Sun is shinning and We see no rain in the forecast for at least 6 days and then it is not very big chance.   At least that is the forecast right now.  Temperatures in the mid 40s to low 50s.  I am certain everyone will take that!

Ten flood gates still open but the lake has gone down a little over 1 foot in 24 hours.  Taney has dropped almost eight feet!  Big difference as you can see by the pictures below of the pavilion before and after.

Pavilion on 12/1915

Pavilion 12/31/15

Wow!!  Did we have some rain over the weekend.  I don’t think any place in the state of Missouri was spared from some type of weather over the past several days!  The rains have stopped and we are on a slow warming trend for the next several days.  Hope for sunshine and NO RAIN!

Managed to get a few pictures to give you an idea of what we are doing.  Table Rock hit her peak yesterday around 6:00 p.m. at 933 feet.  Beaver reached it’s peak day before yesterday at around 1132 feet.  Flood pool for Table Rock is 931 and Beaver 1120.

Yes, the flood dates are still open.  We will probably see all ten for several more days.  The last time we had this much water, they cut them back to five gates after about a week.  We’ll just have to wait and see what their plan is this time.  Lots of flooding downstream so I know they would like to cut back as soon as they can, but we need to get Table Rock to a reasonable level.

A few more pictures to give you an idea of where the water levels are.

This is the roof of the pavilion located downstream of the parking lot at outlet 2.  The roof of the restroom is sticking out about the same.

For those of you who have fished below the boat ramp, you might recognize the Trophy Run building that sits on the high bank across from that area.

Last, but not least, here is how our boat ramp looks right now.  The water is half way up the stairs going down to the ramp.  Nice quiet water.  Humm!  Might be a good place to wet a line,

Overcast but warm today.  According to the forecast, we are expecting rain starting this afternoon and continuing off and on through Monday morning.  Cross your fingers we don’t get what they are forecasting!  Looks like a cool down next week into the 40s.  Still good for this time of the year.

Running water 24/7.  Maybe they are getting ready for the rain!  Ha!  Anyway, we are almost at pool for Table Rock, but that will change with the weather we are expecting.

Stan on the river last Wednesday with Eric from Texas.  30-40 mph of wind and 10,000cfs of water.  Between the two, a good drift was impossible.  Needless to say, it was not a great day for them.  Caught a few fish, but worked hard for each one!

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.  LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR!

We will be open New Year’s Day!

One week until Christmas and we are still seeing 50s and even low 60s in the forecast.  Yesterday and today are probably a couple of the cooler days we have had so far and it will be in the 40s today!  I am still seeing low 60s in the forecast for next week right into Christmas day.  At this time, I am seeing a chance for showers on Monday and next Saturday  And, December is almost over,.

Still running water 24/7.  Today we have had a few hours of the equivalent of only one unit, but they will also be running a low three for a several hours.  We are less than a foot above power pool, but Beaver is 5 feet up and Bull Shoals is 3 feet up.

Jim – 12/16/15

Wednesday Jim had a good day on the water with Gina.  They had four squirrely units running that day.  Up then down, then back up again.  Plus it was a pretty windy day!  Could not get a good drift, so they stripped an olive sculpin or the JQ streamer for most of their fish.   Nice, pretty, healthy fish!

Guess we should be happy that we rain we received was rain and not snow.  With the warm temperatures, we lucked out again.  Even with the rain, it was not a bad day.  Yesterday was probably the worst as there were 30mph or better winds at times.  Today is sunny and temperatures in the 60s.  We will see 50s tomorrow, then upper 40s for Thursday and Friday.  Into the mid 50s Saturday then low to mid 60s through Wednesday.  Christmas day is right now looking like upper 50s!

We were getting very close to power pool when we got this latest batch of rain.  So far, it had put about a 1/2 foot of water back into Table Rock which is now sitting at 915.7 feet.

Had to get a fix so I went fishing Saturday afternoon for a few hours.  A good two units running when I put in the boat.  It was a short day, but I had several fish to the boat and missed several while trying to do a balancing act with oars and a fly rod.  Good reports from folks coming into the shop.  One of our regulars did very well with the JQ streamers, even in he high water, a couple days ago.  Three fishers from the St. Louis area braved the cold, windy day yesterday and had good success at the outlets.  Things are looking up!

