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.