Bank Fishing in a few Weeks

[WestCentralFisher]

Going to be in Branson June 18-21. It will not necessarily be a fishing trip as such, but I do anticipate having a couple hours to fish each day. 

Long story short, any tips on places to fish without access to a boat would be helpful. To put this bluntly, will be there with the lady friend, who I would like to introduce to trout fishing, so on this particular case all I need is a place where one can sit on a bank and/or a dock and stand a fair chance of catching a few stockers. Anything beyond that is gravy.

I would prefer public/free, but I am not opposed to paying a few bucks for access if that's what it takes. Obviously I am watching the water conditions closely as well.

I trout fish a lot, but mostly on smaller spring fed streams, so big water like Taney is just a little foreign to me. So any help is massively appreciated.

[Ryan Miloshewski]

If they are running water heavily, your best bet is any of the docks/areas down at the Landing and Cooper Creek dock. If no water is running, Fall Creek dock or Lilleys' Landing dock would be good as well.

If you are using artificial lures and flies, below the dam at Shepherd of the Hills access is good with no flow or one unit running. Just make sure you read the regulations and be aware of changing water flows. It comes up fast.

Just watch the flows. As Phil and others have said here, the USACE is holding Table Rock and right now, which means there will likely be some sustained heavy flows in the near future. Next three days they are scheduled to run 2-3 units constantly. 

[Dutch]

We used to do a lot of bank fishing just above the Power Site dam down by Rock Away Beach.