Spotlight Lake Taneycomo

First created in 1913 by damming, lake Taneycomo originated when the white river was confined by the completion of the powersite dam, near forsyth, missouri.  The Lakes clear cold waters provide some of the finest trout fishing available anywhere in the world.  The rainbow trout and brown trout that can be found in the waters of lake Taneycomo provide an exciting, year-round fishing experience.   Weather you want to go fly fishing or get off the shore and take your boat out in the trophy trout area near the lake’s headwaters, lake Taneycomo is sure to provide you with some fishing excitement.  The lake is very unique because the average temperature of the water gets warmer as the lake sinks to depths in excess of 50 feet near mile marker 1, however lake Taneycomo is a “cold water” lake. Lake Taneycomo has really turned into a successful vacation attraction in the ozarks and one of the better areas for trout fishing in all of missouri.  This success is in large part due to the fact that the lake is so close to branson, which provides intertainment as well as plenty of resorts close to lake taneycomo.   It was not until 1958 and the completion of table rock dam that lake Taneycomo became a cold water lake perfect for trout.   Lake Taneycomo is stocked every year with almost three quarter of a million ten to twelve inch trout, most of which come from shepherd of the hills fish hatchery.  The hatchery is located at the headwaters for lake Taneycomo and produces over 700,000 rainbow and brown trout per year for stocking…. With that many fish even I am sure to catch a few (and you can ask around, my luck when fishing is notorious)