Quote Originally Posted by crappiepappy
you are correct in your assumption that Taylorsville is not a "prime" lake for spider rigging. I've fished it since it opened, and can tell you that the Crappie are "Very" wood oriented there. But, by the same token, you could use one of your long poles to vertical jig the timber - and probably catch some decent fish. I mainly cast jigs to the wood, so the spider rigging method is way down the list of my methods used. Besides - dragging jigs around, in open water at Taylorsville, is going to get you more Hybrid Striper/White Bass hits ... than Crappie !! :D
Have you fished Green River Lake much this year ? I used to fish there quite often ... and caught some real nice Slabs from there. It's one of the few lakes I've fished, where trolling has paid off almost as well as casting. GRL is pretty cyclic in its size & number production ... several years of small fish, then a year of Slabs, then back to small fish. If this is the "year of the slabs" - please give me a hollar ... luck2ya ....cp


I have fished Green 2 times this year but didn't do well. But just last week I heard reports of people catching 90 plus of 10 to 14 inch fish. They were fishing minnows over brush piles. If this is true, and I have no reason to believe that it is not true, I would say this might be an up year for the crappie cycle. I do Intend to try it again. I would think that the water is up and there is a lot of trash in the lake after all the rain. I am hoping to make a trip to Ky. Lake this weekend if all goes well with work this week.