Fishing Buddy Report, 2/15-16

[Phil Lilley]

by

Damien

Our two day fishing trip to Lilleys Landing was just as great as all the reviews said it was. To start off the the staff were extremely friendly and made you feel right at home. We probably picked the worst two days to plan our trip since the day before we left the weatherman was predicting several inches of snow. Although it did make us have to make a hard decision to leave the boat parked in the garage we did not let it spoil our trip. So after checking in to our room {which was great by the way} we decided to head down to the boat dock and start fishing. We had some luck using some pink power nuggets and corn catching six rainbows around 12 or 13 inches. After a few hours of the cold wind blowing we decided to head back and warm up.

The next day we hit the dock around seven in the morning. The Army Corps of Engineers hotline said they were releasing 3 units of water. My partner stuck with his favorite and kept using corn. I threw a assortment of jigs anywhere from 1/16th once to 1/8th once. I tried an assortment of colors with no luck. Once they stopped moving water I decided to throw on some corn and relax for a while. We ended up with two limits all caught on corn right off the dock. We had caught several more before we decided to start keeping them. I still wish we could have taken the boat and covered a little more water but after checking out of our room and driving down to Cooper access it looked as if we had made a good decision in keeping the boat at home as the ramp looked a little slick. We do plan to revisit Lilleys Landing this spring for a two or three day trip since we enjoyed the facility so much. Thanks again for letting us take advantage of your great offer. You have a wonderful place and we hope to see you again this spring.