UTERJanuary
Cave Run muskie on warm spells
Slow baits.
Kentucky Lake to Cave Run
Kentucky freshwater fishing
What's biting in Kentucky freshwater in October: striped bass, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with sauger, bluegill and redear sunfish around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 21 fish here month by month, from Kentucky Lake to Green River.
Fall feed and muskie
Kentucky and Barkley lakes for crappie and ledge bass, Cumberland's stripers and walleye, Dale Hollow's smallmouth, Cave Run's muskie, and wading rivers for smallmouth.
Kentucky LakeLake BarkleyLake CumberlandDale HollowCave Run LakeGreen River
Updated
Now · October
Fall feed and muskie
Cave Run.
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassSmallmouth bassStriped bassMuskellunge (muskie)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
This month here
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Striped bass
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Muskellunge (muskie)
Cave Run fall muskie
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Sauger
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Walleye
Flathead catfish
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Cumberland walleye stage
River mouths.
March
Crappie and muskie pre-spawn
Stake beds.
April
Kentucky Lake crappie spawn
62–66°F.
May
Bass on the beds
Bays.
June
Ledge bass begin
Deep cranks.
July
Summer smallmouth rivers
Wading.
August
Ledges and night stripers
Live bait.
September
Fall transition
Black crappie (speck)Smallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Flathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Shad in the creeks.
October · now
Fall feed and muskie
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassSmallmouth bassStriped bassMuskellunge (muskie)Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Cave Run.
November
Smallmouth and muskie
Cold water.
December
Winter stripers and sauger
Tailwaters.
Fish guides for Kentucky freshwater
When, where and what to use, fish by fishBlack crappie (speck)Largemouth bassMuskellunge (muskie)SaugerSmallmouth bassSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Walleye
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