Kentucky Hunting & Fishing News

Frankfort, KY. - A meeting to nominate candidates for the Fourth District representative on the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission will be held at 7:30 p.m. (Central time) ...

Frankfort, KY. - A visitor to the Gasper River region quickly understands how living in the region brought early settlers closer to a higher power. The area spawned a religious awakening known as the Great Revival around 1800. The rolling Pennyroyal hills of Logan, Warren and Butler counties give visitors vistas of growing green hay with fingers of wind moving through them in early summer. This beauty touches the soul of even the most jaded. The Gasper River drainage is one of ...

Frankfort, KY. - A groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to Kentucky's fallen conservation officers is set for 1 p.m. (Eastern time) June 7 in Frankfort.


The memorial will honor the six Kentucky ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Anglers won their fight Monday to preserve access to prime fishing spots below dams along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee, catching the attention of Congress and now President Barack Obama. Obama signed into law a bill imposing a two-year moratorium on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from erecting barriers to prevent fishing in the popular tailwaters near dams along the Cumberland and its tributaries. The legislation, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. – On the morning of July 9, 1955, angler David L. Hayes of Leitchfield began a trolling run in the Phillip’s Bend area of Dale Hollow Lake.

After Hayes cleared a point near ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Monsoon rains this past spring pushed Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, Nolin River Lake, Rough River Lake, Cave Run Lake and Taylorsville Lake to water levels never before witnessed. Water flowed over the emergency flood spillway at Rough River Lake for the first time.

Lake Cumberland ...