Fishing Report- Lake Taneycomo October 17

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 17- At 0548- 0 generator(s) on, Table Rock is at 913.2 and Taneycomo at 701.6. One of the best weeks all season, in terms of the water being off. The fishing is great.

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.

Editors Current Report: Overall- Excellent – October 13- 0710-0815 water off conditions.Went fishing with my good friend Joe Harrell. Fished about a 100 yeard section located about half way between Lookout Hole and the huge gravel bar at the bend just above Fall Creek. Kept boat in about 3-4 feet of water and casted east toward the center of the lake. Both of us used the spin float system, Orvis Miage 6x tippet, and an indicator set at 4 feet.. The only difference was that Joe had the the a1/100 ounce River Run Peach Fur Bug tied on and I had the white version of the same thing. Joe got twice the number of hits on the peach but we both had pently of action in the 90 minutes we fished boating over 20 trout and easily missing more that twice that many.

Gary‘s Current Report: 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.

Fly Fishing Only by River Run Outfitters (Dam to Fall Creek)- October 17 -Editors note: No new report from River Run but the talk around the shop indicates the fishing is great and they are hitting on basically the same flies. October 7- Been on the water every day since we got back from vacation. Thank heavens for vacations! All trips continue to catch a good number of fish. Monday we had a party of three out in two of the four boats out that day. One of the three was on his second trip since finishing fly fishing school and wanted to share the great fishing in Taneycomo with his two friends. They showed up with spinning rods and tackle boxes in hand. We persuaded them they needed to learn how to catch trout on a fly rod. Much to their surprise and delight, they each landed over 10 fish in 1/2 day and had a great time. One of the other boats was out all day and they lost track of the number of fish landed….and missed! We started Monday out with the rusty zebra midge and went to a San Juan worm when the water came on at noon. My boat had a seasoned fly fisher and he also caught them on a large, size 12, insect green soft hackle. Found some Crane Flies just a little smaller than a 12 in insect green on the water. He had never soft hackled and loves it. His first love however, is still dries (from Pennsylvania) but we couldn’t get them to take any dries Monday a.m. Catch of the week, so far, was a 22 inch Rainbow caught yesterday on the size 18 rusty zebra midge. Other boats had two gentlemen from California. Boated 30-35 between them. They do a lot of bass fly fishing so they had a bit of trouble with a lighter hook set. Broke off lots of fish and flies on the hook set. One of our customers caught a 26 1/2 inch Rainbow last week on a sculpin pattern and another caught a 22 incher on an olive woolly bugger. Seeing quite a few large Rainbows…not to many Browns yet.

Fly Fishing and Spin Fishing By Chartered Waters Guide Service and Fly Shop – October 15 – pm Dick Wilcox had been planning a trip here with his daughter Rachelle (I hope I spelled that right?) for quite some time. They got a pretty good afternoon, though still pretty windy. … Seeing and reacting to the strike was their biggest challenge but after a few misses they started figuring it out and they both caught quite a few fish. Both Rachelle and Dick hooked up with a couple of big fish only to have both break off. Maybe bad knots on my part, but they were both really nice and we saw Rachelle’s jump.

A big brown in the 18 – 20″ range that made a lightning fast run and caught everyone by surprise. Pictured is Rachelle with a couple of her trophies, one of which was in the 16 ” class. The brown G-Bug was again the fly with a few on olive GLB Zebras and Smidges along with a handful on the olive Bit Scud. …

Guide Bob Klein: October 16- No change from Bob Klein, of “Bob’s Guide Service“. Fishing is good from Cooper Creek to Rockaway Beach using pink and white power eggs and night crawlers. As always the following 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, Brett, 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.