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Fishing

 
Fish Species

 Largemouth Bass
 
Micropterus salmoides floridanus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
13 lbs. 10.4 oz.
 April 14, 1984
 Wolf Creek Lake
 Caught by Dale Wilson

 

 Smallmouth Bass
 
Micropterus punctulatus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
11 lbs. 15 oz.
 July 1955
 Dale Hollow Lake
 Caught by David Hayes

 

 Black Crappie*
 
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
4 lbs. 14 oz.
 May 8, 2005
 A watershed lake in Christian Co.
 Caught by Penny Hopper

 

 White Crappie*
 
Pomoxis annularis

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

Kentucky Record:
 
4 lbs. 14 oz.
 May 8, 2005
 A watershed lake in Christian Co.
 Caught by Penny Hopper

 

 Bluegill
 
Lepomis macrochirus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
4 lbs. 3 oz.
 August 5, 1980
 A strip mine lake in Hopkins Co.
 Caught by Phil Conyers

 

 White Bass
 
Morone chrysops

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
5 lbs.
 July 7, 1943
 Kentucky Lake/Tennessee River
 Caught by Lorne Eli

 

 Channel Catfish
 
Ictalurus punctatus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
32 lbs.
 May 26, 2004
 Ohio River
 Caught by Kyle Estep

 

 Blue Catfish
 
Ictalurus furcatus

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
104 lbs. (world record)
 August 28, 1999
 Cannelton Dam, Ohio River
 Caught by Bruce W. Midkiff

 

 Sauger
 
Sander canadense

  Profile for Ky/Barkley Lakes

 Kentucky Record:
 
7 lbs. 7oz.
 April 28, 1983
 Lake Cumberland
 Caught by Rastie Andrew

*Black Crappie and White Crappie are very similar, therefore they share the same profile here on ExploreKentuckyLake.com
 

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