Baxter Lake Fishing in Henry County, Kentucky

• Overview

  Baxter Lake is a Henry County water, in Kentucky. It stands 804 feet above sea level. Small at around 23 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Some 6.7 miles away sits Eminence, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Louisville, 30 miles distant. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Baxter Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Fish documented in Henry County include green sunfish, white sucker, black bullhead, fantail darter and johnny darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Baxter Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 30°F in January up to 75°F in July. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Anyone fishing Baxter Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lake Jericho sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. For Baxter Lake in particular, ask before you travel.