Florida's Taylor Creek Reservoir

[flyboy]

Hello Everyone

I recently purchased a fishing lease on Taylor Creek Reservoir and I am having wonderful experiences there.  Any of you fishing the reservoir or fished it in the past.  Any advice on patterns, colors or areas to concentrate on?

Thanks in advance

[FD.]

Where is it?

How much is a lease?

How are the ramps and facilities?

[Bassn Blvd]

Where is it?

How much is a lease?

How are the ramps and facilities?

I believe Taylor Creek is on the North side of Lake Okeechobee.

[George Welcome]

Taylor Creek Reservoir is due west of Lake Poinsett, in Osceola county. It is part of the St. Johns River.

[flyboy]

George is correct about the reservoir's location.  It was formed by a dam on Taylor Creek that flows into the area from near Orlando and on into the St. Johns through a spillway.  It is really an unusual piece of water for Florida in that it has a lot of standing timber, lots of 20' plus water, and plenty of expansive flats and vegetation.  It is eaten up with small fish right now.  I have only caught a couple of big fish and was hoping to find someone who might have fished it and knew some consistent patterns.  I have found that most anything you want to throw works with the better fish coming on medium running crank baits.

Membership is expensive, two grand a year, with a long waiting list and a very limited number of members.  The lake is crowded when you see one or two other boats there on the same day.  It is kind of a dream lake for Florida, but may be past it's prime.

I am familiar with the Taylor Creek community just south of the town of Okeechobee, but I don't think there is any connection with the Taylor creek that forms this reservoir

[gar-tracker]

Try 13 inch worms. Or large swim Baits.

[brian.wilkes]

• Can someone direct me to anyone I can contact about gaining access for one day?  The reason I am trying to get in touch with someone, is my father recently passed away and I am looking to spread some of his ashes here.  He always called this place heaven and I think it would be appropriate to do this for him.  My father was a member there for years and I grew up fishing this lake.  At one point it was arguably the best lake in the country for bass over 10lbs.  To my knowledge, the largest bass caught was 18lbs 01 once and surprisingly was caught from the little lake.  Unfortunately the lake was miss managed and all of the middle fish were taken out leaving just small and large fish.  I do remember the best pattern for the big bass was in the timber.  There are 4-5 creek channels that feed towards the dam.  The larger fish use these as highways to get to the flats areas.  I remember being on trips where for weeks, the smallest bass that was caught was 4lbs.  I have personally seen a dozen or more bass caught over 10lbs.  My fathers best here was 15lbs 03 oz.    Please email me at toyreaver14@gmail.com if you or anyone can help.  Thanks Brian