnet in cotton candy and black colors 7 to 8 foot under a float.

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And here's a fly fishing report by long time guest and veteran fly angler, Edward Spence, who fished on Monday of this week:

There was no generation and I fished below the dam from 9:00 AM until about 11:30. I was the only fisherman not fishing with an indicator. I used a black woolly booger at the Rebar area at the edge of the deep hole. I had lot of strikes and couldn't hook them. I finally caught two nice bows, a 13 inch and a 15 inch, and realized I was fishing with a barbless hook I had used on the White. I had two fish break me off, and lost several. I landed two more. All were rainbows between 13 and 16 inch. The indicator fishermen were catching only stockers bout 12 inches. I had one guy tell me he caught a lot of fish on an artificial hatchery fish pellet. I couldn't believe it. What will they think of next? I guess there is a big difference between fishing and catching.

I'm editing a video I should post later today. Phil

[Feathers and Fins]

LMAO. Phil, I tied up a ton of the hatchery pellet patterns for fishing RR and have used them on Taney, Beleive it or not the person i learned this from was a die-hard fly fishing kid, 12 years old and he has been tieing for 4 years. I asked him about what gave him the idea and he said "Match the Hatch" I almost wet myself laughing but darn if he wasnt right.

[Phil Lilley]

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[Phil Lilley]

Cooper Creek Ramp is clear.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Great video as always Phil, wish I could make it up there, those trout are hitting good. Taney is a great place to throw jigs!

Was curious, I noticed you had really good audio with that vid, I take it you where wearing a mic? Is that with the Gopro?

[Phil Lilley]

Gopro. I bought a digital recorder a couple of years ago. I use it to record programs and reports.

I bought a external mic and wear it when recording. Takes a lot more time to edit, separate audio and video.