Fishing Report For Cave Run Lake, KY

By Rick Seaman

February 16, 2025

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Fishing Report Cave Run Lake, KY

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Popular Fish Species Cave Run Lake, KY

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

According to local reports, the bass fishing in Cave Run Lake continues to excel. In Spring, bass move into the coves and pockets. Summer and Winter find the bass outside the coves on points, flats and structure. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, but many tournament anglers are throwing square-bill crankbaits in the backs of shallow coves, and vibrating jigs in deeper areas of the coves. During slow times, when the bass are finicky, a stick worm, rigged wacky style, is reportedly working well

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Current Report: Poor To Fair
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Crappie like to hang around brush and wood. The upper reaches of Cave Run Lake are chalked full of this great cover, and the crappie fishing is good there. Reports of good crappie fishing all around the lake, where there is cover, continue to come in. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Brush, wood, bridge pilings, and deep vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Muskie

Current Report:Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Guide services on Cave Run Lake offer trips for catching big muskie. Big topwater baits, big jerkbaits and big crankbaits are ideal weapons for attacking the monster muskie that swim these waters. The state record muskie, at 47 pounds was caught here. Early Spring is a good time to start fishing for big muskie as they migrate into the coves to prepare for spawning. Steel leaders and braided line are a good setup for these sharp-toothed predators. A good working drag is also a plus.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, white bass and muskie at Cave Run Lake in Kentucky.

Cave Run Lake is an 8,300-acre lake with over 200 miles of shoreline and is famous for monster muskie. The lake also has crappie, bass, bluegill and white bass. Cave Run Lake is home to various fishing tournaments throughout the year.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".