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[Chuck Adams]

No clue , but for sure seen it a zillion times . Dropping water levels that quickly could for sure be the culprit though.
Or it could have been that coupled with 27 other variables. Was 2 fish from a limit of 25 monsters one afternoon waiting for my buddy who was running late , when he arrived we went right back and struggled for the rest of the visit and left with 27.
To this day it sticks in my memory, they bit Every drop and where just whoppers in herds on timber and even though they were still there when we got back a few minutes later , it was like there wasn’t a fish down there

A big problem with where I fish is there are zillions of small fish everywhere and I really mean everywhere.
The keeper rate is about 1 out of 10+ fish caught.
Great place to practice and try new stuff but I fish for sandwiches.
Guess it could always be worse.
I’m not complaining.


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[catchNgrease]

Just wonder if drawing the water down might be the reason???


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Thanks
My Daddy told me years ago on a pull that hard that they go into survival mode for fear of getting stranded. They head for deeper water. Everything I fish is watershed. One tip would be to find spots on the bank where the water is actually flowing backwards. They will wait for food to come to them and they can rest there.


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[Chuck Adams]

Thanks
My Daddy told me years ago on a pull that hard that they go into survival mode for fear of getting stranded. They head for deeper water. Everything I fish is watershed. One tip would be to find spots on the bank where the water is actually flowing backwards. They will wait for food to come to them and they can rest there.


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My Dad was a big time bird hunter and didn’t really fish much.
But I do remember him saying,,,,,
“ if you’re meant to hang, you’ll never drown”…..
Guess that applies to a lot of things in life including fishing.
Thanks
Chuck


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[Mike1234]

I was fishing there Thursday and it seemed if there was a bunch of fish together they wouldn’t bite you had to find small schools like 4 or 5 fish and they would bite. They would be close to the bigger school of fish. Not really an answer to your question just what we saw.


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[Rojo]

The question was .... did dropping water levels turn off the bite ??

In my experiences ... it can turn the bite off. Falling water can force them deeper and/or away from the bank. It can make them lite biters during their location change, too. Slow falling water levels may not cause a drastic change in the feeding behavior, but a fast drop in water levels certainly can. Lots of other factors could also be at play, also.

If we are fishing tide here on the Coast falling water they bite best but as soon as it turns, most times, just head in, they pull the same lock-jaw stunt.

[Chuck Adams]

I was fishing there Thursday and it seemed if there was a bunch of fish together they wouldn’t bite you had to find small schools like 4 or 5 fish and they would bite. They would be close to the bigger school of fish. Not really an answer to your question just what we saw.


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The bad thing about Taylorsville is the abundance of 9 7/8 inch fish!!
The lake fishes well and I ALWAYS catch fish. Great place to practice Livescope skills.


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[CrappiePappy]

The bad thing about Taylorsville is the abundance of 9 7/8 inch fish!!
The lake fishes well and I ALWAYS catch fish. Great place to practice Livescope skills.


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.... yeah, but it was the same back when the size limit was 9" ... you could catch a ton of 8 7/8" fish. Then all of a sudden people started catching 11-14" fish in numbers and the KDFWR decided to up the size limit to 10" (and now here we are, again )

[Mike1234]

The bad thing about Taylorsville is the abundance of 9 7/8 inch fish!!
The lake fishes well and I ALWAYS catch fish. Great place to practice Livescope skills.


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There is a bunch of fish in the 9/12 to 93/4 range for sure. You wouldn’t happen to be the guy I spoke to at the ramp. He mentioned he was a retired police officer in a white Denali with a ranger boat


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[Mike1234]

.... yeah, but it was the same back when the size limit was 9" ... you could catch a ton of 8 7/8" fish. Then all of a sudden people started catching 11-14" fish in numbers and the KDFWR decided to up the size limit to 10" (and now here we are, again )

Yes you does. I’d say it has to do with the amount of pressure that lake gets. As soon as a fish hits legal size it’s taken.


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[Chuck Adams]

There is a bunch of fish in the 9/12 to 93/4 range for sure. You wouldn’t happen to be the guy I spoke to at the ramp. He mentioned he was a retired police officer in a white Denali with a ranger boat


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Negative.
I usually pull my Crestliner with a silver Land Rover. Sometimes my F-250.


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