TR place holder for next week!

[JestersHK]

Heading down tomorrow for our annual family trip to Branson and I'm super pumped ready to go!

Me and my BIL will be fishing mostly nights and early morning before the daytime running around begins...

Finally got my oldest some waders too.  Found some cheaper ones so we'll see how they hold up before I go all in on nicer ones... Hopefully she brings us good luck.  She can't wait to be able to fish more water than her muck Boots would allow.

If anyone wants to night fish and needs a partner just shoot me a message on here.

I'll try to take pics and keep this updated.

[Johnsfolly]

If we weren't going to be in Iowa watching cars speed around a track I would have loved to get down to Taney to fish with you guys. Missed fishing with you this last week. Can't wait to see some bleary eyed reports😁! Love to see your oldest holding up a large jerkbait brownie!

[JestersHK]

I know buddy, that was on my end... Too much going on, plus this dumb heat.  Hope you guys can stay cool and see a good race.

[Haris122]

Me and my gf are headed down there later on next week for a couple days. Not just for fishing but that will be a major consideration. Looking forward to it.

[Johnsfolly]

5 minutes ago, Haris122 said:

Me and my gf are headed down there later on next week for a couple days. Not just for fishing but that will be a major consideration. Looking forward to it.

Good luck if you do get after some Taney trout! Post some photos if you do get some. If not enjoy your time in Branson!

[Quillback]

Picked a good weekend as far as the weather, you might even get a bit chilly out there tonight.  

[Johnsfolly]

Beautiful day in Iowa. Just over 80 with a nice breeze.

[JestersHK]

10 hours ago, Haris122 said:

Me and my gf are headed down there later on next week for a couple days. Not just for fishing but that will be a major consideration. Looking forward to it.

Haris122 I'll shoot ya a pm with my cell. 

[JestersHK]

Beautiful night to be on the water.  Feels awesome to finally get back down.  Water is all the way off, hopefully for the rest of the night.

Jig bite was decent right before dark up between outlet 1 and the cable.  White 16thoz bugger pattern worked fast back in.

Fish were midging like crazy right at dusk.  Busting out the fly rod now.

[JestersHK]

So finally ran out of gas...  Yeah Mr. BH it happens sometimes lol.  The 4 hour drive, then 5 hours at the water park before I got to fish wore me down.

Fishing was steady up until we left. I say we as I ran into a guy that I met at Walmart back home a few weeks ago that we casually talked fishing. Def a small world and him, his buddy, and I fished together for the evening.

Stick baits worked awesome.  I was throwing a husky jerk in Pearl white, and they were throwing some bigger 3 hook sticks in shad colors.  We worked them back in pretty slowly and the trout were hammering them in the flat water.

Caught 2 nice Walters that he kept.  One had some sculpin in his gullet.

We fished with the water still off between the cable and outlet 1 then moved down past outlet 2 where one of the guys hooked a nice 19in rainbow that was just stacked!  Super tall with some shoulders on him. Prolly every bit of 4lbs.  My scale was broke but we did measure his length.

I mixed things up between the jig rod and the sticks and caught fish on both.  Caught a male rainbow that at first I thought was a brown as the dots on him were huge. Had to do a double take to make sure.

Finished up with over a dozen I think by the clicker.  Not smoking them, but it's always quality over quantity.  Overall not a bad start to the week here.