Thread: T-ville

Good to see that you're back out there after'em, once again.

And yes, you are correct ... Taylorsville changes yearly, not only with old locations disappearing, but new locations popping up (especially when the lake goes thru a major flooding event).

Sorry you had to miss the last couple of years, as the last two Spring spawns (prior to this year) were full of 12-15" fish being caught in bunches. This past Spring, not so much (not for me, anyway).

Be advised .... starting next year, the size limit on T-ville will increase to 10" (creel will remain at 15/day). And the statewide creel limit will drop from 30/day to 20/day on lakes with no special creel rules (like T-ville's 15/day).

Glad you where able to finally get back on the water. I know the feeling all to well

Good to hear you are back out there.

Thanks pappy for the 10in heads up for next year glad to see it

Originally Posted by arca54

Thanks pappy for the 10in heads up for next year glad to see it

Yeah, it don't hurt my feelings any to see the 10" size limit at T-ville, either. I just hope enough of those 12-15" fish from 2 & 3yrs ago got off a good spawn before they ended up in someone's livewell !! Now maybe with the new size limit, those new fish from those spawns will have that extra season to get off another spawn and keep the numbers replenished, plus give them time to get some shoulders on them and make them worthy of going after.

Crappiepappy, I agree with you on the 10 inch limit. This should be the standard for every lake unless they have a pile of stunted crappie. Also, I know this is a crappie site, but man, how is the Bluegill on Taylorsville? I sometimes I used to do a 'hybrid' trip to the lake. If the crappie are not biting, I'd switch to wax worms and set in the standing timbers trying to catch the bluegill. So, if you or anyone else have tried the Bluegill lately, let me know. I know the size may not be large, but I just moved back from SC and have not been there in a few years. 12 years ago, I used to wear out the Bluegill in the standing timber(deep water) during the summer. Not large, 6-8" but a lot of fun.

PJ ... I haven't gone after Bluegill, specifically, but do catch a few casting jigs or Roadrunners.

In previous years (many years ago) I would switch over to trolling for Hybrids, if the Crappie weren't cooperating or all the shade was off the banks/cover where I was catching Crappie (& they shut down). That was trolling ... using (white) Silver Buddy blade baits or trailing a marabou jig behind a deep diving crank (in my case a large Hot-n-Tot). Nowadays I seem to catch bigger Hybrids just casting the banks for Crappie. Also found out that around 5pm, in a little mud bank pocket just upriver around the corner from Chowning ramp, the Hybrids would have corralled a bunch of Shad in that area ... and we'd get our arms wore out catching them, casting Silver Buddys in the mouth of that pocket and out in the channel in front of it. That's been decades ago, so I don't know if they still do that there, and I haven't fished that end of the lake since back then (or actually targeted Hybrid).

From what I understand, the bigger Bluegill tend to be loners and reside in the deeper waters most of the time ... so your technique is likely spot on for getting into the better quality ones. You might even get some bigger ones by drifting/slow trolling or even spider rigging with some small Popeye jigs & wax worms, just outside of the standing timber in the deeper water.

I just wonder if people are still fishing with Chicken Livers ... for Hybrids I know they found out, decades ago, that the Hybrids would hit them, and they pretty much decimated the population of the bigger ones. I never tried it, myself. I just trolled the crank/jig combo, cast blade baits and slab spoons (Silver Buddy - Kastmaster), and occasionally fished live Shad for them. I did well enough with those, that I never bothered to use Chicken Livers.

Nowadays I only go for the Crappie, and anything else I catch is just "pullage" since they're getting put right back into the lake after I land them.

It's nothing to catch a boat full of hybrids long lining, almost to there point of annoyance. Not near the size of what they used to be.

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