Otter Creek Park is one of the great Louisville Metro Parks located in Meade County, KY. A feeder creek to the Ohio River, Otter Creek provides great fishing as well as beautiful scenery. The park is 2,600 acres and is not only a great place to fly fish, but also offers excellent hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and camping. More information about the park can be found on the Louisville Metro Parks website at this link.

Each October and April Otter Creek is stocked with rainbow and brown trout by the KY Fish and Wildlife department with cooperation from the Ft. Knox game department. Coupled with the delayed harvest that runs from October through March, these two stockings provide excellent trout fishing for 8 months out of the year. During the summer, Otter Creek can reach temperatures of 75 degrees, which begins to deplete the oxygen in the water, and does not provide suitable conditions for trout.

However, the fishing isn't over once the temperature rises. Being connected to the Ohio River means Otter Creek becomes an excellent Smallmouth Bass and Sauger fishery as you get into some of the deeper holes closer to the river.

Information for fishing Otter Creek

• You must have a valid Kentucky fishing license and trout stamp.
• The Garnettsville Picnic Area gate opens at 8am.
• Map of Otter Creek

• Trout Fishing
• Trout fishing in Otter Creek is best between one week after the stocking in October all the way through the following May.
• The trout in Otter Creek average 8-10 inches
• Fish the holes starting at the Garnettsville Picnic Area and go north, toward the Ohio River.
• DO NOT cross under the bridge into Ft. Knox from the Garnettsville Picnic Area. If you purchased a fishing pass from Ft. Knox Hunt Control, this pass DOES NOT include the area south of the bridge from the picnic area. Review your Ft. Knox regulations for fishing areas.
• Popular Fly Patterns: Hair's Ear Nymph, Pheasant Tail Nymph, Wooly Bugger, Egg Patterns
• Popular Sizes: 14 to 20

• Smallmouth Bass and Sauger Fishing
• Smallmouth and Sauger can be caught all year long, however the spring and fall provide the best opportunities for catching fish.
• Smallmouth and Sauger average 10 inches in Otter Creek, but there are 2 and 3 pound fish taken regularly.
• Fish the large holes starting at Blue Hole and work your way north toward the Ohio River.
• Popular Fly Patterns: Crawfish, Wooly Bugger, Greenie Weenie, Minnow Patterns
• Popular Sizes: 8 to 14

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