Slate Creek Photo Gallery

Slate Creek has a good population of rock bass with the potential for trophy size (>10 inch) fish.

Fisheries personnel, in cooperation with landowners, access Slate Creek to conduct electro-fishing surveys to assess sport fish populations.

Kentucky spotted bass are found throughout Slate Creek.

View downstream from the Slate Furnace Park near Owingsville, KY.

Cory Woosley holds a 9.5 inch rock bass collected and released during a sport fish survey.

 

Little Egypt Ford offers public access for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.

Fisheries Biologist, David Baker, shows off a nice largemouth bass collected and released below a nice riffle with water willow

Kentucky streams are home to many species, including this mudpuppy that was collected and released in Slate Creek.

Smallmouth can be found in areas with rocky bottoms around riffles, like this 17 inch smallmouth bass that David Dick collected and released during an electro-fishing survey.

Largemouth bass can be found in the slower pools and impounded sections of Slate Creek. Cory Woosley holds a nice largemouth collected and released during a spring sport fish survey.

Paul Wilkes, Fisheries Technician, holds up several rock bass collected and released in a rocky section of Slate Creek.

Looking upstream from the Slate Furnace Park near Owingsville, KY.

Fisheries Technician, Ryan Kausing, holds a nice smallmouth collected and released in a shallow, rocky riffle.