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Can’t believe this weather.  We were sitting outside yesterday without all the heavy coats, etc. you normally are wearing in December eating lunch.  Talked with some friends in San Diego where it was slightly cooler than here.  Forecast is for another nice day today and again tomorrow.  But, there’s always that “but”, rain is moving in tomorrow afternoon or evening and continuing into Sunday.  Should be out by Monday but the temperatures will cool down.  The cool down is still not December weather….not until maybe Thursday when it looks like upper 40s.  I can handle that.

No let up in the generation yet.  We are getting near power pool.  This morning we were at 915.6 feet.  Pool is 915.  We’ll probably get in pool in time for the rain on Sunday.

Jim and Gina out Wednesday.  Jim had a short half day with Dick.  They did well for as long as they had to fish.  Ruby, P&P and black thorax midges were their patterns.

Jim – 12/9/15

Gina’s Wednesday Jim had a good day on the lightning bug and egg patterns.

What a beautiful day to be on the water.

What a beautiful day we are having today.  And, we expect more of this great weather through Friday.  Thursday and Friday will probably see temperatures in the upper 60s.  Is this December?!  Unfortunately, Saturday looks like some rain might be moving in with a high probability of rain Saturday night into Sunday.  The following week looks like temperatures in the lower 50s.

Generation  has been non-stop this past week.  However, it dropped from four units to the equivalent of two units.  Big difference in the cubic feet per second.  Still a probable for the wade fishers, but definitely a big better for boats.

Jim on the water last Friday.  He took Dale out on an exploratory trip to see what was going on and how fishing was.  Fishing not as good as they have had, but definitely better than it has been with the low dissolved oxygen levels.  Best patterns were a P&P or thorax midge, and the miracle scud.  There are signs that Table Rock Lake is turning which means better oxygen.  It doesn’t happen over night, but things are definitely going in the right direction.  Stan had JA out for half a day and they caught fish mainly on the P&P.

Saturday, Stan had Mike and his brother Lee, from Arkansas out for half a day.  The guys caught fish on the P&P and ruby midges.  Jim’s guys, Kevin and Steve were also fishing and catching on the P&P plus a black midge.

Looks like we are in for a run of nice weather.  Great weather this weekend. Lots of sunshine, no rain, and temperatures in the 50s.  We might even hit 60s in the middle of the week.  I think our next chance for rain will be late in the week or next weekend.

Generation has been pretty much non-stop for the past several days.  The good news is that they are dropping it toward power pool pretty quickly.  At the rate they are currently running water, we should be at power pool toward the end of next week.

Gina on the water with Wednesday Jim last Wednesday (of course!).  Since no one had been out for a few days, it was an expedition trip for them.  Not a great day, but Jim had a smile on his face.  He had boated a few fish on streamers and stuck and missed a few more.  Unfortunately, Wednesday was a very heavy water day so they had lots of water to deal with.

We will close Christmas eve at 3:00 p.m. and be closed all day Christmas Day.  We will be open New Years day! 

Get you Christmas shopping done early.  Lots of time to give us a call for gift certificates for product, guide trips, lessons, or whatever strikes your fancy!  Or we have plenty of time to ship items.

Cold and rainy today.  Chances of rain through Monday.  At least the temperature will go back into the low 50s by Monday and then sunshine for Tuesday and the rain is out of the forecast through next weekend.

The equivalent of three units running up and down all week.  They have the flood gates open last weekend into Monday and shut them down mid-morning Monday.

Mike – 11/23/15

With some oxygen going into the river Monday, Carolyn took Mike from Texas out for the day.   Fished good in the morning on the blue poison or lightning but dropped under the big ruby.  Also caught some on a red or cerise San Juan Worm.  About an hour after they shut down the flood gates, the catching followed shut down too.

Kathy and Ron from Louisiana went out with Carolyn on Tuesday and worked hard for the few fish they caught.

Hate to say it, but we need some cold weather here to cool down the water and help get the lake turned!

A little nippy this morning.  I think we have hit our high of 40 degrees for the day.  It was raining a little this morning with some snow mixed in for good measure.  Tomorrow and Monday look like sunny and low 50x Monday with high 50s Tuesday.  Thanksgiving Day still looks wet.

Not only are they running and have been running generators for the past two and a half days, but they still have four flood gates open.  From looking at the numbers, we have happy fish as the oxygen level it much better.  They are going to try and continue running them for a while and maybe we can get the lake flipped so the normal source of oxygenated water will be available.  In the meantime, thank you for the flood gates!!