Fishing lakes in Kentucky

Kentucky has 281 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 1254 km². The largest is Kentucky Lake at 478.21 km². Anglers can find Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Crappie across these waters.

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Top fish species in Kentucky

Striped Bass30 lakes
Rainbow Trout30 lakes
Crappie30 lakes
Blue Catfish30 lakes
Flathead Catfish30 lakes
Muskellunge30 lakes
Smallmouth Bass30 lakes
Largemouth Bass30 lakes
Channel Catfish30 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish30 lakes
Brown Trout30 lakes
White Bass30 lakes

Top 281 largest lakes

Kentucky Lake
478.21 km² · 36.490, -88.070
Lake Cumberland
204.80 km² · 36.925, -84.875
Lake Barkley
198.60 km² · 36.834, -87.987
Mine Number 21 Reservoir
69.05 km² · 38.110, -88.963
Monroe Lake
44.97 km² · 39.056, -86.433
Barren River Lake
38.28 km² · 36.871, -86.066
Green River Lake
34.15 km² · 37.248, -85.291
Nolin Lake
24.38 km² · 37.333, -86.177
Laurel River Lake
24.13 km² · 36.963, -84.219
Rough River Lake
20.38 km² · 37.602, -86.432
Herrington Lake
11.53 km² · 37.717, -84.708
William H Harsha Lake
7.99 km² · 39.020, -84.120
Newton Lake
7.06 km² · 38.915, -88.289
Turtle Creek Lake
6.30 km² · 39.063, -87.529
Lake Beshear
3.38 km² · 37.126, -87.689
Greenwood Lake
3.36 km² · 38.884, -86.842
Cedar Creek Lake
3.15 km² · 37.477, -84.555
Lake Malone
3.12 km² · 37.057, -87.050
Wood Creek Lake
2.61 km² · 37.192, -84.181
Lake Sara
2.24 km² · 39.137, -88.636
Forbes Lake
2.12 km² · 38.725, -88.761
Lake Sullivan
1.62 km² · 39.112, -87.383
Lake Peewee
1.61 km² · 37.356, -87.528
Lake Linville
1.49 km² · 37.388, -84.349
Williamstown Lake
1.37 km² · 38.673, -84.533
Energy Lake
1.32 km² · 36.858, -88.025
Grandview Lake
1.30 km² · 39.151, -86.045
Lake Waynoka
1.19 km² · 38.938, -83.782
Bards Lake
1.03 km² · 36.561, -87.914
Lake Centralia
1.01 km² · 38.556, -88.995
Spa Lake
0.98 km² · 36.936, -87.025
Kincaid Lake
0.95 km² · 38.719, -84.274
Sam Dale Lake
0.85 km² · 38.541, -88.582
Honker Lake
0.83 km² · 36.906, -88.031
Lexington Reservoir Number 4
0.77 km² · 37.984, -84.443
Versailles State Park Dam
0.72 km² · 39.081, -85.243
Greenbrier Creek Reservoir
0.71 km² · 38.018, -83.865
Freeman Lake
0.69 km² · 37.722, -85.871
Grant Lake
0.67 km² · 39.006, -83.931
Owsley Fork Reservoir
0.66 km² · 37.541, -84.180
Beaver Lake
0.66 km² · 37.969, -85.020
Lake Herndon
0.65 km² · 36.884, -86.945
Lake Moses
0.65 km² · 38.021, -88.873
Campbell County Lake
0.62 km² · 38.883, -84.374
Maple Lake
0.60 km² · 37.187, -88.155
Loch Mary Reservoir
0.59 km² · 37.269, -87.523
Brush Creek Reservoir
0.59 km² · 39.054, -85.512
Old Timber Lake
0.59 km² · 39.036, -85.393
Sam Parr Lake
0.58 km² · 39.021, -88.119
Wilgreen Lake
0.56 km² · 37.710, -84.346
Lake Morris
0.56 km² · 36.929, -87.455
Hematite Lake
0.55 km² · 36.894, -88.050
Shanty Hollow Lake
0.53 km² · 37.150, -86.386
Lake Boxley
0.52 km² · 36.890, -87.435
Fagan Branch Lake
0.52 km² · 37.525, -85.240
Olney Lake
0.51 km² · 38.779, -88.063
Starve Hollow Lake
0.51 km² · 38.814, -86.077
Elmer Davis Lake
0.49 km² · 38.500, -84.874
