Creek fishing in Northern KY?

[shortkid]

Came across this thread... I know its a year old, but wanted to reply... Fished the south fork of the Licking on 8/24 and 8/30 and did well in only 3 or 4 hours of fishing... on the 24th, 3 of us caught over 30 fish including a few 2-3 pound smallies... and 1 really angry gar.. and on the 30th, 2 of us caught 21 again with a few nice ones. We caught them on crawdad colored cranks, green rebel grasshoppers, and in line spinners. Hoping to go again this Friday... as long as my honey-do is list complete ; )

Banklick has good fish in it too... we usually go upstream of the Log Cabin Inn.

Grassy Creek at KY 17 has always been fun too... although my buddy reports otters two pools down from the bridge.

[jwheelz6]

Came across this thread... I know its a year old, but wanted to reply... Fished the south fork of the Licking on 8/24 and 8/30 and did well in only 3 or 4 hours of fishing... on the 24th, 3 of us caught over 30 fish including a few 2-3 pound smallies... and 1 really angry gar.. and on the 30th, 2 of us caught 21 again with a few nice ones. We caught them on crawdad colored cranks, green rebel grasshoppers, and in line spinners. Hoping to go again this Friday... as long as my honey-do is list complete ; )

Banklick has good fish in it too... we usually go upstream of the Log Cabin Inn.

Grassy Creek at KY 17 has always been fun too... although my buddy reports otters two pools down from the bridge.

Where exactly is that part of Banklick? I creekfish gunpowder all day but I want to try new creek spots.

[Battery55]

NKYFISHING,

I'm actually planning to go out to Doe Run this evening and check out the creek. This is an old thread and I wasn't sure how much of the info is still valid. I like creek fishing as well. I just moved here from Western KY (close to KY lake area) and it's killing me that I don't know any of the good fishing spots. I've been following this thread and a few others to look for places to go. Any general tips?

Here are some places I've tried so far:
Gunpowder Creek (at Sperti) (Caught 1 smallmouth, too shallow most places)
Willis Music Ponds on Industrial (Nothing)
Markland Dam (Nothing)

I'd like to try Gunpowder at a different spot too, but I'm not sure where to access it with some decent depth from the bank. I live off of Gunpowder Road, so I'm looking for something within 10-15 minutes drive from my house if possible.

[NKYFISHING]

NKYFISHING,

I'm actually planning to go out to Doe Run this evening and check out the creek. This is an old thread and I wasn't sure how much of the info is still valid. I like creek fishing as well. I just moved here from Western KY (close to KY lake area) and it's killing me that I don't know any of the good fishing spots. I've been following this thread and a few others to look for places to go. Any general tips?

Here are some places I've tried so far:
Gunpowder Creek (at Sperti) (Caught 1 smallmouth, too shallow most places)
Willis Music Ponds on Industrial (Nothing)
Markland Dam (Nothing)

I'd like to try Gunpowder at a different spot too, but I'm not sure where to access it with some decent depth from the bank. I live off of Gunpowder Road, so I'm looking for something within 10-15 minutes drive from my house if possible.

Never fished gunpowder creek, but would like to. Let me know how you did at doe run creek.

[Battery55]

Never fished gunpowder creek, but would like to. Let me know how you did at doe run creek.

I saw the rain and expected worse. I decided not to go because I had my toddler with me. I may give it a shot again tomorrow.

[MadCaster]

I've seen some decent small mouth and various sunfish in banklick by the log cabin. Usually the water is quite clear and you can scare away any chance of catching the larger smallies easily. I catch bait there sometimes and its a pretty nice secluded get away close to where I live. I don't have the expectation to catch anything huge out of there but you'll get some good hits from sunfish tossing a rooster tail past large rocks in the water. There are four or so nice pools along this stretch of the creek, not too deep but lots of life and not overfished and full of trash like further down the stream near doe run. If you go further upstream where fowler creek comes in is another good pool, by the bridge on richardson.
If you are looking for creek chubs or crawdads for bait this creek is loaded all the way to the beginning. I've often thought about parking at the speed way on 17 and walking down the hill where the water is deeper but haven't. I imagine it's pretty polluted with the highway right there but still might hold some fish.

Edit: wanted to add that some of the sunfish in this areas are the most vibrant orange I've ever seen on a fish, quite stunning.

[Dirty-T]

NKYFISHING,

I'm actually planning to go out to Doe Run this evening and check out the creek. This is an old thread and I wasn't sure how much of the info is still valid. I like creek fishing as well. I just moved here from Western KY (close to KY lake area) and it's killing me that I don't know any of the good fishing spots. I've been following this thread and a few others to look for places to go. Any general tips?

Here are some places I've tried so far:
Gunpowder Creek (at Sperti) (Caught 1 smallmouth, too shallow most places)
Willis Music Ponds on Industrial (Nothing)
Markland Dam (Nothing)

I'd like to try Gunpowder at a different spot too, but I'm not sure where to access it with some decent depth from the bank. I live off of Gunpowder Road, so I'm looking for something within 10-15 minutes drive from my house if possible.

I fish Doe Run about once every two weeks.

The Lake-
My best luck has always been on the corner of the lake where the woods meet the walking path. Have caught numerous 7"+ bluegills there I have also caught a few nice bass 1-3lbs in that area. A canoe or kayak are really your best bet on doe run. It's a shame that it's not stocked more since the water is now back up over the banks.
It was drained a few years ago and there was a lot of nice fish that died.

The creek (Bullock Pen Creek {aka doe run creek})
something I just started doing about two weeks ago. By the church you can usually catch suckers in the wooded section of the creek and orange spotted sunfish. In the opening by the bridge there are rock bass as well as decent sized green sunfish we caught 3 today 9". There are also River Carpsuckers here when the water level is raised caught a 4 lb one today which I will post picture. I have also seen a Longnose Gar I'd say every bit of 3 feet long. And plenty of small mouth throughout the creek if you can go south on it by wadding. It's where doe run and banlick meet I believe.