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I will be coming to KY to work for a few months. I will be staying in the Russellville area and was wondering if there are any good fishing lakes ,ponds, streams, etc. nearby. All that i ever read about is Ky Lake which on the map doesn't look too far but would like something a little closer for the evenings after work. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Barren River Lake isn't too far from Russelville and is suppose to be a pretty good crappie lake. At summer pool it's about 10,000 acres. Also Lake Malone State Park is pretty close but is a much smaller lake (788 acres).
thanks backlash, crappie is the fish of choice but anything will do. Do you know if either of these lakes have HP restrictions?
Lake Malone since it's a smaller lake has a 150 hp max according to the KY Dept. of Fish & Wildlife. Barren River has no hp restrictions. Good luck.
JeffP,Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffP
If you are going to Malone and will be fishing from the shore and walking through the weeds. I suggest that you get some real good tick repellent.
Had a co-worker get Rocky Mnt. Fever a couple years ago from there.
If you go to Barren. I would like to suggest that you fish the spillway. It is easy access and the fishing is most of the time pretty good.
Good Luck
CC
There is a small lake outside of Lewisburg which is just north of Russellville called Spa lake. Small boats with electric motors only. It has some good fish in it if you have access to a jon boat or bass buddy. You'd be surprised at some of the fish that come from the lake. Russellveill get's it's water supply from the lake. Lake Malone is a beautiful lake....great for bass and bluegill, crappie is fair. I've caught several bass 5 lbs last year. Good luck fishing.
I had a buddy that used to fish Malone quite a bit. They caught some real nice redears fishing crickets on bottom if your interested in that.
Greenfish
Do they have boat rentals there? How far from Ky lake is Malone located? I'd like to give it a try in may.
I don't know exactly how far it is from ky lake, probably a 1 1/2 hour drive. But if you're on the western ky parkway it only looks to be about 30-35 miles off of it (I don't know how you'll be going home). They do appear to rent boats there at the stat park. Here is a couple of sites that might help a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
http://fw.ky.gov/WaterbodyDetail.aspx?wid=41
http://parks.ky.gov/camp/campwky-body.htm#lm
I don't know if it would be worth your time to leave ky lake to fish Lake Malone, maybe someone else knows more about it than me. Hope this helps.
Greenfish
Greenfish, i'd like to hit it on my way down from Pa. I take 65 down from Louisville to get to the W K parkway. Can you give me directions from there or how about a zip code so i can use mapquest. Thanks, Smitty
Zip 42339 for the town of Dunmor near the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
Exit 58 off WK parkway, south on Hwy 70. I'm not sure where the ramps are on the lake but it looks like if you take hwy 973 west off of hwy 70 it will run you right accross the dam. Hopefully someone else more familiar with the lake can give you some more detailed info. Hope this helps.
Greenfish
As with the previous mentioned post, I would not make a special trip to Malone if I were planning on fishing Kentucky or Barkley. Malone is just under 800 acres it only has two ramps to launch your boat. The state dock does rent small jon boats. The other ramp is privately owned and charges a fee to launch. The lake is very scenic with numerous high bluff walls. It is not know for superb crappie fishing. There is no size limit on crappie if that tells you anything. The bass fishing is good....there have been several bass over 9lbs taken from the lake, (my personal best is just a 5lb 12oz.) Bluegill fishing is really good, especially the first two weeks of may. The lake recieves a lot of pressure.....Every Tuesday night they have a bass tournament with 30 to 40 boats which on an 800 acre lake makes space limited.
If you have plenty of time and like to explore new water then I would suggest it. The lake is located in Logan and Muhlenberg county. Coming south from Lousiville I would exit onto the Western Ky parkway at Elizabethtown. Near the city of Greenville and Central City, (home of the Everly Brothers) you'll see a sign for Lake Malone. The Lake Malone Inn, used to be open and provided lodging, however, I've heard it's been closed down. Shady Cliff has a good restaurant and rooms. Hope this helps you out. Good Luck!
Thanks badbrad. I was at kentucky lake a couple weeks ago. I had a great trip. I heard that malone had a good redear population along with some really nice bluegills. I wanted to stop and spend a day or two there on my next trip down to ky lake in mid-may. I have 2 weeks vacation. I'm going after shellcrackers at ky lake too. Can you give me any info on malone as to where i can find the gills and shellcrackers? Again, thanks for the info.
I'm with Greenfish....If I were fishing Kentucky or Barkley I would not leave them for Lake Malone. Malone is around 800 acres...they do rent boats at the State Dock (small Jons) I have fished Malone for several years and usually go once a week beginning in May. The bluegill and bass fishing is very good...crappie is fair. There is no size limit on crappie on Malone if that tells you anything. It is a very pretty lake, surrounding mostly by woods and bluff walls. It recently has had several homes developed along the shoreline. The lake has two ramps, the State dock and Shady Cliff. Shady Cliff has a good restaurant and lodging. If you come down I-65 from Louisville you would need to get on the Western Kentucky Parkway at Elizabethtown. Take the parkway to the Greenville/Central City exit there will be a sign for Lake Malone on US 431 south. Good Luck and Good fishing.
thanks for the info everyone I just got back from a 2 week stretch in russellville and fished lake malone 3 or 4 times with little luck, the first day i went up there i got 13 nice crappies and a few gills in a couple of hours. I went back up a couple of days later and only caught 2 crappies and a huge catfish. I found the lake at the boyscout camp and was wondering if it was worth the money to buy a permit it is alot closer than lake malone for an evening trip. anymore info would help.