Bullock Pen Lake
0.48 km² · 38.794, -84.646
Lake Cannigo
0.47 km² · 38.349, -84.038
Country Squire Lake
0.46 km² · 39.037, -85.689
Salem Lake
0.45 km² · 37.595, -85.711
Kinneman Lake
0.43 km² · 37.081, -88.538
Eldorado Reservoir
0.43 km² · 37.826, -88.494
Lake Vega
0.42 km² · 37.699, -84.225
McDougal Lake
0.40 km² · 37.553, -85.688
Glen Jones Lake
0.40 km² · 37.688, -88.388
Lake Jaycee
0.40 km² · 38.375, -88.896
Taylor Lake
0.39 km² · 37.318, -86.796
Old Channel Lake
0.39 km² · 39.112, -84.842
Buck Creek Lake
0.38 km² · 36.989, -87.318
Winchester Reservoir
0.38 km² · 37.957, -84.234
Lake Blythe
0.38 km² · 36.926, -87.501
Lake Barkley
0.38 km² · 36.492, -87.744
Big Lake
0.37 km² · 37.732, -88.106
Illinois Central Reservoir
0.37 km² · 38.311, -88.738
Raw Water Reservoir
0.36 km² · 38.150, -89.033
Boltz Lake
0.35 km² · 38.703, -84.613
Lake Reba
0.35 km² · 37.735, -84.251
Corinth Lake
0.34 km² · 38.501, -84.583
Lake Liberty
0.33 km² · 37.319, -84.893
Lutheran Lake
0.33 km² · 39.075, -86.073
Hohman Lake
0.33 km² · 37.160, -88.502
Miller Lake
0.33 km² · 38.399, -88.889
Lake Hickman
0.32 km² · 38.003, -84.471
Cap Mauzy Lake
0.32 km² · 37.619, -87.857
Beulah Lake
0.31 km² · 37.377, -83.909
Lake Kyle
0.30 km² · 36.579, -87.657
L P Dolan Lake
0.29 km² · 38.061, -88.403
Round Pond
0.29 km² · 37.756, -88.099
Caneyville Reservoir
0.28 km² · 37.444, -86.461
Corbin City Reservoir
0.28 km² · 36.984, -84.121
Ken-Ray Lake
0.28 km² · 38.827, -86.352
Melody Lake
0.27 km² · 37.684, -85.480
Lake Tandy
0.27 km² · 36.908, -87.437
Salem Reservoir
0.27 km² · 38.646, -88.947
Lake Fontaine
0.26 km² · 38.007, -84.465
Eagle Number 1 Fresh Water Lake
0.26 km² · 37.675, -88.230
Trailwood Lake
0.25 km² · 38.310, -84.996
Campbellsville City Reservoir
0.25 km² · 37.359, -85.338
Walker Lake
0.25 km² · 37.529, -87.713
Luzerne Lake
0.24 km² · 37.212, -87.198
Valier Lake
0.23 km² · 38.043, -89.047
Lake McLeansboro
0.23 km² · 38.084, -88.556
Salt Pond
0.23 km² · 38.721, -88.305
Maria Pond
0.23 km² · 38.773, -87.490
Lake Tarzian
0.22 km² · 39.002, -86.278
Brooks Lake
0.22 km² · 38.970, -87.762
Pleasant View Lake
0.22 km² · 37.306, -87.563
Lake Nellie
0.22 km² · 39.047, -88.846
Browns Lake
0.22 km² · 37.253, -87.526
Pennyrile Lake
0.21 km² · 37.069, -87.664
Fish Lake
0.21 km² · 37.729, -88.094
Lexington Reservoir Number 4
0.19 km² · 37.990, -84.427
Moffit Lake
0.19 km² · 37.578, -87.851
Davis Lake
0.19 km² · 37.035, -86.844
Providence City Lake
0.19 km² · 37.374, -87.797
Laurel Creek Reservoir
0.19 km² · 36.688, -84.443
Lewisburg City Lake
0.19 km² · 36.967, -86.928
C and EI Reservoir
0.19 km² · 38.634, -88.931
The Bayou
0.19 km² · 37.934, -88.138
Prairie Creek Structure Number A-4-1
0.19 km² · 38.794, -86.939
East Lake Impoundment
0.18 km² · 38.194, -89.051
Doolin Lake
0.18 km² · 37.237, -86.750
Reservoir Number Twenty-six
0.18 km² · 39.019, -87.246
Lake Benton
0.18 km² · 38.057, -88.915
Sportsman Lake
0.18 km² · 37.632, -85.842
Lake Number 1
0.18 km² · 37.448, -86.436
Greendale Lake
0.18 km² · 38.655, -88.692
More Lake
0.18 km² · 38.981, -87.250
Lake Sullivan
0.17 km² · 39.131, -87.387
Sesser Lake
