Last Night Report 10/16-10/17

[Micheal Kyle]

Last night’s report, I don’t even know where to begin so I guess I will start at the beginning. I will keep it short though.

I received a text from a good friend that has just moved back into Springfield and he wanted to know if I wanted to fish with the weather changing clouds moving in and some rain in the forecast, I said twist my arm just a little more and I might.

So I got home buttered the wife up by cooking dinner and let her know that Jeff would be by at 8:30 to get me. We arrived at Taney at 9pm with only one other car in the parking lotJ I had been wanting to fish some grass that is usually under water when the water is on and skate a mouse through it did not let me down about the 15-20^th cast fish big fish and I missed it cast right back over it strip, strip, strip pause fish on and it is a toad best fish for me this fall 26 incher.

The water really started to drop out come 10:-10:15 so Jeff, Brad and myself started working our way down stream and I was still just skating the mouse across the top of the water and they were fishing mohair leeches. Jeff had Blood red on and Brad had Ace of Spades on and they were doing the usual swing with a slow strip retrieve. They were picking up a few bows but nothing of any size just stockers. I continued down past outlet three about half way to the boat ramp casting the mouse along the bank and that’s when I had another blow up on it this time got him on the first take it was a nice 24 incher.

The fish just quit so we decided to walk up to the cable and fish up there to our surprise when we walked back to the parking lot there were about 15 cars in the parking lot. As we were walking up to the cable it started to rain. We all had leeches on once we got to the cable and just slow stripping the leeches the fish were not aggressive just sucking the fly in, if you thought you had a fish on the line you had better set the hook most of the time it was just a tighter line coming in meant fish on. We stood there around outlet one up to cable and caught a bunch of fish, I would say between the 3 of us we had close to 80-90 fish. Jeff had a nice 21 incher as well up by the cable there were all the 20 inch browns that you wanted to catch up there and they were dancing all over the top of the water.

With the full moon coming and the weather patterns with clouds and rain I would say that the next 2 weeks will be prime time at night. Last night the mouse was productive on the banks while the water dropped out then after that it was nonexistent. We then all three fished mohair leeches with Ace of spades being the dominate color of the night. Slow stripping it to the point that we were almost not even moving it. Here is a picture of the Mouse that I use. We fished till 0200, till next time good luck and hook a big one!!!

[Quillback]

Some nice browns, fishing that mouse at night sounds like a great way to fish.

[Micheal Kyle]

It can be very productive, all though I have also been skunked on the mouse too at night. To be honest with you the only reason I fish the mouse is because it is something different and I have always liked fishing top water at night for bass so I now do it for trout. I guess that I also need to come clean on the mouse it all came about on a bet here the story of the mouse.

We were standing downstairs looking through my fly bin and a buddy of mine saw the mice I use in Alaska, he said that’s a cool pattern to bad it won’t work down here. Being the good old boy that I am I said I bet I can. The bet was on; a tank of gas for the fishing trip, all I had to do was catch one fish.

So we went down there we put the boat in and fished down the bluff he was using leeches and catching fish after fish and I was getting well you know that feeling but I was on a mission. Two hours had passed and some very difficult ribbing was taking place but finally down by the leaning tree it happens, I caught and landed a 12 inch brown on the mouse. I ended up catching 2 fish more that night on the Mouse oh and getting my gas paid for So there you have it how it all started for me on Taney and the White fishing mice.

[Dylan Cluver]

Is that your best taneycomo brown caught on a mouse?

[Micheal Kyle]

No I have some that were 28-29 inches, those are my best this year though a 26 and a 24 in the same night:)

[Dylan Cluver]

what a night!