Creek Fishing In/Around Louisville

[kc]

^ Thanks. I fished Lake Jericho yesterday and saw on the map Little Ky River and could access it from a pond. Are those creeks you mentioned easy to wade? How do they compare to Floyd’s Fork?

The problem with stream fishing is you have to have landowner permission to cross / fish on their land. Much of my experience in those creeks goes back to my kid / teen years -- which goes back a ways -- and land owner issues were not as much back then. Although one time fishing one of the named creeks I had a land owner pull a gun on me and told me to never set foot on his land again. That particular property had been abandoned for years so fishing the creek was no issue but this gentleman purchased the land and didn't want anyone fishing the creek. This is the bigger issue you have in terms of wading streams in Jefferson County as there is not much open land and folks aren't as open to others on their property. That's why Floyd's Fork in the parklands is kind of special as those areas are all public land.

Pretty much all the streams I mentioned are wadeable with a caveat. Some of the streams - Salt River comes to mind and Floyd's fork in many places -- are muddy, slow moving, high bank streams which are not as easy to wade. Rolling fork river which I have only fish a few times is a bit larger stream so better for a canoe / kayak. Brashears is a nice wading stream in Shelby Co which Bullskin and Clear creek feed. The only fishing I ever did on Clear creek was in Lake Shelby which is a small lake on that stream so not sure about wadeability but as a kid I did fish Bullskin and it was more of a high bank stream and better in a boat. Did a trip with dad where we floated down Bullskin into Brashears and it was a really good trip.

My advice is to study up and do some road trips to scout out potential spots. I had a book something to the effect of "Canoeing KY" which characterized all of the streams in the state by region, how they were to canoe, and had maps and distances between put in spots. Armed with that kind of information you could find some spots to potentially get access to the streams. This book doesn't get into fishing but you can go to KDFW web site and get some fishing info on streams. Lastly once you have some places in mind go to google maps satellite view, zoom in and scroll down a stream and see what it is like. It is amazing the info that is at our fingertips these days...


kc

[Squatch1972]

Brashears Creek that runs through Taylorsville KY is a hidden gem if your looking for smallmouth. All kinds of easy access. One of the top smallmouth fisheries in the state.

[cal9323]

Brashears Creek that runs through Taylorsville KY is a hidden gem if your looking for smallmouth. All kinds of easy access. One of the top smallmouth fisheries in the state.

Is it wadeable? Where is a good access point to it?