Taneycomo this weekend

[Phil Lilley]

The Corp backed the water off to 40 mw today which is less than one unit.  At our place, the current is very slow.  People actually caught some trout off the dock today.  Schedule says it's supposed to stay at this flow for at least through Monday.

I didn't get out but I bet you could wade the upper end fairly well.  And a boat probably could make it to the cable but you better know the shallow spots- and boulders.

Jig and float fishing early was good I heard.  Micros and small marabou jigs, fished above Short Creek.

I got a hot tip yesterday of stockers being caught below the Landing on silver Cleos.  Then today I heard people did well fishing down there using Gulp Eggs on the bottom using just a little weight.

Current is slow enough, it's safe to anchor below Cooper Creek or on the inside bends against the bank.  I'd drop a night crawler behind the boat.

[crazy4fishin]

I am going to try and channel my inner Phil as I write this report - went out Saturday before sunrise....heavy fog....had to use my trusty filet knife to cut a hole in it just to get away from the dock. Once on my way upstream at a wicked 4.4 MPH, measured by GPS, (fortunately I didn't have to turn my hat backwards at that speed ) with every light I had on in the boat so everyone could see me, I worked my way to just before Fall Creek.

I had happen to watch one of Phil's v-logs where he was talking to a guide that was catching trout on pink San Juan worms - well it took me 7 hours to get here so I sure as heck wasn't going to drive to San Juan to get some dumb worms - so I thought well pink is pink so I put a pink trout magnet under a float say 7-8' depending on where I was and let the current push me down stream.

That was a good decision as I caught 5 the first drift - nice size...didn't measure but if I was eatin 'em they were keepers for sure - and fighters....really fun.So much so I ran back up and did the same thing...I had a bit more company....5 again plus as many if not more misses....traffic really picking up by now. 

I thought I would make another pass but  the fish really shut down - only a couple - but holy smokes were the boats stacked up between Fall Creek and Trout Hollow - so much so you had to take a number just so you could continue down stream - I made that last part up, about taking a number...not about the number of boats - It did look like Taney's version of LOZ Party Cove except is was pretty much older guys, not in great shape, in a variety of fishing boats. Most were cordial and we all made it down just fine. 

I did the same thing this morning with similar results - and about my third drift it finally hit me, I knew what was missing - I wanted bacon - so I went in and had bacon and eggs.

I will go back out in a bit and let you know how it went. 

C4F

 

[Phil Lilley]

I am going to try and channel my inner Phil as I write this report -

THAT made me chuckle.

[BilletHead]

    I love reports that have some flair to them! Well done and thanks,

BilletHead

[crazy4fishin]

I went back out at 3:23:32 according to the GPS - it was a bit warm with some cloud cover and a slight sprinkle. But that ended pretty quickly - started going up river and as rounded the bend there they were.... it looked like an armada of kayakers....paddles waving in all directions. At first I thought they were going to make on run on Lilleys and I thought i should turn around and go help.

So I stopped right before Fall Creek resort as there was another wave of kayakers. Very little current - drifting about 1.8 mph...first cast on a TM 7' below the float and I catch one. Small, but fiesty...and full of poop!! Dumb thing did his business on the carpet - as I thought about it I guess I would to; being boated like that and getting man handled....clean drawers would be needed. Then there was the professional rats nest at the end of the pole that was more than I wanted to mess with so that ended the TM experience - that is what you get with 2lb line and some wind.

 

So I went with a 1/16 marabou jig - and caught one then broke that off...grabbed the next pole, let me stop for a moment - the reason that I wasn't trying to undo the nest or retie is have you ever tried doing that with 2lb line and old eyes while making sure I didn't end up on the bank!! The other pole had an 1/32 orange head ginger and brown jig with a small weight 12" above the jig - I was focusing on the bluff side of the bank past Trout hollow and just stayed on that side - I caught 4-5 more nice ones including a small brown - I figured out that you had to snap it off the bottom and then wind down on the slack, something a bit different than what they had seen the past couple of days...many times I didn't know they were on until I wound up and the fight was on.

I hope this helps your trout adventures

C4F  

[Phil Lilley]

Better than me...  I boated to the dam late.  Drifted using a midge, scud, then micro jig.  Nothing.  Dickey's clients were catching them on a big pinkish San Juan Worm using a split shot to get it down.

[John W Kelly]

Just saw this thread.  At 40mw, wading is kept to the edges (I'm 5'9").  In most places that I fished, the drift was still a tad too fast for decent midging, but that was up near the dam (narrower/faster water). I landed a few up there though.

Nice little brown Crazy4!

Pic of a lone fisherman in the fog that morning :):

 

[crazy4fishin]

That is a great picture! 

C4F

[Phil Lilley]

As I boated up past Trophy Run last evening, there were 4 anglers standing in a line on the north side.  The furthest guy on the end, out in the lake, was up to his chest in water.

I have to admit... I thought - I bet I could put a wake over his head!  But I was nice and passed at idle speed

[John W Kelly]

That is a great picture! 

C4F

thx Crazy4! I wondered how he could see what he was doing. The fog was developing, then dissipating, then developing, then dissipating pretty fast though.

As I boated up past Trophy Run last evening, there were 4 anglers standing in a line on the north side.  The furthest guy on the end, out in the lake, was up to his chest in water.

I have to admit... I thought - I bet I could put a wake over his head!  But I was nice and passed at idle speed

Paranoia would set in just watching the wake come and then trying to "run".  At least that's my experience...lol