Fishing near Georgetown, Kentucky

In Scott County, Kentucky, sits Georgetown. Local anglers tend to fish the same handful of places. Short trips first: Sportsman Club Lake at 13 miles, Cooke Lake at 14 miles to the south-west, Lake Fontaine at 15 miles, Lake Hickman at 15 miles to the south, Matthews Lake at 17 miles then Corinth Lake at 20 miles to the north. The rocky sides of Cooke Lake give a shelf worth working along. Supply water accounts for most of it. Read the weed line before anything else. Freezing happens, but not to a schedule. A hard week rarely lasts long enough to matter. Sportsman Club Lake sits nearest and covers some 5 acres. There is a car park at Sportsman Club Lake, according to mapping. Inside 25 km the count comes to six, and inside 50 km, eleven. Half a day is enough for any single water above. If Sportsman Club Lake is busy, everything else on this list is quieter....