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Class I Streams

(Exceptional)

No advertised stocking info
       

COUNTY - City/Town

Stream

Miles of Water

Location
Bell - Butcher's Gap, Wheeler Shillalah Creek 4.6 1.2 m below CGNHP and 3.4 m above park to headwaters
Bell & Harlan - Chadwell Gap Martins Fork 4.2 CGNHP Boudary to headwater
Letcher - Eolia, Oven Fork, in Jefferson National Forest Poor Fork 3.1 Fish left (1.2 m) and right (1.5 m) forks
Wolfe - Hike down from Rough Trail #221 parking lot on KY-715 south of Sky Bridge Parched Corn Creek 1.1

 

Falls upstream to 2nd trib on left
       
  Class II Streams (High Quality) No advertised stocking info
COUNTY - City/Town Stream Miles of Water Location
Allen - Petroleum, Scottsville Trammel Fork 4.4 Mile 23.4 - 27.8
Elliott - Dewdrop, Newfoundland Laurel Creek 5 1m above carter School Rd to 4 m below
Johnson - Staffordsville Paint Creek Tailwater 8.3 Paintsville Lake Dam to mouth
Laurel - Billows (off KY-1956) Hawk Creek 3 Mile 1.1 to 4.1 upstream
Laurel & Whitley - Holly Bay Camp Ground Laurel River Tailwater 1.2 Below Laurel Lake dam
McCreary - Strearns, White Oak, Co-op Church Rock Creek 18.6 White Oak Creek to TN - water above Great Meadows campground is excellent
Meade - Muldraugh (west) Otter Creek 9.7 Mouth to 9.7 upstream
Menifee - Slade, Nada Tunnel East Fork Indian Creek 7.3 From big pool at Indian Creek for 7 m
Menifee - Slade, Nada Tunnel Indian Creek 4 From 1 m below big pool at East For of Indian Creek for 3 m upstream
Mercer & Garrard - High Bridge - Must access by boat from Kentucky River. Dix River Tailwater 2 Herrington Lake Dam to Kentucky River
Morgan & Rowan - Minor (off KY-1167) Minor Creek 2.8 Mouth to 2.8 upstream
Rowan - Clearfield, Hamm Slabcamp Creek 2.3 1.5 m upstream to Stonecoal Branch and 0.8 up Stonecoal
Russell, Clinton & Cumberland - Helms Landing, Winfreys Rock, Bakerton, Burkesville, Cloyds Ferry Cumberland Tailwater 75.2 Wolfe Creek Dam to TN
Whitley - Grove, Clio Bark Camp Creek 3.9 Mouth to Forest Rd #193
Wolfe - Hike down from parking lot on KY-715 south of Sky Bridge Chimney Top Creek 3.3 Mouth to 2.3 m and 1 m up right fork
       
  KENTUCKY TROUT STREAMS
       
  Class III Streams (Excellent) Advertised stocking info
       
COUNTY - City/Town Stream Miles of Water Location
Bath & Rowan - Farmers Cave Run Lake tailwater 1.2 Below Cave Run Lake
Boyd - Mavity, Garner East Fk Little Sandy River 2 Mile 24.0 - 26.0
Breckenridge Grayson & Ohio - Falls of Rough, Hites Falls Rough River tailwater 1.4 Dam to 0.8 m below and 0.3 m above KY-54 to 0.3 m below
Casey - Dunnville, Pumpkin Chapel Goose Creek 1.2 Mile 4.2 - 5.4
Edmonson - Black Gold, Sweeden Beaver Dam Creek 7.6  
Edmonson - Kyrock Nolin River tailwater 1.5 Below Nolin Lake
Harlan - Smith, Three Point Martins Fork tailwater 1 Below Martins Fork Lake
Hart - Powder Mill Lynn Camp Creek 5.1 Mile 2.9 - 8.0
Hart - Riders Mill, Lone Star Round Stone Creek 1.5 Mile 2.5 to KY-1140 bridge
Jackson - Wind Cave War Fork 1.1 Mile 7.6 - 8.7
Laurel - Hightop Cane Creek 6.6 In Cane Creek WMA
Letcher - Ulvah, Hallie, Skyline Line Fork 10 Mile 5.0 - 15.0
Martin - Milo, Add, Inez Rockcastle Creek 2  
Pike - Millard Fishtrap Lake tailwater 1.7 Below Fishtrap Lake
Powell - Slade (near Natural Bridge) Middle Fork Red River 1.6 Mile 9.4 - 11.0
Simpson - Hickory Flat, Hillsdale Lick Creek 6.6  
Trigg - Roaring Spring Casey Creek 3.6 In Ft Campbell WMA
Wolfe - Nada Tunnel, Slade Swift Camp Creek 1.2 Upstream from KY-715 Bridge