Editors General Comments: 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. October 25- At 0440- 0 generator(s) on, Table Rock is at 913.1 and Taneycomo at 701.6. Fishing is great and water has been off a lot. Enjoy it while you can. How sporting is it to fish the chutes where the fish are stacked on top of each other? As sporting as “shuffling?” They were really rehtorical questions with the answers being “Not very” and “definately.”
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 Only by River Run Outfitters (Dam to Fall Creek)- October 24 –
October 21 – Lots of trips out and everyone catching lots of fish. Saturday had three boats on the water. Everyone caught 35-40 fish. Sunday had four boats out and it was pretty much the same thing. Quite a few 17 and 18 inch Rainbows and Browns. Several customers reporting catching Browns ranging from 25-28 inches. One 28 incher on a “dry fly”. Great job! Also, a 22 inch Rainbow on a rusty zebra midge, size 18…. We are still doing very good on the rusty zebra midge. Stan had one of his guests over the weekend rigged with an orange Stimulator and dropped the rusty zebra off this. He caught fish on both the dry and midge. Saturday they were tearing up small pink lady egg patterns. Sunday they wouldn’t look at one but hit the rusty zebra midge very well. Had also been throwing olive woolly bugger and crawdTaneycomo Fishing Report.ems ad orange/olive sculpin patterns. Not as many hits, but nice fish. Lots of large fish stacked up in the chutes area by the hatchery. Some days stacked up more than others. Fishing is very good right now…..BETTER GET OUT AND FISH!!! October 24 – Talked with Carolyn and the fishing is still great and the patterns are still working. (Editior)
Fly Fishing and Spin Fishing By Chartered Waters Guide Service and Fly Shop –
October 22nd – I met my friend Mike at the dam for a little fun fishing. I tied some #22 gray and olive Bit Scuds before going and started with those. They were all over both. Either shallow on the bank with no weight or deep through the runs I was hooking up well. No water and it may have been off all night…There’s a lot of beds out there with pods of fish making a lot of commotion on the edges. PLEASE stay away from those beds when you’re walking about. They’re easy to see. They’re the lighter colored rocky areas…usually oval and about 3 – 5 feet long. The fish don’t need the stress and it’s very decent of you to give them a wide berth. …
Tomorrow Phil Lilley is having his “Two Fly” tournament at the dam. I plan on going and will probably go with a #20 olive Bit Scud and a #18 Dark Olive Bit Scud. Maybe even a #22 and possibly a gray? Depends on water…if I think they’ll run some I’ll probably go with the #18 Bit Scud plus a ginger #18 G-Bug. That’s the fly that won it last year but they turned on two units last year too. The browns love the G-Bug but they’ve been taking that Bit Scud better lately??? Who knows…It’s a lot of fun either way!
Gary‘s Current Report: October 24- Haven’t fished this week but have little reason to believe that things have changed much since: October 16- 0710-0800 water off conditions. Used the spin float system, Orvis Mirage 6x tippet, and the a 1/100 ounce River Run Peach Furbug with the indicator set at about 4 feet. Put boat in shallow water and fished toward the middle of the lake. Caught about 10 in the 12-15 inch range and missed a bunch more. on the Fished from 21 mile marker down with boat in shallowPut boat in about 4 feet of water and fished back toward the middle.
Guide Bob Klein: October 24- No change from Bob Klein, of “Bob’s Guide Service“. Fishing
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.
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