Reply by: MAC ATTACK      Posted: 6/28/2012 6:34:46 AM     Points: 9306    

Thanks for the report. Welcome to the site. Please submit a conditions report. You will earn points.

 Reply by: JKaboom      Posted: 6/28/2012 6:42:59 AM     Points: 922    

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the boat rental run you for how long?

 Reply by: ttrapper      Posted: 6/28/2012 7:26:49 AM     Points: 0    

A 24' pontoon boat went for $205 including gas and vests. It went from 7 am to 5 pm. The people at the marina were great

 Reply by: PIKE FLY      Posted: 6/28/2012 8:54:39 AM     Points: 745    

were you trolling or just casting close to shore when you caught the pike?

 Reply by: Jimi      Posted: 6/28/2012 11:47:34 AM     Points: 217    

How crowded are the campgrounds?

 Reply by: ttrapper      Posted: 6/28/2012 7:45:14 PM     Points: 0    

I was trolling under 5 min when I caught the first pike with a rapala. The second one was in the afternooon casting a panther martin towards the east shore. We camped at cottonwood and arrived on Wed so we had are pick. At Taylor there was some open. By Fri everything is full because the free camp sites you can not have a fire

 Reply by: coyotehunter      Posted: 6/28/2012 7:53:52 PM     Points: 1072    

We did good on sunday with the Dynamic xxl lures

 Reply by: coyotehunter      Posted: 6/28/2012 7:55:27 PM     Points: 1072    

Just under 14lb and 9lbs

 Reply by: jsr      Posted: 6/29/2012 7:44:16 AM     Points: 0    

Someone had mention "structures" to fish around in this lake. Can anybody expound on what kind of structures and where they might be located?

 Reply by: Browns Hunter      Posted: 6/29/2012 8:00:33 AM     Points: 3070    

Structures on Taylor... Big subject. I've fished Taylor for 15 years now and its a lot of fun.
First, you've got three inlets -- Taylor River, Texas Creek, and Willow Creek. All three have good bays and channels. Between Texas Creek and Willow Creek is Bull Shoals Point and Bull Shoals Bay. Bull Shoals (both) are always good. Texas Creek has some very steep sides to the North, toward the Taylor inlet. Good for trout. And, to the South of the Texas Creek inlet is a big shallow bay which is good for Northerns.
The Taylor inlet has a series of sluice rock piles on both sides. They're deceiving and stretch into the reservoir a ways. It is very easy to ground your boat or do damage to your motor... be careful! A local name for this area is "Shipwreck"... take a wild guess how much bad experience was involved! But, those sluice piles and the Taylor inlet is rich with fish. I've always done well in there and its worth the effort. The channel is easy to follow for the length of Taylor and has a good reputation for lakers at this time of year.
If you go to the dam, both sides are very steep and the water is over 100' deep in places. Its very good for lakers, and shore fishermen can get into lakers year round.
Get a map from the store on this site and study it. This lake is one of the easier structure lakes to fish.