Short Report

[Phil Lilley]

Need to update my last report for the KC Star fishing report so I though I'd just post it here.

We've seen evidence of threadfin shad coming through the dam at Table Rock this week, although we haven't seen any shad in the water ourselves.  Trout have been spitting them up when caught and they're pretty bulked up.  And they're hitting almost anything white - plus other lures and flies.  I would not call it a full blown shad run, not just yet.

I've had a lot of questions about the shad - how long will it last?  How far down are the trout seeing shad?  The answers are I don't know.  These runs are totally unpredictable in volume and length.  Of course we're hoping for more shad for the next few weeks.

Most anglers are heading down lake though to catch their trout.  From Monkey Island down past the Landing to Bee Creek has been very good on mainly bait and some lures.  Spoon have been good as well as some flies.  Guide Bill Babler caught some nice rainbows on a while wooly bugger below the Fish House yesterday.  Others this weekend caught fish on midges while trout were rising across from the Landing over the weekend.

Area lakes are anywhere from 18 to 30 inches above power pool so we're going to see generation to continue through the near future.