Lilley's Lake Taneycomo Fishing Report, March 12

Generation pattern has held steady.  They're running 4 full units in the morning and 2 units in the afternoon every day.  Lake levels above and below Taney are close to their power pools but with snow and rain, although small amounts, it's held those levels stead despite these releases.  The 10-day forecast says not much rain for our area so we may see less flows next week.

Water temperature continues to inch down.  We're reading a flat 45 degrees coming out of Table Rock.  Water is fairly clear.

We're starting to see a little of the green stuff flowing down in the water column from Table Rock but not enough to cause issues with fishing.

Trout fishing has been slow but we are seeing a bit of an improvement the last few days.  Our local, state hatchery did stock a truck load of rainbows off the Cooper Creek public boat ramp on Thursday evening, witnessed by one of our guides, Captain Brett Rader.  Generally, freshly stocked rainbows hit about anything they see.  Throwing spinners and spoons work well as well as Powerbait.  These fish will move uplake against the current.  If you see a school of fish hitting the surface, that's probably them.

Most of our guides are still drifting with scuds and eggs and catching their limits of rainbows.  And most of these fish are being caught from Fall Creek to Short Creek.

More to come as we have more and more fishing traffic.  This week will be busy with spring breakers enjoying what looks like a wonderful warm break from the cold, winter weather.