BRANSON FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
Fishing Reports for Table Rock Lake and Taneycomo Lake
Serving Branson Missouri on Beautiful Table Rock Lake and Taneycomo Lake
for Bass, Crappie, White Bass, Pan Fish and All-Year around guide service with winter time on Taneycomo Lake for Brown and Rainbow Trout.
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Captain Don House of Branson Fishing Guide Service
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Water Level: 925.7 Normal Pool 915.00 Water Temperature: Mid 80's main lake Water Color: Clear up shallow and good color around the rest of the lake. Creek Arms James, Long Creek are stained, White River Shell Knob to Camel Point down stream is clear. Air Temperature: 90’s Wind Condition: Calm Forecast: Mostly Sunny and Hot! BASS Bass Fishing is Really HOT and Fast Sorry for the long delay in between my posts, had some issues with my old computer and the old computer won! But we are back now with updated equipment and it is back to work. Fishing has surprised a lot of folks around here this year, with all of the flooding and high water the fish have seemed to made there own choice as to be deep or shallow. Shallow seems the be the winner for now, 18 to 25 feet in the AM and Early to Late PM is working the best. Fish seem to be moving in and feeding pretty good on crawfish and shad early in the morning then moving back out to deeper water and chasing schools of shad in that same 25 foot depth. All long small gravel points are producing good catches this week and last. But I feel with the warm weather coming this week the shallow bite will soon end and these fish will move back out to there deep water summer hangouts. Long Creek Area: Good Bite! Dam area, Indian Point to Kimberling City Area: Really Good Bite! Baxter Area to Shell Knob Area: Good Bite James River Area: Great Bite Taneycomo: Good Early (Power Bait) BASS FISHING Best Bet Early and Late Football Jigs on the flats and long points is the hot ticket right now, I'm using a 1/2 to 3/4 ounce PB&J with a green pumpkin 4" Single tail grub or little craw trailer. Place out the boat out in the 30 foot range of water and cast shallow to the bush lines. Drag the bait back to the boat feeling for the bite, some days it is very hard strike, but some days it is very soft or nothing at all! Make sure you give the reel a few good turns to pickup any free line then set the hook. Best Bet During the Day Drop Shot Rig (4" Robo Worms Pur/Green or Brown/Red) or (Night Crawlers) We are pretty much fishing the whole lake now, all arms are up and running good now, Bass are really moving from shallow to deep areas now and suspending in the magic depth of 25 feet. Main Lake is producing really good now on all points, bluff ends and deep water hangouts. We are also running up the James or the White River and looking for the long points close to the river channels and fishing on the bottom in that same magic depth. Placing the boat in 25 to 40 feet of water and dragging the rig across the point on the bottom or suspending over the same depth. Bite is fast on Night Crawlers so take alot and Plastic like Robo Worms is working well also with colors of Brown and Purple or Brown and Red in a 4 inch size. Rigging your crawler seems to be the trick right now for really fast action, all I will say is don't gob it together, the rest you have hire me to see. Remember the bite changes in every area we fished, so pay attention and feel the bite. Starting finding and catching fish out in the deeper parts of the lake, deep trees and docks are starting to produce now as these fish move to there summer hanging outs, we will discuss more of that on my next report. If you really want to learn how to drop shot the time is coming soon, learn how to search out these deep water haunts and understand what your electronics are showing you. Learn the different types of bites, how to set the hook, how to rig your drop shot, what type of equipment is used, plus much more. Call Capt. Don and lets setup a deep water trip it can open a whole new way to fish that everyone in the family can enjoy. Trout Fishing Trout fishing is starting to pickup again, the lower area of Taneycomo is starting to produce some good fishing with current, but can be slow with no current at all. COE keeps running generators everyday and keeping the water at a good flow but shallow up in the trophy zone. We are dragging power bait on a 2 pound leader from the cooper creek area to just past the Branson Landing area. Colors are White, Sunrise, Chartreuse and Bubble Gum on the bottom or just suspended off the bottom. If you find a spot with fish stay there, fish are bunched up in groups right now, Sunday on a trip we had our limit in 30 minutes in just one spot. Will keep reporting my findings I will be on the water everyday as summer is now in full swing. Thanks for reading my reports drop me an email and let me know how your fishing trip was on Table Rock Lake and Taneycomo Lake.
Good Fishing Everyone
Capt. Don House
Branson Fishing Guide Service
417-270-7157
