04-21-2005, 03:15 PM
Frankfort, KY - Two new lakes in the Louisville metro area and northern Kentucky will be stocked with rainbow trout for the first time next week.
The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Department is working to make it easier for urbanites to find places to fish close to home. One way is to stock trout in some smaller public waters in April. Trout bite well after being released, and you don’t have to be an expert to catch them.
"We recognize that lots of people who live in town may not have as many places to go fishing as those in rural areas or those who live near our larger reservoirs," said KDFWR Fisheries Division Director Benjy Kinman.
"We’re trying to make it easier for people in town to go fishing so they can experience the fun without having to drive a long way from home.
"Anglers need to remember that to keep trout, you need a trout permit in addition to a fishing license," said Kinman.
"Youth under 16 years of age are both license and permit exempt, and those with a senior/disability or sportsman’s license already have their trout permit included," he added.
Four lakes in northern Kentucky are slated to receive trout on Thursday, April 7. One of the four is getting an April trout stocking for the first time, and another has never been stocked until this year.
The new April stocking of 1,500 trout for Prisoner’s Lake in Kenton County will take place approximately 2:45 p.m. Old Alexandria Reservoir in Campbell County will be stocked for the first time Thursday around 4:15 p.m. with 2,000 rainbows. Big Bone Creek in Boone County will get 500 trout at 1:45 p.m. and Mill Road Park Lake, also in Kenton County, will get 500 trout at 3:45 p.m.
In the Louisville area, on Tuesday April 5, Cherokee Lake and Miles Park Lake will receive a trout stocking for the first time. Cherokee Lake’s stocking should occur around 11 a.m. with 2,000 fish, and Miles Park will get 1,500 trout about 1:30 p.m.
The other urban lakes the KDFWR will stock in Jefferson County Tuesday include those at Fisherman’s Park. The fish truck will deliver 2,000 trout there at about 12:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 6, Tom Wallace Park Lake will receive 2,000 rainbow trout at 2 p.m., followed by Watterson Park Lake with another 2,000 fish about 2:30 p.m.
In addition to expanding the fishing opportunities in Louisville and northern Kentucky with fish stockings, the KDFWR has also hired Urban Fisheries Biologist Katie Emme to specifically address needs of urban anglers and monitor fisheries located in urban areas. Urban fisheries sustain a very high amount of fishing pressure, and present a different management challenge than do other larger waters that aren’t fished as hard on an acre-for-acre basis.
"We’ll continue to look at ways to offer fishing opportunities in urban settings to better meet the need, and fill this special niche as our financial means and manpower allows," said Kinman.
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The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Department is working to make it easier for urbanites to find places to fish close to home. One way is to stock trout in some smaller public waters in April. Trout bite well after being released, and you don’t have to be an expert to catch them.
"We recognize that lots of people who live in town may not have as many places to go fishing as those in rural areas or those who live near our larger reservoirs," said KDFWR Fisheries Division Director Benjy Kinman.
"We’re trying to make it easier for people in town to go fishing so they can experience the fun without having to drive a long way from home.
"Anglers need to remember that to keep trout, you need a trout permit in addition to a fishing license," said Kinman.
"Youth under 16 years of age are both license and permit exempt, and those with a senior/disability or sportsman’s license already have their trout permit included," he added.
Four lakes in northern Kentucky are slated to receive trout on Thursday, April 7. One of the four is getting an April trout stocking for the first time, and another has never been stocked until this year.
The new April stocking of 1,500 trout for Prisoner’s Lake in Kenton County will take place approximately 2:45 p.m. Old Alexandria Reservoir in Campbell County will be stocked for the first time Thursday around 4:15 p.m. with 2,000 rainbows. Big Bone Creek in Boone County will get 500 trout at 1:45 p.m. and Mill Road Park Lake, also in Kenton County, will get 500 trout at 3:45 p.m.
In the Louisville area, on Tuesday April 5, Cherokee Lake and Miles Park Lake will receive a trout stocking for the first time. Cherokee Lake’s stocking should occur around 11 a.m. with 2,000 fish, and Miles Park will get 1,500 trout about 1:30 p.m.
The other urban lakes the KDFWR will stock in Jefferson County Tuesday include those at Fisherman’s Park. The fish truck will deliver 2,000 trout there at about 12:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 6, Tom Wallace Park Lake will receive 2,000 rainbow trout at 2 p.m., followed by Watterson Park Lake with another 2,000 fish about 2:30 p.m.
In addition to expanding the fishing opportunities in Louisville and northern Kentucky with fish stockings, the KDFWR has also hired Urban Fisheries Biologist Katie Emme to specifically address needs of urban anglers and monitor fisheries located in urban areas. Urban fisheries sustain a very high amount of fishing pressure, and present a different management challenge than do other larger waters that aren’t fished as hard on an acre-for-acre basis.
"We’ll continue to look at ways to offer fishing opportunities in urban settings to better meet the need, and fill this special niche as our financial means and manpower allows," said Kinman.
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