Fishing near Brownsville, KY

Brownsville sits in Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, where the Green River runs through karst country on its way past town. The Green River — rated a perfect 5.0 by local anglers — is the marquee water, and the 2024 removal of Lock and Dam 5 has restored roughly 14 miles of free-flowing river right near town. Nolin Lake, Nolin River, Barren River, and smaller creeks like Rock Creek and Dog Creek round out a productive freshwater scene.

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American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Blue Catfish

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Grass Pickerel

Esox americanus vermiculatus

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

Longnose Gar

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