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Best white bass & hybrids lakes in Kentucky

17 Kentucky waters hold white bass & hybrids, 5 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Hard-fighting schooling fish (white bass and hybrid stripers/wipers) that corral shad on flats and points.

1. Lake Barkley — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Bluegill
2. Kentucky Lake — 75 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
3. Nolin River Lake — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
4. Green River Lake — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
5. Rough River Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
6. Barren River Lake — 75 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Ohio River — McAlpine Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
8. Ohio River — Cannelton Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
9. Kentucky River (Palisades) — 25 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Channel Catfish
10. Ohio River — Markland Pool — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
11. Ohio River — Meldahl Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
12. Taylorsville Lake — 60 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Saugeye, Crappie, Bluegill
13. Ohio River — Greenup Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie
14. Ohio River — Newburgh Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel Catfish
15. Ohio River — J.T. Myers Pool — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Crappie, Channel Catfish
16. Herrington Lake — 249 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
17. Salt River — 15 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, White Bass & Hybrids, Flathead Catfish

When to fish white bass & hybrids in Kentucky

• Spring 3–15 ft — The famous spring run: fish stack in creeks, rivers and inflows to spawn.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Follow surfacing schools over humps and flats; jigging spoons when they sound.
• Fall 8–25 ft — Aggressive fall schooling — when you find one, you've found a hundred.
• Winter 20–40 ft — Deep wintering schools on channel edges; vertical spoons.

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