I waited until April 7th to write this report because of the big rain event we had over the weekend.  I wanted to address how six inches of rain water would affect our fishery.  Now I know. Beaver and Table Rock lakes rose several feet and both have crested. Now we know about how much […] The post April 2025 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilley...

Trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo has been fairly good this winter. With the extremely cold spells we have experienced the water coming from Table Rock has plummeted to 41 degrees. That is pretty cold even for trout. Fish tend to not feed as much when water temps drop into the low 40’s. Even warm-water species […] The post March 2025 Fishing Report...

January’s weather held brisk and frigid temperatures for most parts of the month here in the Ozarks. These cold temperatures didn’t stop a hot trout bite here many days on Lake Taneycomo. Since the beginning of December when Table Rock flipped over our dissolved oxygen levels have been in the 10 parts per million range. […] The post February 2025...

My fishing forecast for Lake Taneycomo is fairly positive for this new year thus far. The lake seems to be full of trout the water is pretty cold and the color is good. Generation patterns — those are hard to predict! Table Rock Lake is at power pool so there is plenty of water to […] The post January 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys'...

My fishing forecast for Lake Taneycomo is fairly positive for this new year thus far. The lake seems to be full of trout the water is pretty cold and the color is good. Generation patterns — those are hard to predict! Table Rock Lake is at power pool so there is plenty of water to […] The post January 2025 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys'...

Trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is holding up fairly well this fall.  We can’t complain about the weather that’s for sure!  If anything it’s been on the warm side.  Table Rock’s water was in the 70’s for most of October.  It really needs to cool down for Table Rock Lake to turn over.  Looking into […] The post November 1 2024 Fishing Report appear...

I can safely say that the fall brown spawning run on Lake Taneycomo has officially begun.  We’re seeing a lot of brown trout below the dam as well as double the number of anglers chasing them.  Fishermen are reporting big crowds even during the week around the outlets.  I think they call it “combat fishing.” […] The post October 1 2024 Fishing Rep...

Our generation schedule here on Lake Taneycomo has been almost exactly the same every day for the month of August with very few exceptions.  The water is off every morning while generation starts about 1 p.m. continuing until dark or after.  The flow is dictated by how hot it is on that day meaning how […] The post September 1 2024 Fishing Report...

The month of July was a major game changer for Lake Taneycomo not so much in the way of fishing but in the topography of the lake itself. Two weeks ago early on the morning of the 17th Branson took on a massive very localized downpour of rain bringing 8 inches over the period of […] The post August 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys'...

Lake Taneycomo is in pretty good shape this summer.  Our water quality is very good compared to past years.  Clarity is excellent water temperature is holding at 49 degrees and the dissolved oxygen content is very good for mid July.  The generation pattern has been very consistent this past month with no generation mornings and […] The post July 1...

It’s been an interesting spring season for fishing on Lake Taneycomo. If I had to script it I’m not sure I could create a better scenario as far as the water conditions we’ve had so far. We’ve seen up to nine gates opened at the dam bringing in a lot of shad and other food […] The post June 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys' Landing...

There’s never a perfect time to write a fishing report it seems because as soon as you post it conditions change and some of the report becomes inaccurate.  This report has the same issues since our water conditions will change later this week –but I’ll try to cover what I think will work then too. […] The post May 1 2024 Fishing Report appeared f...

March left all of us locals stumped with lots of pondering as to what this year will hold — not on the fishing side of the spectrum but on the types of water flows we might see. Captain Steve Dickey said in the 15 years he has fished Lake Taneycomo he has never seen so many […] The post April 10 2024 Fishing Report appeared first on Lilleys' Landi...

Winter trout fishing reigns at its finest  in the month of February here on Lake Taneycomo.  February has seen tremendous hangouts of trout bite the net for those select anglers willing to brave the potentially brutal conditions of winter.  However no bravery was needed for this February as early spring temperatures greeted us.  Most days averaged...

We are finally starting to see winter arrive here in the Ozarks after a very mild autumn.  Our lake water temperatures are still just above 50 but should drop steadily in the next few months.  We had a very late lake turnover this season because of the warm weather.  All in all our fishing forecast […] The post January 8 2024 Fishing Report appear...

The month of November is at its end.  It has brought us cooler weather and with that more generation.  On Lake Taneycomo these last few weeks typically 50 to 75% of most days saw some type of flow.  Generally only a few hours in the daylight experienced the water off.  There were even a few […] The post December 2 2023 Fishing Report appeared firs...

If you like to fish Lake Taneycomo with no generation then you’ve been loving the last five months.  There have been a handful of days when the water ran all day.  Most days it has been off a majority of the time. These conditions are a favorite for fly fishers especially those fishing immediately below […] The post November 1 2023 Fishing Report...

Fall has officially descended on the Ozarks area after September stayed unseasonably warm.  A recent front has brought the desirable fall temperatures with a two-week forecast of lows at night in the 40s. We should expect to see the leaves make their beautiful color transition in the middle of October.  Fishing for the month of […] The post Octobe...

We’re heading into the fall season here on Lake Taneycomo and trout fishing has been fairly decent for the most part. It does seem like there are days when they just don’t eat and then there are days they can’t get enough food. Who knows what triggers either mood but it’s sheer fun when they […] The post September 1 2023 Fishing Report appeared fi...

Our fishing report for Lake Taneycomo could be a cookie cutter analogy of last month’s report.  Our generation pattern is exactly the same our water temperature is about the same and the bite is also the same as in June and July.  The trout are locked into a daily pattern of eating and resting just […] The post August 1 2023 Fishing Report appeare...