Fishing Homestead Lake in Hopkins County, Kentucky

• Overview

  Homestead Lake is a Hopkins County water, Kentucky side. Elevation runs to 489 feet. At about 36 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 1.5 miles on foot. 5.5 miles away sits Nortonville, the nearest town. It is 46 miles to Clarksville, the nearest city. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Homestead Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Species logged across Hopkins County include bluegill, paddlefish, black crappie and bowfin. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Homestead Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 78°F and January reads 34°F. Mild ends to the year keep the season long. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Anyone fishing Homestead Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Parking is not close: 0.9 miles from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Nortonville Lake, 4.7 miles away. Treat Homestead Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.