Dix River

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I tryed too search for this topic with not much luck.A freind has fished it before so i know its problems about access.Has anyone on this site fished it before and if so would you share your info with us River Basser's.
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Terry Adolph

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I tryed too search for this topic with not much luck.A freind has fished it before so i know its problems about access.Has anyone on this site fished it before and if so would you share your info with us River Basser's.
River Basser
Terry Adolph

Below the Dam

[floatman]

I have fished 1 time, it's not hard to get their, what would you like to know?

Gary

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Looking for Bass................

[floatman]

It used to have more brown trout than bass, I haven't been their in 15 years, the dam at Herrington used leek and the back half was very cold, if your fish for bass fish it like you would any little creek

[peter]

Try this link from a search

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[raincheck]

Ty Peter.From what i read i think i'll wait too go there another time.

[artcarney_agr]

I love it for brown and rainbow trout. I usually put in a canoe at a ramp near High Bridge on the KY River and then paddle up the Dix to the dam. There's greater numbers of trout above the riffle, but the bigger ones seem to stay below it. Very cool place to fish!

As for bass, doesn't seem like it would be all that great, although I have seen some MONSTERS there at the big hole scoured out by the dam overflow spillway. You can see those big dudes down there and sight fish for them, but I have had zero luck getting them to bite. The water is so clear!

[RA]

The bass fishing starts at the thermal break between the cold water discharge and the water backed up by the Ky River. It is usually not hard to tell where this is because there is usually a scum line or debris field. The bass fishing continues from there back to the mouth of the KY. That part of the river used to be so good that Pond Hoppers had tournaments there. I have not bass fished there for a while, but soft plastics would slay them a few years ago around all the dead falls (tubes, worms, craws, etc.). I never caught anything huge, but they were nice river largemouths.

[DJD]

I have done ok with 12-13" bass and have seen some 3# plus get caught as well. These were caught earlier in the year and between the cold/warm transition and the Ky River.

[Jabbo]

I have fished it several times this year. Usually leave around 5pm and stay till dusk so I can get back to load right at or before dark.
Have had a few 20+ days. Rainbows are the prevailing trout there I think, and the stripers / hybrids and white bass are awesome. This is usually what makes up the 20 fish however, there are some bass, trout and walleye or sauger in there too. You can catch everything from gar and drum to BASS and CRAPPIE.
It can be Awesome but it can be tough too. I like to throw Fat Raps, shad raps, tiny traps, and tubes.