Taylor Lake, Indiana: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in LaGrange County, Indiana. Height above sea level is 932 feet. It covers about 16 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our LaGrange County list holds plenty of bigger water. Kendallville lies 8.4 miles from the water. Wolcottville is 8.9 miles and Rome City 10 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Taylor Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for LaGrange County names bluegill, rainbow darter, johnny darter, largemouth bass and blackside darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The shape of Taylor Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 22°F to 72°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late March. The lid tends to go about late March and return around mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. At Taylor Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Lake of the Woods is 0.5 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Taylor Lake.