Looking for a lake to take the canoe out on...

[zofishkentucky]

If you are putting in Cave Run off of 519, you will be better off putting in up in the river. The fishing is 1000 times better and traffic shouldn't be that bad. Two boat ramps in that area to use are Bangor and Blackwater. Paragon is a good area too. Good size crappie are being caught there and with all the standing timber a conoe will be perfect.

[CincyAngler]

Thanks all! We are planning on putting in at Bangor now after receiving everyone's helpful feedback. Look to be some small fingers and coves there that should be good and are still within screaming distance of a ramp in case my ride along buddy decides to jump ship lol. Hoping to land a few nice bass and maybe an accidently Muskie (have never caught one before, I'm a smallmouth angler by trade - or at least thats what I call myself) - will post a report once we get back Sunday or Monday.

If anyone is in that part of the crick on Saturday feel free to drop by and say hey we'll be in a 17' Ram X Scanoe with a trolling motor hopefully reeling in fish like crazy, **** sometimes my optimism gets in the way of my realism haha...

Thanks for the help everyone you have made the planning for this trip so much easier and I have a much better idea of what baits to use, what areas I can throw the canoe in at, etc. MUCH APPRECIATED!

[creeker]

I used to take my canoe out on Laurel Lake when I lived in London. Mine was just me and a paddle though. It all looked good on a map until I rounded the point. I found out the hard way that there tends to be a strong breeze that blows through the main channel. For a while, I was a little worried that I was going to be stuck on the other side of the lake. So be prepared for that on the big lakes.

A decent sized lake for a canoe that's close to Cincy is Kincaid in Falmouth. It has a 10hp limit on motors, so not a lot of wakes to tip you. And if you get tired of the lake, you've always got the Licking right there (and it looks nothing like the Licking you see across from Cincy).