Lilley's Lake Taneycomo Fishing Report, August 31

[Phil Lilley]

2 hours ago, netboy said:

Wow, sounds like it is really fantastic over there.

May have to make trip...

Ha... I want to come down there and throw a hopper real bad.

[Seth]

I like throwing jigs straight, but that power worm setup is a blast to fish. Not only does it produce a bunch of fish, there is just something fun about watching a float go under.

[Johnsfolly]

Watching a float go under is a great trigger. Still love the thump of an underwater bite😀.

[Devan S.]

Me and a buddy fished Saturday when they kicked up generation. Stayed between Fall creek and Cooper creek. 

Threw jerkbaits the whole time and caught nothing. We knew going over the chances were slim but we were only after one bite. 

For as busy as it was with pontoons, kayaks, and fishing boats, everyone seemed to be very cautious and courteous. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

I never had a sniff on a jerk bait Saturday either.  

[Seth]

What size jerkbaits were you guys throwing? We couldn't get any action going on the jerkbait during the weekend of the Firemens tournament, but we were throwing 3" and bigger jerkbaits. Other people were throwing smaller versions and having some success though. It seemed like perfect jerkbait conditions too.

[Ryan Miloshewski]

I have noticed the jerkbait bite this year is very hit or miss. Wonder if they're getting used to the constant barrage? I noticed I got a lot more bites just letting the lure float with the current. Make two or three jerks and just let it ride (instead of the ferocious jerking usually done). 

[Devan S.]

Mcstick 95, 110 and countdowns.

Everything we threw was 3" or bigger. 

[Seth]

The best jerkbait bite I've experienced in a while was the evening after the CAM tourney in April. @JestersHK and I went back out after the tourney when a storm was blowing in and the fish were all fired up. We never boated anything huge, but caught several up to 16 or 17" and had some absolute studs chase our lures and stocker bows all the way to boat. DJ had one brown pushing 10# try to eat a stocker he had hooked right at the boat as he was lifting it out of the water. This was all between Fall and Short Creek, not the trophy area. I did catch a pretty good rainbow on a jerkbait the next day before we left just below the Narrows. I think it was 19". Aside from that trip, the jerkbait deal just hasn't been there for me this year.

[Devan S.]

I'd be the first to admit we didn't/don't know what we were doing. We basically drifted more or less dead center and cast upstream to either side bank and worked them back to the boat. Trying to avoid letting the lure get way behind the boat and having to work against the current.We tried a couple drifts closer to the bluff side banks but really felt like with the short casts we weren't covering much water so we backed off and threw longer casts.