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[the_donger]

Kentucky has more navigible miles of waterway than any other state besides Alaska. There are fishing and camping spots all around Lexington.

Herrington Lake is 30-45 mintues south of Lex. I am not sure about camping in the area, butt the fishing is fun.

Boonesboro State Park, as mentioned above is a great place for the family as there the available activities are not limited to fishing and camping.

Elkhorn Creek is a scenic place to fish but can be hard to access if you do not have a boat or know the land owners in the area. The water is public access but the ground under the water is usually owned by the local landowners and the minute you touch bottom with any part of your body or boat, you are technically trespassing.

Jacobson Park - owned by the local and open to the public during daylight hours year round is fun for all, no camping.

All of the above are within 1 hour of Lex and there are many more not listed, Jack's Creek, Lake Mingo, the Dix River, Stoner Creek and many more.

Check this out, it even has a map:

http://www.goby.com/fishing-spots--near--lexington-ky

Also:

http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showthread.php?t=79813

[RoadToad]

Welcome to the board! The only advice I can offer on fishing spots in Lexington is, make friends with someone who works on a horse farm. Some of those farm ponds have some really nice fish in them.

[bcoats]

welcome to the crazy train.lol the folks on here r grate if they can help they will.

[burt.fishin]

Welcome!!! This is a great board. The guys and gals on here will do their best to answer any question you can throw at em

[bucketmouth1981]

Wow, thanks for the greeting. I had no idea that Kentucky had that many miles of waterway or that there were that many places nearby to check out. I fish out of a small boat so I stick to small waters mostly.

I like the Elkhorn, is there any places to camp nearby? The family and I are heading out to Stoner this weekend for some fishin and camping, I'll give a report when we get back. Thanks again for the warm welcome.

[tylert6785]

I know there is an Elkhorn campground in Frankfort, which is really close to the Jim Beam and Switzer covered bridge areas that I mentioned before. The campground may have access to the creek, but I'm not for sure. If you go to Elkhorn, pick up some small Rebel Crawfish and small Zoom tubes (green pumpkin work really well) and you should be able to catch some nice smallmouth!