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Kentucky Lake

🛶 Lake fishing  Kentucky · 🌅 05:34 - 🌇 20:10

Kentucky Lake is a lake in Kentucky. The fish here are ranked by weather, water temperature and season, see the likely catch below.

Conditions right now

Weather
☀️ Clear sky
Water temp (est.)
24.0°C
Air temp
25.5°C
Wind
3.8 m/s
Pressure
1013.0 ↓ falling
Clouds
1.0%

Water temperature is an estimate based on weather and season.

Best times today

🌇 Dusk 18:55–20:55 🌙 Night 20:55–04:49

Local time at the spot, from the most likely species' daily rhythm.

Next hours

08:00
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26.0°
09:00
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27.0°
10:00
28.0°
11:00
29.0°
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30.0°
13:00
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31.0°
14:00
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31.0°
15:00
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32.0°
16:00
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32.0°
17:00
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32.0°
18:00
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31.0°
19:00
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29.0°

Likely catch now (12 species)

Common Carp
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
19%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season, falling pressure ahead of weather.
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Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
19%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Blue Catfish
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
19%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season, falling pressure ahead of weather.
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Flathead Catfish
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
18%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season.
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Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Largemouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
5%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Striped Bass
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Black Crappie
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Bluegill
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, peak season.
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Brown Trout
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
2%
Slow during the night, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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White Bass
White Bass
Morone chrysops
2%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 24 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
1%
Slow during the night, bright sky slows things.
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Tips right now

Technique Start with a ledger bait for common carp, the most likely catch right now.
Timing This is a prime window for common carp at night. Fish hard now.
Lure Ledger bait for common carp: Boilies or corn.
Colour Clear water and good light: try natural, gold and bronze for common carp.
Depth The water temperature suits the fish. Fish actively at normal depths and edges.

Fishing permit

A state fishing license is required to fish here. Licenses are issued by each state:

About this water

Kentucky Lake

Kentucky Lake is a major navigable reservoir along the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was created in 1944 by the Tennessee Valley Authority's impounding of the Tennessee River via Kentucky Dam for flood control and hydroelectric power. The 160,309-acre (649 km2) lake is the largest artificial lake by surface area in the United States east of the Mississippi River, with 2,064 miles (3,322 km) of shoreline. Kentucky Lake has a flood storage capacity of 4,008,000 acre⋅ft (4.944 km3), more than 2.5 times the next largest lake in the TVA system.

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