Video: Taneycomo: Gates open, bass are back

[Phil Lilley]

 

[Devan S.]

Are these fish resident fish? If no do they move up in an event like this? If so how far are they moving up from?

[Phil Lilley]

16 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

Are these fish resident fish? If no do they move up in an event like this? If so how far are they moving up from?

I wish I knew.  Chances are they came over the gates from Table Rock... but if they did, it's amazing that they are eating.

[Devan S.]

Interesting. Is there many small mouth caught down lake say a month or so after something like this? You would think with the amount of gate activity over the last 10 or so years coupled with the primary interest in trout on Taney that there would be some really good resident small mouth living down lake. 

[Phil Lilley]

15 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

Interesting. Is there many small mouth caught down lake say a month or so after something like this? You would think with the amount of gate activity over the last 10 or so years coupled with the primary interest in trout on Taney that there would be some really good resident small mouth living down lake. 

Yea- just don't tell anybody.

[Johnsfolly]

Great bunch of brown fish guys! Not the browns that I would think about catching in Taney. Though last year I caught a decent smallie down there .

[Jhoff]

Awesome video, probably a dumb question but I'm assuming Wade/bank fishing is futile.

[Phil Lilley]

There were a dozen or more people fishing by outlets 1 and 2.  There should be some warmwater species above outlet 1 including walleye.  But yes it's very limited.

[JestersHK]

 So according to the core website it looks like they lowered flood gate release down to 1000cfs?  Did they close some gates completely, or just closed them all a little bit?  Will that prevent fish from coming through?  Curious to how all that works.   I do know they can variably open and close them.  Just wondering if they almost shut them if fish still make it through?

[Phil Lilley]

We're heading up there in a little bit and will report back.  Someone told me they shut them all but one... which makes no sense.  But I'd take one over zero.