First, a bit of history on me. Grew up in SE Kansas riding my bike to the nearest pond I could find and fish way past my alloted time. I love to fish. My grandpa Dain used to take me all the time on Texhoma Lake outside Denison, Tx where my parents grew up.

I never thought about fishing for a living but that's the tool God blessed me with, that and a desire to teach and host people at a fishing camp or resort. We settled with a resort. In May, 1983, we purchased a small, run down resort on upper Lake Taneycomo and the rest followed- my wife's parents, then my parents move down and in the meantime, 4 kids of our own. We are blessed.

In 1997, I discovered the internet. What a great tool to relay fishing reports!! A few years later, friend and internet partner, Jim Turner and I bought a domain called OzarkAnglers.Com and I started filling it with fishing stuff on Lake Taneycomo. Then Bill Babler, friend and fellow angler, started helping with reports and articles for Table Rock... then Bull Shoals. Then I met Brian Wise, Brian Sloss and Sam Potter from the North Fork of the White, the Eleven Point and the Current Rivers. They helped with their respective waters.

Wanna see my first fishing resort? December, 1997

In late 2005, we launched the forum. I knew it would be a hit but how big??? In alittle over 2 years it's grown beyond our expectations and the best thing about it is the quality of people that share angling knowledge about dozens of different "waters" here in the Ozarks. What a blessing it is to see.

Our first and foremost objectives are to educate the masses about fishing, to respect our incredible resources, to use fishing to improve our relationships with each other and to stop and pause and thank our Creator for such a wonderful hobby.

This is an open invitation for anyone to add articles, stories, picures and comments to the site... the more the better - right?!

Best Regards,

Phil Lilley