welcome to the board... i'm new here also. there are a fedw places around lexington that i may be able to help you with. if you like pay lakes,parrish lakes is near stamping ground about 8 miles outside of georgetown on glass pike. bills pay lake is closer to lexington its on carrick pike off of russel cave road going north toward cynthiana. jacobson park on richmond road is open from daylight til dark (public access). there are bass,crappie,bluegill and catfish there.
taylorsville lake is about 1:45 minutes to the west. cave run lake is about the same to the east. cedar creek in stanford is a good lake as well bout an hour and a half south west .
tahs all i can think of right now but there are soo many good lakes here to fish its unreal..
have fun and good luck,
jimmy