Lake Taylor in City of Norfolk: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Lake Taylor in City of Norfolk, Virginia. Everything around it is pine and hardwood. Ground here is low by Virginia standards. Head to Norfolk, 4.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Norfolk, 5 miles distant. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water. Nothing about the setting is dramatic, and that suits the fishing.

• Where to Fish on Lake Taylor

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Across City of Norfolk, recorded fish include common carp, black crappie, koi and striped bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The shape of Lake Taylor rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 80°F and January reads 41°F. Long warm spells define the calendar more than any cold. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. The season on Lake Taylor rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is somewhere to leave the car, 150 yards off. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Lake Wright is 0.9 miles off. Nothing on Lake Taylor should be assumed from this page alone.