Quote Originally Posted by DaveStewart View Post
I agree that Taylorsville was never a trophy lake...not sure where your getting your information but I waded the Salt before it was impounded....fished there after it was impounded for years....there was some good fish taken in the first couple of years after impoundment..this was holdover fish from before the impoundment. But even then 5-7 pound fish were never common and rare at best. 3 and 4 lbs yes. After a couple of years it was tougher than nails to get a limit of keepers. I fished the original TNT trail there along with over 100 boats each week and most of the time you could win the tournaments with 3 or 4 15" fish. The weights you are getting from the tourneys on Taylorsville now are much better than they were years ago.
Dave, what part of the Salt did you wade? When I was a kid we fished it some right in Shepherdsville (behind where Kart Country sits now) and we would occasionally catch a smallmouth. Did you catch many smallies? I live less than a mile from the river now and haven't fished it in years, despite saying I am going to.