What species are you after ?? (asked pursuant to your designation of 1-2lb size & 25 dinks in a couple of hours)

1.5hrs from Lex leaves you plenty of places, but that size lake is limited. Cedar Creek Lake is 784 acres. Guist Creek Lake is 317 acres. Beaver Lake is 158 acres. Wilgreen Lake is 169 acres. Then there's the KY River, Herrington Lake, Corinth lake, Williamstown Lake, Boltz lake, Bullock Pen Lake, Elmer Davis Lake, Lake Reba, and Lake Linville. I've even seen people fishing out of yaks at Jacobson Park !!

Taylorsville Lake & Cave Run Lake are within that 1.5.hr trip time. And even on the bigger bodies of water listed, there's no law that says you have to cover the whole lake. Go during the week, launch below a spillway or at the headwaters, if possible/necessary.