Taneycomo Report For July 8-11

[Seth]

Let me start off by saying that it's been three years since I've really been down there to fish on Taneycomo. I sure did miss it and was glad to finally make it back down. Here's my report for our trip.

July 8 - Fishing the trophy area in the evening. Threw white and orange/sculpin 1/8oz jigs in the trophy area. I caught 7 rainbows and the girlfriend caught 1. A guide had some client drifting what appeared to be orange san juan worms on a drift rig on bottom and they were catching a bunch.

July 9 - Got up early, went up to Short Creek and caught two rainbows on night crawlers. Forgot my worm blower so couldn't inject air in to worms. Couple boats nearby were doing much better by injecting their worms with air. It made a big difference. Went back to the trophy area that evening and caught a couple more drifting a pink san juan worm on a drift rig on the bottom. Girlfriend also caught another one on a white 1/8oz jig.

July 10 - Fished the last couple hours of before dark down near Monkey Island. Caught 15-20 fish on sculpin 3/32oz jigs and also drifting a pink trout magnet about 9' below an indicator. By far the best fishing of the trip.

July 11- Got out at daylight for a few hours. Started throwing a sculpin 3/32oz jig just above Monkey Island but only caught one. With no current, I guess the fish weren't stacked in there real thick like the night before. Ran up in to the trophy area and threw the sculpin jig around for an hour and caught five scrappy rainbows before pulling the boat out, packing up and heading home. Right before I left, a guy fly fishing from a boat near me hooked a good one that jumped a few times and ended up breaking him off by running under the boat. Judging by what it looked like when it jumped, I'd say it would have easily beat the 20" mark. The guy who hooked it swore it was a 6-7 pounder.

[Travis Swift]

That lake is mystical. She gets in your blood and soul. I think everyday about her. Good report