All walleye between 19 and 25-inches must be immediately released unharmed at Storm Lake no more than one walleye longer than 25-inches can be taken per day. Green algae blooms are present in some areas, especially near the downwind shorelines. Storm Lake (incl Little Storm Lake) Surface water temperature is in the low 80s. Water clarity is variable between a few inches to up to two feet depending on location. Largemouth Bass – Fair: Try plastics and traditional bass lures along submerged woody structure and weed lines near shore. Use a small jig tipped with a crawler or small minnow. Black Crappie – Fair: Find crappie near submerged woody structure in 5-20 feet of water. Catfish average 4 to 7 pounds.īrowns Lake Water levels remain low use caution when launching boats.īrushy Creek Lake Surface water temperature is in the low 80s. Channel Catfish – Fair: Look for cats around the deeper rock piles or try drifting in the evening and at night. Bluegill – Slow: Find bluegills along shore near Ice House Point and the rock pile by Gunshot Hill. Black Crappie – Fair: Fish are 8- to 11-inches. Most fish have moved to more off shore areas, but can still be picked up along Ice House Point and around the fish house and stone piers in Town Bay. Surface water temperature is in the low 80s. Water clarity is roughly 10 inches. The makings of a fishing trip you’ll never forget.Black Hawk Lake Water levels are about 5 inches below the crest of the spillway. Kentucky Lake has the variety of species to offer fast fishing and hefty catches. Pick your fish and your style of fishing because Kentucky Lake has the resources to keep your lines tight. A special fishery for sauger exists during the winter months where they congregate during the spawning run in the tailwaters of Kentucky Dam. Sauger, relatives of the walleyes, are often a bonus for white bass anglers and present a significant fishery of their own. Catfish – blues, channel cats and flatheads – grow to sizes as long as your leg, and larger even, in Kentucky Lake. There are other worthy fishing options, too. The sunfishes are easily caught by the sackful and are a hot item spring through fall. Always abundant, bluegill and the related red-ear sunfish or “shellcrackers” in recent seasons have grown stouter in size. Of increasing importance on Kentucky Lake is its sunfish faction. White bass often are caught on the surface as they feed on shad “in the jumps,” and the frenzied action can be hair-raising. Fish of up to 2 pounds and larger are caught in limit batches. That’s combined with a companion population of rod-wrenching smallmouth bass, which also produce an enviable number of fish to 5 pounds and larger.Ī hot ticket item on the lake from mid-spring through the summer is the white bass – “stripes” to the locals. Kentucky Lake has an exceptional population of largemouth bass, with a remarkable number of them in the 4-7 pound range and a good sprinkling of trophy fish all the way up to double digit weights. A variety of tactics used throughout the year can produce slab sized crappie.īass fishing run neck and neck with crappie as the hottest commodity on the water.

Often overlooked, however, is on Kentucky Lake crappie can be caught year-round. Loads of fish can then be caught in thigh-deep water. During this time, fisherman across the country plan their trips to take advantage of the great action just waiting to be had.Ĭrappie move up tributary creeks to bedding areas in shallow coves during the spring. Most famed on Kentucky Lake is the spring spawn. The lake’s crappie grow large – individual fish of 2 pounds are common and limit stringers of fish averaging 1.5 pounds are routine. Traditional headliner species on Kentucky Lake has been crappie, fish for which the impoundment has held deserved acclaim. Dedicated fisherman make pilgrimages to sample the wealth of the lake, and countless occasional anglers have been hooked by the taste of the reservoir’s bounty. This huge impoundment is consistently one of the richest angler’s meccas in America. We welcome you to Kentucky Lake where you can sample some of the best fishing there is!

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