Taylor Lake is a lake in California, near Plumas County.
Taylor Lake in Plumas County is a lake in California and covers about 31.7 acres, reaches about 22.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 290.4 acre-feet.
Taylor Lake can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water.
Fish listed for Taylor Lake include Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and Rainbow Trout.
When rainbow trout are the target on Taylor Lake, cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
While looking for brown trout on Taylor Lake, work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
Make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break; use a light bait when the water is clear, then match the hook and line to the named target.
Shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move; fish where rock meets mud, then fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; repeat the depth that gives the first bite; start with the cover closest to deep water, then fish the edge from top to bottom.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the first good pass, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; work from shallow to deep, then keep line light around small clear-water fish.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.