Three strikes and its out. I've fished Taylorsville Lake tailwaters three times this summer, and the biggest thing I've caught is a 4 inch pumpkinseed. I've never seen anyone catch anything of size there. Compared to the main lake, where I catch fish that average 12 inches (hybrid striped bass, largemouth, channel cats), I just dont see any reason why I would ever try to fish the tailwaters again.

From a biological standpoint, the tailwaters just can't support very much biomass. The water flow is intermittent, its very shallow, and while there is an adequate supply of baitfish in the form of juvenile sunfish, the shad are much too large to be eaten by anything.

Fish stories aside, has anyone caught a decent sized fish in the tailwaters?