June 5th, 2012

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 703.2 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 46.9 degrees and clear

The trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is as good as it has ever been. If you come to Taneycomo you had better have a good selection of trout magnet lures in various colors. It is the go to bait on the lake right now. They bite it anywhere you throw it. If you throw it you will not only catch numbers but big fish as well. Bill Becks customer caught a 17.5 lb rainbow trout on a sassy colored trout magnet down below Lilleys Landing. Drifting orange and white powerbait and nightcrawlers is also producing when water is moving, and if water is off anchor and you will catch em good on nightcrawlers filled with air. In the trophy area, jig n floats with Turner Jones micro jigs in ginger and olive are working well for numbers and big fish with a 4 to 6 foot leader of 6x tippet. Zebra midges and copper dunn midges rigged with a 3 foor leader are producing as well. Stop by Lilleys Landing for all of you trout fishing tackle needs and info. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.
 

May 1st, 2012

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 707.5 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 47.5 degrees and clear

Trout fishing is still on fire down here at Lake Taneycomo, in Branson, Missouri. In the trophy area when the water is off a jig n float is the ticket. Turner jones micro jigs in ginger, black, and olive are working the best. Use about a 6’ leader on most days. Also Darrins Ginger jig and a 1/8 oz olive and orange sculpin jig are producing well while cast and snapped in short strokes. Also zebra midges and primrose and pearl midges are producing as well. When water runs peach eggs and #14 light gray scuds have been working well.

From fall creek to the landing anchoring and fishing nightcrawlers and powerbait is producing very well. Lots of limits being caught. Also throwing silver little cleo spoons and pink rooster tails are taking numbers of fish as well. When water is running drifting powerbait eggs and crawlers is producing. A jig and float with micro jigs and powerbait is also working really well. Best colors are pink and white and orange and white. Stop by Lilleys Landing for all of you trout fishing tackle needs and info. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

April 13, 2012

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 710.20 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 46 degrees and clear

The trout fishing is great here on Lake Taneycomo here in Branson, Missouri. Drifting power bait from fall creek to Branson is taking numbers as well as some nice trout as well. We are filling limits of 14-16 inch trout on a regular basis. Snapping sculpin jigs in olive and ginger colors are working in these same areas and generally catch bigger trout. Also little cleo spoons are working well when the water is off or one generator is running.

In the trophy area, jig n floats with micro jigs in ginger and olive colors are performing for numbers and big fish as well. We have been catching some rainbows as well as quite a few brown trout on a gold husky jerk jerk bait also. Drifting egg and scud patterns as well as fly fishing with copper dunn and zebra midges have been producing well for us for numbers of fish. In Roark creek we have been catching some white bass as well as some largemouth bass and crappie on swimming minnows and small tubes.

It is time to come fishing on Lake Taneycomo! Stop by Lilleys Landing for all of you trout fishing tackle needs and info. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 705.6 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 48 degrees and clear

Well spring is here and the trout are biting like crazy here at Lake Taneycomo. Shepherd of the Hills hatchery stocked rainbows, and it really has improveg catching. Last week officials stocked in and above the Branson area. These trout have been pretty easy to find and harvest by anglers drifting PowerBait Gulp eggs on the bottom as well as casting spoons and working them closer to the surface. Trout migrate to the slower areas of the lake which are along the sides, especially the inside bends of the lake where the current is slower. They also will hold in creeks and creek mouths, again out of the current. This week the water has slowed down and trout are in larger areas biting. We’ve been fishing in Turkey and Roark creeks and catching some nice rainbow trout as well. Power bait has been the deal.

