Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Generation? Who knows right now. We have a tournament tomorrow and if you're planning on fishing it I'm sure you're pulling your hair out trying to predict whether the water is going to run, for how long and how much. If you're trying to decide if you're going to wade or boat, you're in the same "boat". They have slowed the water down and it has been off for periods during the afternoon and night the last couple of days. But tomorrow is a new day and this pattern might or might not continue. Personally- I think it will run in the am and off in the pm... but I wouldn't put any money on it.

Midge hatches coming off in the am in front of the resort so I assume they are other parts of the lake too. Schools of rainbows feeding on the surface. People have caught rainbows off the dock all week throwing rooster tails and keeping them close to the surface. Also power eggs drifted from here to Monkey Island and even down to the bridges. I've seen the stocking boat out at least twice this week. Seems like they have the upper lake stocked pretty heavy- and good fish too. T/t one guy this am and he said they fished below Taneycomo Acres against the bluff bank using jig and float and fished deep close to the bottom and did extremely well- color? Didn't matter.

They're still hitting white jigs below the dam if they're running enough water to get up there by boat. No shad reported all week. Wish we'd get more shad just to beef up our trout a bit more.

Right now we have 21 boats signed up for the Team Tournament. We will take entries till 8 am tomorrow morning.

[Bill Babler]

Just a quick note on the shad. Bill Beck, fished the Kimberling City to Dam area for several hours today. And said it was flat no use on the rock, as there were so many shad in the water.

Litterly tens of thousands of shad floating and in the death throws. Maby some of these will find there way to the intake and come on down.

[taxidermist]

By good sized fish, what are you calling good sized?

The wind has been so bad here on my hill I would not even think about getting the Jon boat out on the water.

I have not fished Taneycomo in many years, have below Powersite a couple times and below Powersite is really disappointing to me.

Also I like to throw jerk baits anyone do any good with them on Taney?

Its been a couple weeks now since I went fishin and the urge is starting to hit me hard!

[Bill Babler]

Taxi, A very nice trout, is anything over 15 inch. Lots of quality fish are coming from the restricted area in that length up to 20 inch.

The fish are very vibrant and full of fight. They will gladly accept your stick bait and by throwing it you have the opportunity of catching the best of the best.

[taxidermist]

Yep thats nice fish! Like I said its been years since I fished TACOMO. Its an easier drive than going to White River. Since they roads have been worked on over the years.

I think if the wind ever dies I may head up, Wind here is about 30 mph maybe more has been for the last week.

thx

john

[twhit]

When a midge hatch is coming off like Phil describes, what is the fly of choice? I tie a lot of beaded zebra midges (rusty, P&P, etc.) but these are obviously wet. If a hatch is coming off, what do I need to be tying? I assume a dry or surface film type fly of sometype?

Appreciate any help!

Also, just bought a SA Mastery Series Nymph line. Anyone have any experience with these? Seems would be a great line for Taneycomo with high floating and colored tip to detect takes. Also, I think the same line could be a decent dry fly line fished with a longer leader since it is made to promote easier mending.

[twosets]

The midge will work fine fished very shallow (18") under the smallest float you can manage.

[Phil Lilley]

If trout are midging, they are within 20 inches of the surface most of the time. If you suspend something in their face, they'll take it. If midge larva are swimming to the surface and hatching, you can imitate both the larva (zebra) and the emerger (soft hackle, emerger, crackleback and others).