Thread: Taylorsville Lake Update

Originally Posted by DgTerrell

I must be one of the few boat-less fellas on here. For those who know the lake, where do you believe the best spots are to go bank fishing Taylorsville? I'm not too far from Van Buren ramp and caught my first crappie there the other day about 3ft deep. Saw a man fishing the dam a week or so ago who was catching a few crappie, I was thinking that might be a better spot. The tailwaters always seem busy but I never see anybody catching anything.

Bank fishing T-ville is generally relegated to launch ramp areas, and as far along their banks as is possible to safely walk. With the water a couple of feet above Summer Pool ... many of those banks are not accessible, right now.

Personally, I've bank fished T-ville at Settler's Trace, Van Buren, Possum Ridge, & Chowning ... having had the most success around Settler's Trace. The biggest factor was always the presence of a blowdown tree ... but, with the flooding that T-ville endures, those trees don't stay put for long. Settler's Trace now has a "no fishing" border, that covers a lot of the marina bank.

I've fished the tailwaters several times, high & low water flow ... but have only managed a few small Crappie from there. Although, I did witness a guy fishing from the overlook, during high outflow, and catching some nice Crappie in the eddy water ... where the spillway wall & walkway meet.

Now, mind you ... all of this is from many, many years ago. I've only been on T-ville a couple of times over the last several years. I've either been without a boat, or fishing on other lakes that have greater potential to produce more/bigger Crappie. Those years without a boat, however, I did do some bank fishing there ... during the spawning period & occasionally even during Dec/Jan (during a warming trend).

... cp