freestone river · smallmouth bass · redeye bass · catfish

Elkhorn Creek (Frankfort)

Live conditions for Elkhorn Creek (Frankfort): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

56cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -3.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp68.0°F

Stage2.16 ft

Engine callGO 56 cfs in the wade band · 68°F

Gauge read 7:15 AM CDT · USGS 03289500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Elkhorn Creek (Frankfort) is a freestone river in Kentucky, fished for smallmouth bass, redeye bass, catfish. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

smallmouth bassredeye basscatfish

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Kayaking the Midwaycarry
Fishers Mill Bridgebridge
Great Crossings Parkramp
Oser Landingramp
Cardome Park Rampramp
Forks of Elkhorn / AMA on the Creek Carrydowncarry
Steele Branch Boat Rampramp
Clifton Boat Rampramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Elkhorn Creek.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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