skunked at t-ville today

got on the lake about 7 ish headed up past the dam only boat on the lake fished the left bank ... nada ... went accross back into the coves shad everywhere cranked shallow deep in between tried a couple jigs ... nada .... then for poops n giggles tried out my rage tail shads mainly to see how they worked (btw them thangs look awesome ) needless to say nothing on them either ... water temp started 47 last place we went it was 50 degrees ....o yeah bout the only boat on the lake that was until around 1030 or so when we came outta the cove it looked like 4th of july !!! coolest part of the day was the flock of jakes battling with eachother 30 yards in front of us ..... if anyone has an idea what we should have tried i would appreciate it .... thanks in advance .... brad

Typical outcome for me most of the time. I have done well there before many times but I usually can't catch crap there. It needs another tournament on it to beat it up somemore and it could use a little more pressure from all around.

Haven't been out this year yet, but was palnning to go out middle of nest week. Last spring (early april, late march?) I put in at Van Buren ramp, water was still murky from the river in that area. Went into one of the creeks with timber standing (not far in, water around 25-30 ft.). Used a white lead head feather jig with that stinky yellow crappie bait on the hook. Jiged this up and down right against standing trees. Cought a ton! However, most were in the 7 inch range, Three keepers at 15+/- (threw them all back). Missed another ton more. Bite was funny, hitting it on the way down, made it hard to set the hook (may have been pulling through lip). Anyway started jig at 10 ft went down to 15 and got the bite between 15+20.

wm [quote=skeeter185;360241]got on the lake about 7 ish headed up past the dam only boat on the lake fished the left bank ... nada ... went accross back into the coves shad everywhere cranked shallow deep in between tried a couple jigs ... nada .... then for poops n giggles tried out my rage tail shads mainly to see how they worked (btw them thangs look awesome ) needless to say nothing on them either ... water temp started 47 last place we went it was 50 degrees ....o yeah bout the only boat on the lake that was until around 1030 or so when we came outta the cove it looked like 4th of july !!! coolest part of the day was the flock of jakes battling with eachother 30 yards in front of us ..... if anyone has an idea what we should have tried i would appreciate it .... thanks in advance .... brad[/quote]

Feel your pain was out there last night all by myself felt like I threw everything I had in the boat didn"t get a single bite. I think I'm going to start trying guist creek instead, just wasting gas on T-ville.

wasting gas ... you got that right !!!! i can almost make it to rough in the same amount of time ..... i know things change daily but im kina second guessin fishin them mon mornings .... NEVER GIVE UP !!!! didnt someone say that before ???? (lol)

Taylorsville=Dead Sea

The only thing I would have recommended is a different lake!:eek::eek:

Maybe the other boat you saw caught the only bass in that lake.

Thats odd ,I heard theyve been wacking them up there...................

Thats good... everyone go elsewhere that leaves me more fish to catch!!

Brad,

I was at Taylorsville today (Wednesday 18th). We caught 5 fish total with one 17" keeper. 3 caught on green tube jig and 2 on small shallow running crank baits. The fish we caught were 4 to 6 feet off the bank in 8 to 10 feet of water on rocky banks. I fished down the lake from the **** on a main lake bank facing the sun. All these fish came on one bank in a 100 yard span. They are there is you find them.

Hope that helps. Taylorsville can be hard at times but keep casting.


Stanley