The fishing up below the dam, has been good as well. Actually, there’s been a trickle of thread fin shad come through the turbines from Table Rock, enough for the trout holding within the first 800 yards of the dam face to hit anything white that floats by. Throwing small crankbaits and drifting shad flies and white jigs from the cable down to Outlet #3 has been taking some nice rainbows measuring between 11 and 19 inches, a lot of them spitting up shad when brought to the boat. Also throwing egg flies and scuds are working well up in the trophy area as well. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 706.0 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 47 -50 degrees and clear

The trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is hot as fire. The trout are biting like it is their last meal. Up in the trophy area jig n float combinations with turner jones olive and orange head jigs as well as Darrin from lilleys landing’s ginger jig is taking numbers of trout. Also drift rigs with peach eggs and #12 and #14 scuds in light and dark grey rigged with very little weight are working very well. When it gets tough, copper dunn midges with a size 20 trailing scud works well.

Fishing below Fall Creek is still good, but from the cooper creek boat ramp to monkey island has been better in part to the conservation dept. stocking trout the other day in this area. Powerbait or Gulp in chart/white or pink/white combinations, has been doing very well. Minnows and night crawlers are taking some nice fish as well. Fishing this is very simple. Use a drift rig and let it drag on the bottom with as little weight as possible to maintain contact with the bottom. Little cleo spoons in silver and orange and trout colors are taking numbers of fish in these areas as well as up in the trophy area. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

March 7, 2012

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake Level: 701.7 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 46 -47 degrees and clear

The trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is awesome and smoking hot. In the trophy area a #16 rusty midge fished with 6x fluorocarbon tippit under a palsa but in the middle of the water column, most of the time twelve to eighteen inches deep is working extremely well. The strikes on this are much easier to see because the fish take the palsa completely under when the bite. When the water is moving, we have been catching nice trout on white shad flies and white wooly buggers below the dam on drift rigs as well as eggs and scuds near the narrows.

The jig fishing has been good too. Sculpin, black, and sculpin and ginger jigs have been producing well jigging them off of the bottom. Today it was so windy it was hard to feel or see the bites because the line had such a big bow in it. A jig and float was easier to catch them on because of the float.

Fishing below Fall Creek has been good also. Powerbait or Gulp in chart/white or chartreuse/orange combinations, has been doing very well. Fishing this is very simple. Use a drift rig and let it drag on the bottom. Also trolling gold countdown Rapalas has been producing good fishas well as little jakes in gold and red are taking some nice fish as well. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

February 1st, 2012

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake level: 710.0 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 46 degrees

Trolling with spinners, medium crank baits and jigs is working well. I would recommend trolling below Cooper Creek and do down past the Landing. There’s more room down there plus that’s the area where Shepherd has been stocking their trout. Freshly stocked trout tend to stay close to the surface for a few days. Trolling lures run through this layer of water. Jig and float works well for these rainbows too.

Live bait is definitely catching bigger numbers lately and Gulp Power Bait using a white and chartreuse and orange and yellow either drifting down the lake when the water is running or still fishing. Four-pound line is the right weight line to use right now. You don’t need to drop to 2-pound. If the water is running, try minnows on a drift rig and when the water off–fish with air injected night crawlers.

On calm days, no wind, fishing jigs straight line and using 1/8th oz if the water is running and 1/16th oz if it is not. I’m using white, sculpin/orange and olive below the dam during generation, then dropping the white and using brown and sculpin below Lookout. Try a 1/16th oz jig under a float if the water is running and fish it about the depth of the water you’re fishing or a little deeper. Go to micro or marabou jigs in same colors and experiment with the depth of the jig till you find that happy level where the trout will bite.

December 12, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake level: 709.9 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 49 degrees

The trout fishing is great right now here on Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Missouri. If you want to catch numbers of trout as well as some big ones, comes fish with us as soon as you can. From fall creek down to the cooper creek public access, drifting gulp eggs while current is running is the deal. Color does not seem to matter. The trout are biting and it does not matter what color combos you throw. The main thing is use as light a weight as you can get by with. When no water is running in these areas, a jig n float combo works well. Olive jigs have been the best.

