Fishing Buddy Report

[Phil Lilley]

On Tuesday, the two of us fished from the Lilley's dock late that afternoon with closed face reels and using power bait. No success.

Wednesday - with temperatures in the low 50's, five of us boated on Taneycomo towards the dam and fished from 3:00-4:30 p.m. The river was barely running, all of us were using spin cast or closed-face reels with either power bait or jig. Only two rainbow trout were caught on pink power bait (both thrown back because of size). We headed down to The Landing to try our luck there from 4:30-5:45 p.m. By this time the temperature was dropping probably into the upper 40's and the wind was picking up. No fish were caught at various places around The Landing using powerbait or jig.

Thursday - no fishing.

Friday - fished from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. by boat on Lake Taneycomo; temp. around 55 degrees and sunny. Four of us headed to Cooper Creek area and used power bait with spin case or closed-face reels, but no success. We then traveled beyond Cooper Creek all the way to the power lines, caught two rainbow trout using pink and white gulp power bait right away. Did experience some flurry of biting and good strikes, but by 4:00 p.m. biting had slowed way down. We boated back up past Lilleys towards the dame and fished for another hour until about 5:00 p.m. Some biting, but no fish caught. Tried not only power bait, but weighted cork with power bait, and domino. Very noticeable fish action at the surface as we boated back to the public access boat ramp - wished for more time and skill to take advantage of the flurry of activity at that time of day.

All in all, a frustrating fishing experience, but we are not deterred from coming again to Lilley's and trying again next year. We loved Cabin #1 and look forward to coming back, hopefully with better luck.

Susan Head