Thread: taylorsville crappie

after reading about all crappie fishing going on i am going to get into crappie fishing more. i usually do some when i'm out bass fishing during the spring and not much after that.i am new to this area less than a year. having to learn some new lakes. i am 25 mins. from taylorsville and close to guist creek but the ramps closed there so haven't fished it yet.i usually use roadrunners mainly when i fish for crappie in spring so i need some info on lures or if its b est to use minnowes this time of year.i'm planning on trying it this saturday.any info will be appeciated. thx.

slip floats and jigs tipped with minnows about 10 to 12 feet worked around trees should work right now, hope that helps. let us know how you do.

Originally Posted by mustangiiman01

after reading about all crappie fishing going on i am going to get into crappie fishing more. i usually do some when i'm out bass fishing during the spring and not much after that.i am new to this area less than a year. having to learn some new lakes. i am 25 mins. from taylorsville and close to guist creek but the ramps closed there so haven't fished it yet.i usually use roadrunners mainly when i fish for crappie in spring so i need some info on lures or if its b est to use minnowes this time of year.i'm planning on trying it this saturday.any info will be appeciated. thx.

Welcome to the site,always glad to have new folks.
I've got one tip for you if you go to Guist Creek. MAKE SURE YOUR MOTOR IS UP BEFORE YOU LAUNCH YOUR BOAT.
The sign there means what it says. the ramp is steep and if your motor is down it will hit bottom. Several years ago I saw a guy almost tear out his transom,raised the front of the boat off the trailer before he could stop.

I don't think any boats are being launched at Guest Creek right now.
The lake is over 10' low.

Welcome to the baord Mustang! Good luck @ T-ville. Let us know how ya do.

Originally Posted by mustangiiman01

after reading about all crappie fishing going on i am going to get into crappie fishing more. i usually do some when i'm out bass fishing during the spring and not much after that.i am new to this area less than a year. having to learn some new lakes. i am 25 mins. from taylorsville and close to guist creek but the ramps closed there so haven't fished it yet.i usually use roadrunners mainly when i fish for crappie in spring so i need some info on lures or if its b est to use minnowes this time of year.i'm planning on trying it this saturday.any info will be appeciated. thx.

You can't go wrong with Roadrunners I use the 1/16oz chartreuse marabou one, most all the time. But, if you want to get into Taylorsville Crappie, you need some weedless jigheads and tubes. Concentrate on blowdown trees, and submerged timber, and cast to them. Your retrieve should be as slow as you can stand, and still keep the bait from hitting bottom ... your rod should be in the 10 o:clock position, and the line should be between dead limp and straight (from rod tip to water). Taylorsville Crappie seem to like chartreuse, quite well ... so I usually use tubes with chartreuse tails.
This method works there, too : http://www.crappie.com/articles/crappiepappy.htm

Most of the time, during the year, Taylorsville Crappie will be between 8ft & 15ft deep ... and almost always relating to wood cover of some kind. Concentrate your efforts in this depth range.

Minnows are always good, they just aren't always necessary :D

... luck2ya ... and do give us a report on how you do .... cp