Tville Water Conditions

I was in Taylorsville this evening so I thought I would drive by Settlers Trace and check out the water clarity and level. It's only about a foot above summer pool and kinda muddy. I would say it's pretty fishable. The weather man is calling for windy conditions tomorrow (Sunday) but would be a good day to put in some scan time before prespawn kicks in.
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I had to finish my transducer install this morn so I didn't get to make it out to actually fish. I'm thinking about goin Monday evening after work. I'll post another report if I go out.

How was the crappie fishing on Taylorsville last year? Do you usually fish standing timber or find a flat with submerged brush. I was wanting to try it next year. I live about 1 1/2 hour away. Any areas to focus on would be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by Outdoors junkie

How was the crappie fishing on Taylorsville last year? Do you usually fish standing timber or find a flat with submerged brush. I was wanting to try it next year. I live about 1 1/2 hour away. Any areas to focus on would be appreciated.

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I did pretty good last year, for as few times as I went. Standing timber can hold fish at times, but fallen trees seem to hold them more often. I tend to focus more on shady banks, early & late in the day ... and not so much on any one "area". I've caught Crappie from inside the Rock Quarry to the backs of Jack's Creek & Beech Creek in the Spring (and most points in between), but usually stay around the Beech Creek to Little Beech Creek area during the rest of the year.

... cp :kewl

Taylorsville had two major flooding events last spring which put a damper on fishing but made for plenty of spawning habitat. Most of the fish that would've been caught during the spawn were left alone and allowed to follow thru with the ritual. Once the lake calmed back down in June the fishing was outstanding because those fish weren't caught during the spawn. Pretty much anyone we talked to was doing really well.

As far as location we were catching them depended on the time of year. I'm not gonna give away any secrets, but we tended to stay on the same pattern for each season. I've fished a ton of visable standing timber and have found only a few places that hold sizable fish consistantly. If you have a good depth finder with GPS, you shouldn't have any problem finding fish. Crappie at Tville are very cover oriented, at least what I have experienced. There are very few places I would consider "flats" but there is plenty of hidden cover.

During prespawn and early spawn you can get into some nicer size fish, but the rest of the year we catch mostly 10"-11" size range with the occasional 12" thrown in. The size may not be huge but Tville is a crappie factory. With the pressure it see it's amazing how many fish it produces. It's worth the drive if u wanna put meat on the table.