Fishing Report For Herrington Lake, KY

By Rick Seaman

February 21, 2025

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Fishing Report Herrington Lake, KY

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Popular Fish Species Herrington Lake, KY

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

Rocks and docks hold a lot of bass in Herrington Lake, and reports of quality catches are showing up from locals and tournament anglers alike. Some of the top tournament anglers are throwing vibrating jigs as a primary bait, along with buzzbaits early and late in the day. When the sun get high in the sky, stick worms, rigged wacky style, are catching a lot of bass that won't chase reaction baits, from the shade of docks.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good To Very Good

According to local guides, and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, the hybrid striped bass population is thriving in Herrington Lake. Swimbaits, jerkbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here for catching hybrid stripers. Their primary diet is the resident schools of baitfish, and they follow these schools to stay close to the food supply. Most baits that imitate baitfish is catching these wipers. Use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and schools of hybrid stripers.

White Bass

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Fair
Outlook: Good To Very Good

White bass tend to start their spawn run once the water temperature gets into the mid 50's. Reports from last year indicate that this begins as early as late March to mid April. The Dix River, McKecknie Creek and The Tanyard Branch are popular this time of year. White bass move upstream into the river area, and running creeks, and congregate for several weeks. This is a prime time to fill the livewells with some fat white bass. Swimbaits, curly-tail jigs, underspins, small crankbaits, small jerkbaits, and most any lure that looks like baitfish are catching plenty of fish. During Summer, Fall and Winter the white bass migrate back to the main lake areas following baitfish.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, white crappie, white bass and hybrid striped bass at Herrington Lake in Kentucky.

Herrington Lake is a 2,300-acre lake, with 325 miles of shoreline. The lake is known for its populations of largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie, catfish, and bluegill. More than a dozen boat launch ramps and several marinas provide public access to this inviting body of water.

Primary fish species to catch

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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".