0.17 km² · 38.070, -89.035
Altamont Reservoir
0.17 km² · 39.036, -88.718
Prairie Creek Structure Number A-2-3
0.17 km² · 38.775, -87.018
James C Harris Reservoir
0.17 km² · 37.466, -84.696
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Lake
0.16 km² · 38.985, -84.294
Grapevine Lake
0.16 km² · 37.304, -87.478
Stanford Reservoir
0.16 km² · 37.486, -84.680
Marion County Lake
0.16 km² · 37.515, -85.245
Sportsman Lake
0.15 km² · 37.534, -85.705
Hulda Lake
0.15 km² · 37.792, -88.107
Grays Pond
0.15 km² · 38.876, -87.529
Mosley Pond
0.15 km² · 36.684, -87.031
Mud Lake
0.15 km² · 37.599, -88.164
Railroad Lake
0.14 km² · 37.079, -87.859
Homestead Lake
0.14 km² · 37.174, -87.551
Superior Lake
0.14 km² · 38.421, -89.048
Motorboat Lake
0.14 km² · 38.975, -87.264
Lake Pauline
0.14 km² · 39.147, -88.567
Sportsman Lake
0.14 km² · 37.685, -87.507
Swallow Spring Pond
0.14 km² · 36.772, -87.524
Sid Calk Lake
0.14 km² · 37.915, -83.846
Brushy Pond
0.14 km² · 37.181, -88.161
Snockey Pond
0.14 km² · 37.703, -88.409
Boyd Lake
0.14 km² · 36.814, -87.640
Robinson Lake
0.14 km² · 38.552, -88.264
Lake Hamilton
0.13 km² · 38.053, -88.907
Combs Lake
0.13 km² · 37.165, -83.706
Pool Two
0.13 km² · 36.500, -87.794
Sandy Run Lake
0.13 km² · 37.931, -88.361
Goose Pond
0.13 km² · 38.572, -88.217
Moses Lake
0.13 km² · 39.093, -86.924
Dotson Lake
0.13 km² · 37.250, -86.804
Springfield Reservoir
0.12 km² · 37.670, -85.251
Avery Lake
0.12 km² · 37.080, -88.486
Patterson Lake
0.12 km² · 38.875, -88.676
Crofton Reservoir
0.12 km² · 37.037, -87.488
Nichols Lake
0.12 km² · 37.488, -86.074
Sportsman Club Lake
0.11 km² · 37.388, -85.254
Lake Number 13
0.11 km² · 37.405, -86.441
Burkitt-Laws Lake
0.11 km² · 38.341, -88.355
Arrowhead Lake
0.11 km² · 38.492, -84.526
Pounds Lake
0.11 km² · 37.617, -88.274
Fehrer Lake
0.11 km² · 37.751, -88.080
Nortonville Lake
0.10 km² · 37.181, -87.466
Shotgun Lake
0.10 km² · 36.730, -88.730
Clear Pond
0.10 km² · 37.042, -88.311
Buntin Lake
0.10 km² · 36.955, -87.485
Barnett Lake
0.10 km² · 37.420, -88.316
Priester Lake
0.10 km² · 37.035, -88.548
Hickory Lake
0.10 km² · 38.893, -85.588
County Lake
0.10 km² · 37.041, -85.608
Lake Number 6
0.10 km² · 37.443, -86.495
Izaac Walton Lake
0.10 km² · 38.007, -89.079
Lake Walton
0.10 km² · 39.154, -87.672
Fraternal Order Columbus Police Lake
0.10 km² · 39.056, -86.071
Long Pond
0.10 km² · 37.654, -88.126
Briar Patch Lake
0.10 km² · 38.295, -88.291
Hundred Acre Pond
0.10 km² · 37.232, -85.716
Christopher Reservoir
0.10 km² · 37.986, -89.072
Patoka Club Lake
0.09 km² · 38.779, -88.992
Hopson Lake
0.09 km² · 36.990, -87.842
Browns Pond
0.09 km² · 38.047, -88.187
Boat Lake
0.09 km² · 39.129, -87.169
Pontca Lake
0.09 km² · 38.077, -88.212
Lake Barkley
0.09 km² · 36.498, -87.790
Oakland Lake
0.09 km² · 37.421, -85.122
Kirkwood Lake
0.09 km² · 37.135, -87.077
Raymer Lake
0.09 km² · 37.180, -86.390
Greer Lake
0.09 km² · 37.654, -86.030
Whoopie Cat Lake
0.09 km² · 37.477, -88.327
Lake Sullivan
0.09 km² · 39.134, -87.393
Broomsage Lake
0.09 km² · 38.922, -85.536
Lake Pyoca
0.09 km² · 38.862, -86.020
Old Altamont Reservoir
0.09 km² · 39.077, -88.716
