Stouts And Knob Creek In Ironton Help Needed

[E Green]

i am planning a family trip to Ironton in may during the Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Festival (may 17-19). Also planning on spending some time visiting elephant rocks and johnson shut in state parks and hopefully millstream gardens, taum sauk and ft. davidson. I won't have very much time to do any serious fishing but it looks like the cottage we might rent just a few miles outside of Ironton is right on stouts creek. The owner told me that you could fish on the creek but I just thought I would ask on here to see what info I can obtain as well. I will have my two little ones with me (1 and 3 yr old) so I will only be able to get out and fish about an hour in the early am before they wake up and maybe a little in the evening.

any help or advice is very much appreciated! thanks

[MSUFisherBear]

E.

I grew up in A.V. and have waded all over Stouts creek. There are some decent smallies in the creek. I would suggest throwing smaller craw-patterned cranks as well as craw style soft plastics (watermelon or green pumpkin). I'm waging on the location of the cottage, and I am thinking that your best bet is to throw above boulders into current and allow the bait to sweep in towards the backs. That little portion is fairly swift this time of year and they will hold tight in behind those rocks.

I'd also have to say that your best bet if visiting the St. Francious may be to head to Silvermines and fish around the park. Again, I do super well on crankbaits in craw colors.

[dennis boatman]

..sorry...thought this was going to be an alcohol thread...

[E Green]

MSU-THANKS! Man that sounds perfect. I appreciate all the info.

and yeah, thread title def read like aKY bourbon thread....haha

[MSUFisherBear]

No problem! Be sure to report back after the trip. I'm interested to see what that area still holds. I know there are lots of little largemouth that make runs up the creek from Kilarney (the little private lake just outside of town), and those holes right above the lake have produced some good smallies for me in the past.