State publishes Kentucky’s Boating and Fishing Access Sites

February 22, 2009 by admin

For my first wedding anniversary – the Paper Anniversary – I ran out and bought my wife flowers and a gift and spent a pretty good amount hoping to impress her.

She took a trip over to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife offices.She was happy about my gift. I was near tears at the thoughtfulness of hers.

I got a poster of all of Kentucky’s fish species. The Fishing and Boating Guide. The Kentucky Afield Magazine. A list of Kentucky smallmouth streams. Maps of Kentucky lakes and streams. And on and on.

If there’s one thing Kentucky Fish and Wildlife folks do as well as anything, it’s publishing great information.
My wife, a former state employee, knew that and introduced me to it. And I was reminded of it a few weeks ago when “Kentucky’s Boating and Fishing Access Sites” was made available to the public.

It’s the second edition of the book, and runs some 52 pages. And like the first edition published in the late 1990s, it’s chock full of information. It details about 900 lake, river and stream access points.
Do you have a small boat but you’d like to fish for smallmouth on Kentucky Lake’s Sugar Bay? This book shows you how to get there and avoid the main lake. Want to know where to put in to fish below the Kentucky River dam in Boonesboro, Ky.? It’s in there.

You get the idea. Best of all? It’s free.

Fish and Wildlife folks started passing the book out at outdoor shows beginning in January. They also will give you a copy when you visit the Salato Wildlife Education Center or department headquarters in Frankfort.

The department published 50,000 copies and plans to print more according to demand. The effort is financed by the federal Sport Fish Restoration Fund and the sale of fishing licenses. You can also call 1-800-858-1549 or e-mail info.center@ky.gov to request a copy.

Or, maybe you have a spouse or girlfriend or boyfriend as thoughtful as mine, and you’ll find it wrapped in birthday paper or tucked into your desk drawer. And every time the Department of Fish and Wildlife puts out another great publication, you’ll be reminded of someone you love.

—Chris Poore

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