We've seen a great deal of water pass our dock this spring and summer! And it continues to run but there's a light at the end of this tunnel. Table Rock Lake is dropping one foot every 3 days and is almost down to it's power pool lever (917 feet). Before it gets there, I predict we'll see some variation of flows and possibly some periods when the water is off. We will see. It's below 919 feet now and they're still running 3 units at about 10,000 cfs. By the time we publish this report, flows may have changed.
Fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been fair for most of the summer. I say fair because it's been tough for most anglers. But the past couple of weeks it has improved. It's been tough I think because of the heavy flows which has not stopped in well over a month. It's just simply hard to get a lure or bait to the bottom where most of the fish are holding. Some have mastered it. Our guides are consistently reporting catches of trophy trout most days - there are good numbers of 20+ inch rainbows and browns in the lake.
I have personally caught 5 trophy rainbows this week, all on the 1/16th-ounce sculpin/ginger jig with a brown head. All the rainbows have been in the trophy area except one. Several guides have told me their clients have landed up to 3 trophies in an 4-hour trip. Captain Blake Wilson says the bite actually isn't picking up till later in the morning, about 9 a.m. lately.
In the trophy area, they're been drifting the following flies on drift rigs and using the Provo Rig: #12 tan scuds, fl.orange egg fly, cream mega worm, cerise San Juan worm. As the water slows down, instead of using a #12 scud, use a smaller size, down to a #16. These flies do work below Fall Creek but you can switch to Powerbait and worms. Both have been doing pretty good. Gulp Eggs in white and orange have been the best. We have had a few trophies caught and released below Fall Creek using night crawlers.
I have talked to guests here at the resort drifting bait the last couple of weeks and one thing is for sure -- there's no one hot spot. Usually I advise people to drift from Fall Creek to Short Creek or go down by Monkey Island or the Landing. But right now, all those places are good, plus drifting down in front of our place. Rainbows seems to be spread our throughout this area.
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