Murphy Pond
0.08 km² · 36.741, -88.856
Kinmundy Lake
0.08 km² · 38.764, -88.864
Lake Genevieve
0.08 km² · 37.018, -88.520
Dranes
0.08 km² · 37.649, -86.026
City Lake
0.08 km² · 37.308, -88.089
Powell Lake
0.08 km² · 36.991, -87.229
Lake Dilldear
0.08 km² · 39.042, -85.105
Lake Geneva
0.08 km² · 38.856, -85.034
Berkel Lake
0.08 km² · 37.707, -88.425
Hecks Lake
0.08 km² · 38.590, -88.929
Lake Walter Scott
0.08 km² · 38.961, -88.519
Reservoir Number 1
0.08 km² · 38.013, -84.462
Smith Lake
0.08 km² · 37.007, -87.870
Briggs Lake
0.08 km² · 36.889, -86.830
Thorn Hill Lake
0.08 km² · 38.862, -84.456
Greenbriar Lake
0.08 km² · 39.139, -87.298
Berea City Lakes
0.08 km² · 37.541, -84.243
Lake Barbara
0.08 km² · 39.086, -85.918
Hammond Lake
0.08 km² · 36.883, -87.781
Athey Lake
0.07 km² · 39.081, -87.787
Broadie Lake
0.07 km² · 38.839, -87.506
Lake Timberline
0.07 km² · 39.041, -88.864
Allen Lake
0.07 km² · 39.025, -87.735
Boone Lake
0.07 km² · 38.848, -84.611
Curlew Lakes
0.07 km² · 37.575, -88.091
Rochester-Goodell Reservoir
0.07 km² · 38.712, -88.955
Pine Mountain Lake
0.07 km² · 36.741, -83.697
Furnace Lake
0.07 km² · 37.760, -83.804
Lake Barkley
0.07 km² · 36.796, -88.000
State Lake
0.07 km² · 37.635, -88.135
West Lake
0.07 km² · 39.000, -87.802
Middle Lake
0.07 km² · 37.224, -86.748
Cips Lake
0.07 km² · 39.112, -88.582
Lake Barkley
0.07 km² · 36.496, -87.794
City Reservoir
0.07 km² · 37.979, -88.314
Pine Knob Lake
0.07 km² · 37.479, -86.518
Prairie Creek Dam Number A-3-1
0.06 km² · 38.780, -86.928
Hortin Slough
0.06 km² · 38.273, -88.161
Buffalo Lake
0.06 km² · 37.699, -85.843
Lake Buck
0.06 km² · 37.671, -84.249
Martin Lake
0.06 km² · 37.189, -86.593
Otter Pond
0.06 km² · 37.024, -87.826
Dieckbrader Lake
0.06 km² · 39.153, -83.916
Bullock Pen Lake
0.06 km² · 38.801, -84.635
Sheeks Lake
0.06 km² · 38.779, -86.488
Coon Range Lake
0.06 km² · 37.035, -86.943
Crosley Lake
0.06 km² · 38.957, -85.588
Slaughters Lake
0.06 km² · 37.478, -87.491
Dunham Lake
0.06 km² · 36.992, -85.613
Lake Jeanclia
0.06 km² · 39.077, -84.843
Olan Bullock Lake
0.06 km² · 38.171, -88.646
Lake Sandpoint
0.06 km² · 39.061, -88.125
Jackson Lake
0.06 km² · 39.075, -86.885
Lake Jasper
0.06 km² · 39.008, -88.114
Chestnut Lake
0.06 km² · 37.033, -88.513
Griffith Farms Lake
0.06 km² · 38.086, -88.214
Louisville and Nashville Reservoir
0.06 km² · 38.321, -88.917
Cox Lake
0.06 km² · 38.316, -88.353
Jackson Lake
0.06 km² · 39.100, -84.268
Horseshoe Lake
0.06 km² · 37.441, -88.433
Waltonville Lake
0.06 km² · 38.207, -89.042
Dixon Pond
0.05 km² · 37.643, -88.135
Jonay Pond
0.05 km² · 39.140, -87.388
Powell Pond
0.05 km² · 39.136, -87.230
Harmons Lake
0.05 km² · 39.122, -87.160
Rawls Pond
0.05 km² · 36.528, -87.886
Buckner Pond
0.05 km² · 37.977, -88.996
Hawthorne Hills Lake
0.05 km² · 38.363, -88.926
Lake Gem
0.05 km² · 37.665, -84.239
Whoopie Cat Lake
0.05 km² · 37.483, -88.326
Stanbery Lake
0.05 km² · 38.942, -89.037
Johnson Lake
0.05 km² · 37.745, -85.678
Narrow Lake
0.05 km² · 39.036, -87.258
Echo Lake
0.05 km² · 39.085, -86.058
Noblitt Lake
0.05 km² · 39.110, -86.023
Lester Lake
0.05 km² · 38.523, -88.821