This has not been a typical spring start for Lake Taneycomo. Our area is still in a drought; although we’ve had some rain this winter it has not been enough to keep our lakes above power pool levels.  And it’s been very warm except for a couple of v...

Lake Taneycomo is open all year!  Today is not our opening day for trout season since we are not a trout park.  There are four trout parks in Missouri – Roaring River Bennett Springs Montauk and Meramac Springs.  We do get calls and emails asking ab...

Two weeks ago people were saying we were crazy out fishing in single digit weather.  But trout fishing was excellent!  And the main reason it was so good was they were running water — heavy flows.  Of course it didn’t hurt that shad were coming thro...

The winter season is what I’ve always said to be the best time of year to fish Lake Taneycomo.  Why?  Because of low fishing pressure coupled with the abundance of fish in the lake especially larger rainbows below Fall Creek (out of the trophy area)...

Trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been pretty good the last few weeks.  About six weeks ago a big number of rainbow trout were stocked in short order.  My understanding was that our hatcheries were over crowded and officials had to reduce numbers....