From Fall Creek to the Table Rock dam, when the water is not running or if there is one generator running light, jig n float combos with olive and pink micro jigs are the deal. While the water runs, we have had our best luck drifting egg flies and light gray #16 scuds. A technique that is starting to pick up, is fishing a zebra midge 18” under a float. Anywhere you see trout midging this is working. We have been catching them from Branson all the way to the dam whenever the trout are midging.

For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

October 13, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake level: 703.8 (varies due to generation) Water Temp – 52 degrees

Fall trout fishing here on Lake Taneycomo is awesome. It is really showing fisherman how wonderful of a fishery it really is. The trout are midging everywhere. Casting jig and float combos and gold castmaster spoons to these fish is working well. We have been catching numbers and big trout as well. Clients have had numbers of fish in the 18” to 22” range this week including several nice german brown trout.

From Cooper creek to Fall creek, fishing inflated night crawler are working the best. Also catching lots of fish with power bait as well. Best way to fish has been on very lite bottom rigs with 2lb test line. On a cloudy day the trout will rip a gold rapala floating jerkbait from your hands along the edge of flats and the channel banks.

Below Cooper Creek to Branson anchoring with bottom rigs and throwing power bait in orange and yellow color combinations is performing the best. Also in line spinners are producing as well.

In the trophy area 1/8 oz sculpin jigs in orange head/olive bodied sculpin jigs snapped off the bottom is producing numbers of larger fish. When the bite slows down #18 rusty brown midges trailed with #20 grey scuds along the flats is the deal. Also jig and float combinations is performing well for numbers of fish. On cloudy days jerkbaits twitched along channel banks will more than likely give you a strike from a nice rainbow or a large brown trout.

For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

September 16th, 2011


LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT
 

Lake level: 704.52 Water Temp – 52 degrees Trout fishing is still on fire on Lake Taneycomo. The water has been on all week long. From Cooper creek to Downtown Branson, the trout are biting power bait on drift rigs really well still. Chartreuse and white as well as orange and white color combinations are working well. Also catching some nice fish snapping a 1/8 oz olive sculpin jig off the bottom. Little Jake gold spoons are working well early or if the wind blows as well. Trout seem to bite all day long. From Cooper creek to Fall creek, dragging powerbait in orange/ yellow and green/white color combinations are working good. Also catching lots of fish with a jig and float rig with a power egg on the undressed jig. Best color egg is sunrise. With the water moving like it has the trout fishing up in the trophy area has been awesome. This week we caught some nice rainbows as well as some big browns on a rapala and lucky craft jerkbait. Best colors are gold with black back and trout. Also a 1/8 oz sculpin jig in white and olive/orange colors are taking lots of nice fish when snapped along the channel. Uv gray #14 and #12 scuds and peach egg flies are taking numbers of fish as well. Had a customer catch a 7.5 lb rainbow trout earlier this week on a scuplin jig. What a hog. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

September 10th, 2011


LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT


Lake level: 704.07 Water Temp – 54 degrees

The corps finally turned the water back and and trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is phenomenal. From Cooper creek to Downtown Branson, the trout are biting power bait on drift rigs really well. Chartreuse and white as well as orange and yellow color combinations are working well.

From Cooper creek to Fall creek, drifting inflated night crawlers as well as power bait combinations have been working great.

Up in the trophy area when the water is off, jig and float combinations with ginger and olive micro jigs have been hot as well as 1/100 oz yellow and pink egg fly patterns beneath the floats. 1/8 oz sculpin jigs in olive have been working while snapped along rocks along the channel for larger fish in this area. When the water is flowing, jig and float combinations with pink and white micro jigs produce well. Also peach egg fly’s and #14 uv gray scuds have been hot for numbers of fish this week.

For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

August 19, 2011


LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake level: 701.92 Water Temp – 53 degrees

Fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been awesome again this past week. The power generators have been left off most of the day and then turned on in the afternoon hours. The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers has been running a little less than one generator for anywhere from an hour to a few hours in the afternoon.


