Fishing Report

[Phil Lilley]

Only got out for a couple of hours from 3:30 till 5:30 pm. Fished with Dan Hoy from Bass Pro and a couple of Naturalist from BP. They are working on a plan to develop an aquarium depicting Lake Taneycomo in their new eatery, "The Fish House" at the Landing. So we looked at some scuds, sow bugs, plantan, rocks and moss. And they caught some trout.

We waded in just above the ramp... there were alot of people from the Big Hole upstream so we avoided the crowds. Not the fish though. There were plenty down by the ramp. We did have some trouble catching anything- using 7x flourocarbon, several varieties of midges and scuds- they'd look but no takers. I was trying to show Diana how best to create a dead drift.

They started a generator I think about 4:30. Water came up and the trout really started eating. I tied on a San Juan and it was all over. They'd move 3 feet for it and even took it on a swing. She was having trouble fighting some of the ones she hooked cause of the 7x and they were fairly large rainbows but brought several to hand. Water only ran for a short time, then started to drop out but the trout kept feeding. I left them for an Options banquet at 5:30.

Heard there's been alot of big browns caught out of #2 outlet already this fall. Several 14 to 18 pounders. Heard it 3rd hand but the source is very reliable. Sounds like a great brown season.