Fishing near Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville is a Christian County town in Kentucky. No water sits inside the town line, so every trip means a short drive. The near ones first: Lake Boxley within 3.7 miles to the north-east, Lake Blythe within 4.1 miles, Lake Morris within 4.8 miles to the north-east, Crofton Reservoir within 12 miles followed by Lake Taal within 20 miles to the south. Lake Taal is worth a look when the shallow water elsewhere has warmed too far. Supply water accounts for most of it. Overhanging trees hold fish through the middle of the day. Ice comes and goes from one winter to the next. It varies enough that no rule of thumb holds. Nearest is Lake Boxley, roughly 125 acres of surface. Christian County records cover shawnee darter, bluegill, fringed darter, slabrock darter and longear sunfish. Lake Boxley is the one most people from Hopkinsville fish first....