Great Three Day Trip

[MickinMO]

Fished by boat Thursday afternoon and all day Friday & Saturday. Fished as far up as Fall Creek and down to about Tanglewood Resort all three days. Fishing was overall much better in the afternoons when water was running. Mornings were slower. Had five people in my boat using a mixture of jigs, spoons, power eggs, night crawlers, and berkley mice tails. The fish we caught Thursday seemed pretty lethargic, but got more lively through Saturday. Those of us throwing little cleo's with 2lb test did best in the mornings, but those using power eggs with a split shot 3' above a 8 or 10 hook caught a few as well. I had zero bites on several jigs I tried.  Friday afternoon was one of the better 4-5 hour stretches I have ever experienced on Taneycomo. We drifted from Monkey Island to the railroad bridge numerous times and everyone in the boat caught at least one fish each drift. My brother was using a drift rig with a bubblegum color mice tail and he was catching 4-5 fish each drift.  The bite was a little slower Saturday afternoon (and so was the water), but we caught generally larger fish it seemed with several in the 13"-14" range. As is my usual experience with the variety of styles my group uses, Short Creek to in front of Lilleys and Monkey Island to 65 bridge produced the most consistent action for everyone with or without water running. As always, great to be on the water for a few days with family and away from the stresses of everyday life.

[Johnsfolly]

Sounds like a great time! Congrats on a great trip catching fish and spending time with family!

All this post needed was a couple of photos😁.

[JestersHK]

Agree with John, sounds like some great fishing memories were made!