New limit on catfish at Taylorsville

[jig bob]

I bet it was better than working....

[Bumblebee110]

man i bass fish at tville and always see you guys out there. never guessed you we catching that man fish. sounds like fun i might have to try this summer. but it will be all catch and release.

[jig bob]

Thats what i do. Catch and release, i'm not a big catfish eater.. I just love to catch them. I have never seen catfish look as clean as they do in Taylorsville Lake.

[KYCatfish]

Thats what i do. Catch and release, i'm not a big catfish eater.. I just love to catch them. I have never seen catfish look as clean as they do in Taylorsville Lake.

they aren't too bad but I still make the effort to clean them up good. I usually run a blade down the spine section of the filet cutting them in half length-wise and trim 1/4-1/2" of meat off both sides as that's where the brown meat usually is. My wife got real picky about it on some bigger fish a few years ago so now I trim them all up.

[worm1]

Quick question. I see guys out there all the time with jugs scattered from one side of the lake to the other, is it ok for me to pick a hole between the feild of jugs and run on plain through them? I'll typically try to go around but sometimes the trees in the water prevent me from being able to. I try not to be a jerk about it and never knew what was acceptable to the juggers.

[KYCatfish]

Quick question. I see guys out there all the time with jugs scattered from one side of the lake to the other, is it ok for me to pick a hole between the feild of jugs and run on plain through them? I'll typically try to go around but sometimes the trees in the water prevent me from being able to. I try not to be a jerk about it and never knew what was acceptable to the juggers.

if you have no choice, that's what you can do. I personally would prefer if you slowed down a bit but it wouldn't bug me too much. What really gets my blood boiling is if I'm clearly off to the side and some idiot planes through them when he could easily go around them. It happened to me last year and I jumped into the driver's chair to have a chat with him. I was gaining on him until he saw me and he hammered it down. I had every intention of boarding his boat to settle it in person. I was extremely PO'd b/c it was plain-as-day intentional. And before anyone says anything...yeah I could have gotten into trouble but it would have been he said vs he said and at the moment I was willing to go for it. I repeat I'm not saying my actions were smart but it was the heat of the moment.

[Tyme2fish]

I too encountered a jugger some years ago at T-ville and the jugs were stretched clean across the bay.

I wanted to be polite, but geez,the entire bay was covered in jugs. I just cranked down to idle and puttered my way through the flotilla of jugs.

[Embrey]

i would have probably blown through them too. pick up a fishing pole

[KYCatfish]

i would have probably blown through them too. pick up a fishing pole

if they are stretched across and you have no choice, that's fine with me. For this very reason I do not stretch across a bay or the main lake. I'll line a bank with them to forego this issue (honestly most juggers do line them off to one side...I'm sure there are exceptions). The one time I mentioned above they were all within 60 yards of the bank and the idiot had 500 yards behind me to drive his boat. But no...he planed by my boat not 25 yards away. I give full respect to others and expect the same in return. I know this guy did it on purpose.

[procraft 192 super pro]

If you what to know why the limit? Just ask yourself if you called in on the catfish that were tagged!! Thats why!!!!!

[KYCatfish]

If you what to know why the limit? Just ask yourself if you called in on the catfish that were tagged!! Thats why!!!!!

I never caught one with a tag. Actually didn't know there were tagged fish in there.

[procraft 192 super pro]

I never caught one with a tag. Actually didn't know there were tagged fish in there.

Yes the signs were at settlers trace. And what the deal was they put a x amount of tagged cats in Taylorsville. Too see how long they lasted. I heard that the limit was coming for 2 years now. So it was in the works for a while. I jug fish to with my kids but I dont go hog wild and try to get 50+ fish. But if someone did not do it the cat fish would be like the shad.