Quote Originally Posted by mbk View Post
I haven't been to Elmer in a few years. I'm in N.KY so it's only a 35-40 minute trip for me but we've never done that good there, going back 6 years now. We've tried catching those panfish with no luck. I've caught some decent crappie out of there, but not enough to make it worth my time to drive past the river to get to Elmer.

Couple years back I drove a few miles past Elmer and put in at pool #2 at the Ky. River in Gratz. Didn't do great but caught some nice crappie and lots of small/mid-size bass. It was a very enjoyable and scenic trip to motor 2 miles up to the overflow and float back and fish. I'd like to try that again. I've heard you can put a decent size boat in at Benji Kinman now but haven't tried. I'd also like to know if Elmer has become a better fishery in this last year.

mbk
I'm shouting distance from Benji Kinman. I'm on the Owen County side of the river. Yeah you can drop a boat in there but its trolling only.
You've been missing it.
They stocked trout in the 6 acre lake across from Benji.
They say the crappie there are stunted though.

I fish the Kentucky River all the time.
Decent size fish but not enough to get excited.