By Chris Erwin
Lincoln County’s Cedar Creek Lake recently received a stocking of 12,000 rainbow trout. Fisheries Research Biologist Dave Dreves said the lake remains a hidden gem among trout anglers.
Anglers there report catching rainbow trout with worms, cheese, corn, salmon eggs and Powerbait as well as small in-line spinners and other lures.
The department stocked fish at three sites: The ramp at the dam, the ramp on old U.S. 150, located at mid-lake, and at the fishing access area in the upper lake, located adjacent to the KY 1770 bridge. Each site received 4,000 trout.
An additional stocking of 9,000 trout will follow in February. Anglers can expect to catch trout through June. Cedar Creek is considered a “put and take” lake for trout. Trout cannot survive in the warmer water temperatures of summer, the department encourages anglers to keep what they catch. There is no size limit on trout in the lake. Anglers may keep up to eight rainbow trout.
Visitors to Cedar Creek Lake can go online to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov to see a map and other information about the lake.
Fisheries personnel tagged 600 trout in this stocking and will tag another 600 in the February stocking in an attempt to determine angler use. This information will be used to evaluate whether to continue trout stockings in the lake.
Dreves encourages people to return the tag from any tagged fish. The department has placed four metal boxes around the lake where anglers may get an envelope, fill out the information about the catch then deposit the envelope.
Boxes are located at each stocking site as well as the Cowan Road boat ramp. The envelopes are postage paid. Anglers may also take the envelopes home to fill them out then send them back to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. Anglers must include their name, address, phone number and whether they kept the trout or released it.
Participants will receive a pewter fish pin and be entered into a monthly drawing for cash prizes.
A total of nine drawings will be made each month: one $100 winner, one $50 winner, two $25 winners and five $10 winners. “You stay in until you win,” Dreves said.
Adult anglers must have a trout permit in addition to a fishing license to keep those fish. A trout permit is included in the senior/disabled license and the Sportsman’s license.
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