Back to almost normal. It's been dry for a week now! And it's sunny and warm! I think we've forgotten what this nice weather looks like here in the Ozarks. A friend said the KC area only had 7 days of sun and no rain in the month of October. This is a nice reprieve for all of us.
Generation here on Taneycomo is back to pre-monsoon patterns and soon will change again if the rain holds off. Change again? Table Rock's levels are dropping everyday and soon will drop to the point the Corp will slow down the flow and probably will shut turbines down. I know a lot of anglers who will welcome that!
Right now they are running 4 units but each one is running about half so you could say they're only running 2 units. They're running them all day and all night. Water is stained and 55 degrees. Stained is unusual for this time a year. It's due to the hard rains we've had. My sources say that Table Rock is showing signs of turning over. If that's the case, it's very, very early. One sign is the warming of the water. Last week it was 53 degrees.
Now for the fishing. It's been real good. Seems like there's lots of rainbows in the lake right now and they're biting most of the time. Had guests come in yesterday and today and say it didn't make much difference what they used, they'd catch trout. Gulp eggs in all four colors, night crawlers and other lures like medium to small crank baits and spoons. Silver CD5 Rapalas were the hot bait this weekend. Also white, sculpin and brown jigs.
Slower current has made it easier to get the bait to the bottom, especially down in our area of the lake. The speed of the water is slow and when there's no wind, like today, drift fishing is pleasant. I got this evening and drifted the trophy area... laid the rod down for a while and just enjoyed the sunset and peacefulness of the lake.
Last week, I got out before and after the flood gates were shut down and did pretty good on drifting #10 gray scuds from Lookout Island down past Short Creek (yes Short Creek). HAS to be on the bottom to get bit. It was my experience that most of the rainbows were small, less than 12 inches. It seems like we go through periods when we don't see many nice rainbows. The dinks have taken over. It's not that they aren't there, they just don't bite all the time. The small, freshly stocked rainbows -- they seem to bite most of the time.
As I mentioned, I caught quite a few below Fall Creek drifting scuds on the bottom. Surprised? Shouldn't be. There's scuds all through the lake, not just below the dam.
This evening, I got out and fished the bluff bank from Lookout down using 1/8th oz jigs. Snags tied with trout. I lost 4 jigs and caught 4 rainbows. But this time, 3 of 4 were big rainbows -- over 17 inches each. They weren't biting very well, I have to admit, but it was incredible being on the lake.
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