Trip report ongoing

[JestersHK]

It has begun... Waters up, but we just finished up at the outlets. Didn't see a whole lot of fish. 

No trout just. Few bites then bam rods bent and drag started screaming. Thought man this is a nice fish. Got him close and it was about a 2 lb striper. Caught him on a white maribou with a red neck. Last time down first fish was a gar... Now I'm catching bass. Lol

more to come...

[snagged in outlet 3]

Thanks and keep the reports coming.

Makes my work day better.

Pete

[JestersHK]

Finished up a great day on the lake.  This was only my 2nd time on Taney in a boat.  Ended up with 15 total fish and my cuz landed 13.  Fished mostly between fall creek and Phil's place.  Caught almost all our fish on 1/8 oz orange head Sculpin pattern.  Caught a few on a green woolly bugger too.

Biggest fish was 15 inches, had a really nice one to the side of the boat but broke off.

Saw a ton of wildlife which was awesome.  Bald eagle, otter, musk rats, and deer.  Little musk rat tried to get into my vest that was sitting on the dock...

Overall a great day.  We are heading down now to check out the outlets for a bit, but the waters been running all day.

I'll get some pics up here if I can too.

 

[JestersHK]

Picked up 3 more tonight in the trophy area.  Nice silver bullet that was a chunker.

[JestersHK]

Our weekend has come and gone.  Was a great time and amazing weather for December.  We had an absolute blast with the tournament Saturday.  Came in around middle of the pack which Brandon and I were pretty happy with considering our limited experience fishing Taneycomo from a boat.  

Water stayed on and up for the whole weekend, but we still waded from Outlet 1 down to 2 and picked up a few here and there.  

On to some pics.  1st up we saw a huge Bald Eagle and he flew right over us.  Pics are pretty bad from the old iPhone.  Followed up with some decent size bows and Brandons nice Brown.  All fish in these pics were released quickly and were swimming away strongly(yay for high O2 levels and healthy fish!) 

Brandon may have a few more to upload here too.

We're already looking forward to our next trip.  Winter fishing has been a blast so far this year.

 

[fmcbrandon]

What a great trip!!!  There was more hooked this weekend than just the fish!  I am hooked on this stretch of water for sure.  

A huge thank you to Phil and his staff at Lililes Landing.  They were so welcoming and the resort was awesome.  Plus, the new G3's are incredible boats!

I can't forget to thank my partner DJ for helping to make this an unforgettable trip.  Luckily I didn't throw him out of the boat.  Got pretty close a couple times by going when he wasn't ready. . . .but that's another story.

The only bad thing about our trip was leaving the fish in the freezer at the resort.   I hope someone on the staff has a good supper with them!  My wife sure gave me what for!  She likes here trout fillets!

 

[Foghorn]

Nice report and pictures. Thanks

[Stevan]

Great series of reports and pics.  Really enjoyed reading the reports and seeing the photos.  Thanks!