In the trophy area, the fishing has been great. We have been doing well with 1/100th oz yellow/peach eggs and micro jigs in ginger and olive. Also catching a few on a white thread jig when it is tough. #16 midges in rusty, black and black/silver have been the ticket when fish get suspended.


Below the trophy area rainbow trout have been biting night crawlers very well along with white and orange and yellow Powerbait combinations. We have also been catching some nice fish below Fall Creek on ginger micro jigs, and sculpin 1/8th oz marabou jigs in green and orange color combos. Just below Fall Creek and right around Monkey Island have been the hot spots this week. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

August 6th, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT



Lake level: 704.2 Water Temp – 57 degrees

Welcome to Branson, Missouri’s Lake Taneycomo weekly fishing report. The trout fishing is on really good on Lake Taneycomo, near Branson, Missouri. They have not been running much water the last week or so. The water is shut off in the mornings and the start running it around noon and turn it off again around 10:00 p.m. The best bite has been from dawn to around 9:00 a.m. Below Fall Creek night crawlers and power bait eggs have been the deal on 1/8 oz bottom rigs. The best power bait colors have been sunrise and chartreuse/white combos. You get way more bites with 2lb test as well. In the restricted area 1/8 oz sculpin jigs snapped off the bottom have been doing well as well as fishing jig n float combos. Turner micro jigs in green and black colors have been the ticket with a 5’ to 6’ leader. The last couple days clients have caught some nice fish on little jake spoons as well. Take a look at our website for pictures of trophy catches. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

July 19th, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT

Lake level: 706.2 Water Temp – 54 degrees

The trout fishing is on total fire on Lake Taneycomo, near Branson, Missouri. We have been catching some nice rainbow and brown trout from Fall Creek down to Lilleys Landing drifting inflated night crawlers. In the down town Branson area of the lake, Berkley power bait gulp eggs are the deal. The best colors are orange/yellow, and chat./white color combinations on drift rigs. On the upper end of Lake Taneycomo, white shad flies and white wooly boogers, have been excellent. Also peach egg fly patterns and #14 and #12 scuds in grey and tan have been the best for numbers of fish up here in the trophy area. Our clients have caught several big brown and rainbow trout this week. Take a look at our website for pictures of trophy catches. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

July 6th, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT


Lake level: 706.7 Water Temp – 53 degrees

They have been generating water just about everyday. Anywhere from 2-4 generators. The trout fishing is absolutely awesome. The rainbow and brown trout are biting orange/yellow, and chart./white colored power eggs from monkey island down to the landing. From Lilleys landing to fall creek nightcrawlers have been best. In the trophy area, we are still catching some big trout on shad colored jerkbaits, as well as white wolly buggers and shad flies. For numbers egg fly patterns and scuds have been the best. Best colors on scuds have been grey and light brown. Egg colors that have been working are peach and tangerine. When the sun gets up and it gets tuff drop down to a #16 size scud to increase your odds. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.

June 21, 2011

LAKE TANEYCOMO FISHING REPORT


Lake level: 708.0 Water Temp – 54 degrees

Well they are still generating water from 1- 4 generator most days. The fishing above in the trophy area is awesome. We have been catching the rainbow and brown trout on White wooly buggers, egg fly patterns, and #12 and #14 olive and tan scuds. Also the bigger trout are still hitting rapala and xps jerkbaits in shad patterns. The water has a tint to it, and white is working well. Also 1/8 oz white jigs are working well for not only trout but we have been catching some crappie, white bass, and walleye as well up here. Down below the trophy area of Lake Taneycomo, we are catching trout on orangem yellow, chartreuse, and pink Berkley gulp power eggs on drift rigs. Also catching a few on inflated nightcrawlers as well. Had a client “Erik Sullins on a trip this week and between him and his wife they caught a 25 ¼” brown trout, a 21.5 inch rainbow trout, and a 20 ¼” rainbow trout as well as many other nice fish. For the trip of a lifetime on Lake Taneycomo come take a trip with us at Branson Guided Fishing Trips in Branson, Missouri.