Thread: Taylorsville Hookup

CP: I think you have everything covered. I do have a cooler that will hold food and drinks for both of us. Hope others will join us for a day on the lake. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

CP: Gray GMC w/ Bass Tracker in tow.

Sure wish I could make that one, BUT, duty calls.

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

Sure wish I could make that one, BUT, duty calls.

but, if Downwind and I can figure 'em out ... I'll gladly post specific details, and maybe you can use that to point you in a more productive direction.

I'm normally not on Taylorsville in Sept ... or should I say, when I used to be able to fish every weekend (weather permitting), I wasn't fishing on Taylorsville very often in Sept. Sept weekends used to be mostly about Dove hunting, and fishing was done only when a place to hunt couldn't be found. I was pretty much a minner drowner, back then, so you can see it's been quite a few years ago :D Mostly Oct & Nov were designated as the times to Crappie fish at Taylorsville (except during those yearly Fall trips to Watts Bar, of course). If I remember correctly ... Oct was a 10-15ft depth period, usually around sunken/standing timber (in the <20 FOW depths) -- Nov was a 8-12ft depth period, usually around isolated standing Cedar trees and/or large standing hardwoods (in the >20 FOW depths). And that was using minnows ... usually tightline, with boat tied off to tree tops. Although, I do remember a few productive Nov trips, using minnows under a float (about 6-7ft deep), and fishing "on the move" from Cedar tree to Cedar tree ... dropping the minnow/float right down thru the branch openings, letting it sit for a few seconds, then moving it to another opening around the tree. That's a pretty productive method for a solo angler, but not so easy with two anglers -- you're usually fighting a stiff breeze, so boat control takes 75% of your attention and watching your float takes the other 25% :p ... angler in the back is at a serious disadvantage, when trying to fish with the rear of the boat swinging wildly. And since you usually only caught 1 or 2 fish per tree ... they would rarely have a shot at hooking up, even if they could eventually get their bait into the tree.
Most of my "summer months" fishing, at Taylorsville Lake, has been from the crack of daylight till midday ... casting jigs at blowdowns and selected submerged timber ... as long as they were in the shade. Usually, the bite would diminish or end as soon as the Sun got on the water above the spot. I'd run a "milk run", from shaded spot to shaded spot, until I ran out of spots (or time) ... then I'd try fishing a bit deeper. If that didn't pay off, and I still wanted to fish ... I'd usually head to Horseshoe Bend and troll for Hybrids/Whites. I've even caught a few nice Crappie off that brushpile, on the hump just out from the inside point of the bend. Some caught trolling - some casting. I generally troll with a Hot-n-Tot with a leader tied to the front hook, and a 1/16oz Crappie jig tied on the leader. My fishing partners and I have also caught Crappie, in that area, trolling small crankbaits (Flat A's, Wee R's, Norman Humpbacks).

I don't get to fish Taylorsville (or anywhere else) as much as I used to, or want to, so I don't have a problem with divulging specific areas, spots, or baits/methods that have been previously successful for me. The cover changes from year to year, old ones disappear & new ones appear ... so it's not like my productive spots are always going to be there. Case in point - there used to be a tree that came off the bank and out into 20+ft of water ... right across from the Marina ramp (to your right, if standing on ramp and looking towards the lake). I could almost always depend on that spot giving up a good number of fish. I even fished it in the Winter months (Dec-Feb) on those "warm spell" days, casting jigs from the bank ... and still caught fish from it. A couple of years ago that tree disappeared. Probably washed off, from the flooding that plagues T-ville ever so often. Faced with the loss of my #1 hole, I went looking for a replacement. I haven't found one of that caliber, yet ... but, I have noticed that new blowdowns appear every year or two. And if they're in the right spot, on the right bank, they usually hold fish (at one time or another).

... luck2ya ... cp

CP, thanks for that info. I'll keep in mind where it is on the forum and go back to it. It'll sure help when I can get out there. I'll be watching for your report when you and downwind make your trip, hope you do well.

Originally Posted by Downwind

CP: Gray GMC w/ Bass Tracker in tow.

I'm confirming the hookup !! Friday morning at Settler's Trace ramp. I'll be there, probably before first light ... and I'll be watching for your truck (pickup or SUV ?? ). I shouldn't be too hard to spot .. grey beard & long grey ponytail gives me away real quick :p

Do you want to make it a "jigs or go bust" deal ... or do you want to have minnows as part of the plan ??

... cp