How Long Will It Last?
What is everyone's thoughts on the future of Taylorsville Lake regarding crappie. I personally worry with the pressure it gets daily, the amount of fish kept and the undersized fish i see people keep every single trip i make there.
Let me be honest, i stopped fishing Taylorsville Lake two years ago. I started fishing it at the beginning of the making of the lake before the highway was installed. My father had a houseboat on it for around 20 years so I know every inch of that lake and how to catch crappie on it.
I stopped going for a few reasons but mainly because i own property at a private lake and i can catch all the crappie i want year round.. no real big fish but you can grab the occasional 15 inch. Another reason is I am to old to deal with the ramp and parking lot issues all around the lake. Always a traffic jam and im not parking at the top of the hill and walking down.. Im too old to deal with amateur hour, watching idiots try to back a boat down a ramp. I also don't have patience to deal with people blasting by me a 60 mph no further than 20 yards.
I do wonder if the lake can sustain the fish being removed. Im all for catching what you are going to eat. I question some guys bragging of catching thousands out of the lake but hey, maybe they have a large family or something like a large fish fry. Coach Bobby Redman used to catch thousands but he also had a fish fry at the beginning of the football season at Male High. I know a guy who catches a bunch to support his church fish fry. Good for all them.
I really wish the Department of Fish and Wildlife would set up shop at the ramps once a week randomly. All budget issues for the Department would be fished and the restocking program would be even better. Wonder what you guys think if the lake can keep up with the pressure as small as it is.
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Last edited by "D"; 06-05-2022 at 11:20 PM.
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