Lake Barkley & Kentucky Lake Fish Species

Kentucky has a total of 242 species of fish, which represents one of the most diverse assemblages in North America. Many are obscure minnows and darters, which are not commonly seen by anglers. The following list features the most common Lake Barkley & Kentucky Lake fish species.

	Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) Common names: black bass, Florida bass, Florida (or southern) largemouth, green bass, bigmouth, bucketmouth View Local Fish Profile
	Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui) Common names: Black bass, brown bass, bronzeback View Local Fish Profile
	Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus) Common names: Kentucky bass, Kentucky spotted bass, northern spotted bass, Alabama spotted bass, Wichita spotted bass, smallmouth bass. View Local Fish Profile
	White Bass (Morone chrysops) Common names: stripe, silver bass, striper, sand bass, barfish. View Local Fish Profile
	Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Common names: striper, rockfish, rock, linesides. View Local Fish Profile
	White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) Common names: papermouth, bachelor perch View Local Fish Profile
	Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) Common names: speckled perch, specks, papermouth, bachelor perch, calico bass, strawberry bass, or white perch. View Local Fish Profile
	Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) Common names: bream, blue bream, sun perch, blue sunfish, copperhead, copperbelly, roach. View Local Fish Profile
	Redear (Lepomis microlophus) Common names: Widely known as shellcracker because of its fondness for snails. Also called bream, yellow bream. View Local Fish Profile
	Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Common names: raccoon perch, redfin perch, ringed perch, lake perch View Local Fish Profile
	Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Common names: channel cat, hump-back blue, forktail cat, great blue cat, silver cat, chucklehead cat, blue fulton View Local Fish Profile
	Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Common names: spotted cat, blue channel cat, river catfish,Fiddler, willow cat View Local Fish Profile
	Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) Common names : yellow cat, mud cat, shovelhead cat, johnnie cat, goujon, appaluchion, opelousas View Local Fish Profile
	Sauger (Stizostedion canadense ) Common names: sand pike View Local Fish Profile
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