Elkhorn creek

[kydonky]

Elkhorn has monster smallmouth (5+ pounds), channel catfish, redeye bass, perch not to mention big as* bluegill.

The big smalls are best caught wading. even if you are in a canoe or (what I use a plastic coleman crawdad) small jon, get out of the boat in front of or below rapids and throw medium diving cranks or rooster tail into the rapid. For live bait use a nightcrawler right into the rapid and let it free float in the rapid. The strike in the rapid will be very fast and be ready they will let go just as fast. Deep channels with good current also are great spots. Try to throw upstream to the bank (while you are chest deep in the middle) so the bait is presented coming from the bank at an angle downstream. When the bass are slow late morning, afternoon target the redeyes with redworms, small spinners, curley tail plastics off rocky points and shores (you will also land a few really big bluegill). The channel cats are caught with nightcrawlers slowly pulled on the bottom in the same areas the smalls like (moderately fast channels, deep holes). Keep the nightcrawlers moving, don't think that if it sits there long enough something will eat it. No bite in 5 min? MOVE!! to another spot.

Fishing Elkhorn (fishing in general) is more hunting than most people realize.

[raincheck]

Was able too use Google Earth when i was in Mi.Here i have Hughes.net and can't so i'm going back too cable next week.Thanks for the info.I have sighed up too fish www.riverbassin.com tournament.It sounds like a good place too fish.Anyone who wants too do some prefishing lets hook up.
Terry Adolph
bassinky
270-792-5093

[Cumberlandkayaker]

As others had mentioned about CanoeKY, Nathan and Allison, the owners and their staff are awesome to work with a get information about fishing and kayaking. They will be here for the festival and tournament June 4 & 5th. And yes, you get a free year of free shuttles if you buy a kayak from them. Stop by to meet them.

[rick1857]

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[bones87]

I have only fished Elkhorn once. It was last year, around June.

My suggestion would be to find where the creek is shallow and fish there. We tried to fish around a couple of the boat ramps, and it just seemed too muddy and it had too much traffic.

We went not 3-4 miles upstream, and found that the creek had changed all together. It was a rock-pebble bottom, pretty shallow in places with some spots waist-to-chest deep.

We had to ask permission from a homeowner that lived next to the creek for permission to park in their driveway and access the creek, and they let us without a problem, and were very friendly.

We caught hundreds of NICE rock bass on 4" purple worms, and several nice pumpkinseed bream. We also caught several small largemouth bass, but not the first smallmouth.

just wondering where are boat ramps for elkhorn. deep enough for a v bottom jon boat, and finaly are there any of them in central ky

[nlex104]

There are three boat ramps in Georgetown. Cardome is on 25, Great crossing is out 460 turn on 227 and its on the right, and there is one by the Arby's off the Bypass going into town.

[bones87]

There are three boat ramps in Georgetown. Cardome is on 25, Great crossing is out 460 turn on 227 and its on the right, and there is one by the Arby's off the Bypass going into town.

K thank you

[crankinon]

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[bones87]

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That reply for me crankinon?

[coombro]

As others had mentioned about CanoeKY, Nathan and Allison, the owners and their staff are awesome to work with a get information about fishing and kayaking. They will be here for the festival and tournament June 4 & 5th. And yes, you get a free year of free shuttles if you buy a kayak from them. Stop by to meet them.

I bought my prijon kayak when Ed and his son where still at the store (95-96) and still to this day get free shuttle.

[Luke512]

Is there any stretch of elkorn that you can put a bass boat in? Thanks!

[lunkerbustin]

Terry try out spider jigs and crawfish cranks. I have caught many keeper bass on both wading and floating. I have also caught some 5lb plus drum on the crankbait on occasion fun on light spinning gear. PM me and I can tell you where I go in and what has worked for me.