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Fishing Report- Lake Taneycomo July 1, 2004

by Gary Groman aka The Ole Seagull
published: Jul 1, 2004

Editors General Comments: June 13- The fishing on Lake Taneycomo over the last couple of week can only be described as fabulous! Very little affects the fishing on LakeTaneycomo like the generation of power at the Table Rock Dam. Call 417-336-5083 for  up to the moment information on generation and lake levels or click here.  July 1- At 0340 there is zero generators on, Table Rock is at 915.8 and Taneycomo at 702.0.

Trophy Trout Area:  Special Regulations apply to the Trophy Trout Area running from Table Rock Dam to the mouth of Fall Creek.  Click here for an overview of these regulations.

Fly Fishing Report by  River Run Outfitters  (Dam to Fall Creek)- June 27- Wednesday fished real well. They ran only one generator until about noon. I fished with a friend for about three hours and we boated 30 fish or better and almost all of them on the red tunghead midge, size 16. With one generator going, the deep side of the river below the lookout was our best area. Thursday was a little tougher day. We started our trips with two generators on. The red midge was about the only thing we were getting hits on. One nice 17 inch Rainbow and several 12-14 inchers. Later in the day, one of the boats put on the sink tip line and fished olive woolly buggers. This worked well and picked up some 18-19 inch fish. Friday fished good. Three boats out and they all caught 25 fish/person or better. Rust zebra, size 18, olive woolly bugger on sink tip, holographic green crackle back (fished with #6 shot and drifted cross current), and red midge. Saturday was great. Dark olive or insect green soft hackles, size 16, olive zebra midge, size 18 and when the water came on at 2:00 p.m., we fished the rise with red midge or red San Juan worm and the fish got much bigger. Caught several 17-18 inchers. Sunday and Monday were both slower days. Sunday it was what we call a "two fish/fly" day. Catch a couple of fish on each fly and nothing. Change flies and catch a couple more. We did go out Sunday evening around 7:00 p.m. and throw some dries. Did not catch a lot but caught a few nice fish on size 14 Elk Hair Caddis and a Royal Wulff.

Gary's Current Report:  July 1- Have fished just about every day for over a week between 0600 and the latest 0845.fishing has been excellent. Averaging 10 fish per hour boated with plenty of strikes and misses inbetween to make things exciting. From Lookout Hole down to Fall Creek the 128th ounce White Thread Jig set at about 4 feet seems to be working real well, with the Peach Furbug close behind. Have been playing around with the size 18 Rust Midge  casted into rising fish going after midge emergers.  With the indicator set at about 3 feet it has been working well. On the 29th of June I fished with my next door neighbor and good friend, Howard Couch, in about two hours her caught 20 fish of which 2 were in the 16 to 19 inch range.

Gary's Special Note: It appears that they are finally getting into the summer generation cycle.  Generally you can expect the water to come on sometimes between 0800 and 1000 and stay on all day into the hours of darkness when they turn it off.  I like to to fish water off conditions. That's why I am on the water fishing by 0600.

Guide Bob Klein: Bob Klein, the not pretty half of the former owners of Main Street Marina, Bob and Jackie Klein, is still guiding as "Bob's Guide Service." On June 30, 2004 Bob reported Fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been excellent afrom Fall Creek to Rockaway Beach.  He reports that the standard default techniques are producing fish. 

Water Off Conditions (not generating power from Table Rock Dam) - Air injected night crawlers or Orange and Chartreuse Power Eggs, with the Chartreuse on shank of hook and the Orange on tip.  Fish them off the bottom with no heavier than 4 pound leader, size 8 or smaller hooks, and just enough split shot to cast. Place the shot so that the bait floats 12-18 inches off the bottom. Spin-A-Lures and Little Cleos have been working well.

 Water On Conditions - Orange and Chartreuse Power eggs with the Chartreuse on shank of hook and the Orange on tip, white Power Eggs, or inflated night crawlers bounced off the bottom using the standard "Lake Taneycomo Drift Rig." which is readily available at all Marinas and most resorts on the Lake.

 Get Your Lake Taneycomo Questions Answered:  Bob, Gary, and Stan will be monitoring the Outdoor Activities Forum on the Branson.Com Message Board . If you have any fishing questions on LakeTaneycomo just ask.  Use the word "Taneycomo" in the Search Function and enter it in all your posts so they'll show up.

 

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