Thread: Taylorsville Lake 2016 Spawn

TODAY was the first time I have ever fished Taylorsville. All of the creeks I fish up here are muddied up pretty good and I have a friend that has always talked great about Tville so my father and I got a wild hair up our butts and went. And boy we were glad we did! We caught crappie in as little as two foot of water and as deep as 30. We caught consistent numbers in the 14-16 ft range. And SEVERAL of our fish were females still loaded with eggs. We caught mostly males shallow and they were in the dark tuxedos. So from my personal experience in other bodies of water, I'd say you still have a little bit to go with the spawn. Females appear to be split between spawning and stageing.... Regardless, the fishing was amazing. We caught probably 70 crappie today. We culled all day and finally gave up and called it a day around 2. We had several fish in the 11-12 range. And two right around 15 inches. And man I can say one thing is for sure, give that lake a few more years with the strict 15 fish limit 9 inch minimum, that lake will be full of monster crappie. Especially blacks! I can't wait to go back later this week

Agree,agree,agree.I think lake being up last year and year before has really helped.I have caught better quality fish this year than I have ever caught in t-ville.as I posted the other day this past October I caught my biggest taylorsville crappie being a 2.27 pound white.been a banner year for t-ville

I believe it may be the 15 fish limit. What was the limit before they lowered it?

I have fished TVille since we moved from Arkansas to KY (12 years). This is by far the best year of crappie fishing we have ever had. I am worried though as it seems A LOT of fish were taken out this year. For about a week straight the weather and water temp was perfect, there wasn't many boats I spoke with that didn't catch a limit. Do you think all this catching will negatively affect the crappie>?

I have been fishing the lake for 26 years and this is the best spring I have ever had.
Here's a 14" one just yesterday

Originally Posted by BouncingBobber10

Do you think all this catching will negatively affect the crappie>?

I highly doubt it. The lake is big enough to substation a very very large number of fish. And even tho I have only fished it the once, it was very apparent from the different sizes that the crappie have had very very good spawns the last several years. The lake has a great balance in sizes right now. Not to mention, the lake doesn't have near the pressure of other lakes in the region. As long as the state keeps a 15 fish limit and 9 inch minimum, you will notice the quality of fish getting bigger and better each year. I definitely see it being a better crappie lake than all the others on the upcoming years.

And as long as the state keeps that 15 fish limit, it will keep a big majority of crappie anglers away from the lake. Not many want to drive all day just for 15 fish. I live an hour and a half away and it was almost like pulling teeth at first for me to go. I'm glad I did for sure. But people any further away will mainly stay away

I am of the opinion that the spawn doesn't happen in a two week period or even longer. I think there will be great opportunities through May.
I am also of the opinion that there will always be a large population of crappie there for years to come. Yet I am a guy who could fish all day long and not
catch a thing and enjoy it. I even enjoy cleaning my boat and getting it ready for the next trip. I am not a pro but have been fishing since I was a kid and I
am retired now. We usually only go Monday thru Friday once or twice a week. I was happy when we got 30 fish on the 18th of April but it wasnt something we
expect each and every time.

Beautiful black JC!!!

I think this year has been kind of the perfect scenario for the spawn. The last two years have been messed up and flooded during the peak and this year the weather was close to ideal. Most importantly, no flooding occurred letting us fisherman put on some real clinics. I believe there are so many females trying to spawn that it has prolonged the duration. Plus a couple cold fronts halted the pace and stretched it out as well. I wonder if some female's biological clocks have past prime making them move back deep and absorb their eggs?

The lake has almost dropped back to summer pool and once it stabilizes it should make the late spawners remain active. I'm trying to work a trip in Sat. I'm ready!