Smallies in and around Jefferson county

[riverrat12]

OH and a big welcome to the board. Lot's a good people here...

[MsgMills]

Welcome to the board and enjoy yourself fishing the fossil beds.I have never done it yet, but heard it is great. Go into Taylorsville past the first light, go across the first bridge and turn left. You can then fish Breshears creek.

[colonelmeyer]

Thanks for the answers about the falls and the creek there. I'm a river rat too, well that's what the cake eaters called us back in the day, anyone else old enough to remember the Bromley Bulldogs or, perhaps the Ludlow Panthers would be more memorable? Good stuff. Oh yeah, is the creek deep enough to float a good piece in a 14' canoe? That would make my day. Also, any advice on trying the float and fly with an actual fly rod would be appreciated. Can I make a worthwhile replication of this technique with say floating fly line, a long tapered leader and a strike indicater? Thanks again folks. Also really curious about Otter Creek, usually I like Mr. Mayor for Life, but he's messin with the firefighters and closing such a magnicicent park kinda make me wanna pop em in the nose. Anyone on the board close to KDFWR heard anything about it? I heard something on the news a couple weeks back about the state possably taking it over as a WMA, any skuttle butt about that?

[FishFry]

I live right next to miles park and used to fish it all the time, the trout stocking is weird. The very first time they were stocked, they all bit half way between the dam and the back of the lake. Since then, they are all either caught off the dam or in the very back which is a long walk and can be muddy. They seem to really school up with each stocking and all bite in one area. I have had some really good days there but the trout usually go fast due to the amount of fishing pressure.

[RoadToad]

Tom Wallace Lake is also stocked Spring and Fall, and Fisherman's Park is stocked in the Spring. And both are worthwhile catfish holes, as is Miles, and also Long Run Park. For smallies in this area, try putting your canoe into Floyd's Fork, but not around Louisville, it's an E Coli farm.