Kentucky · Russell Co.

Hatchery Creek

Russell Co. · 1 mi · Class Riffles
Optimal: 15–60 CFS · USGS #
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⚡Flow data is live from USGS·Rapid classifications and CFS ranges need community verification·Know this river?
Avg flow: 30 cfsHist. median: 27 cfs
KDFWR Trophy Trout Fishery · USFWS Wolf Creek NFH · Catch-and-Release

Hatchery Creek is a one-of-a-kind engineered trout stream — a brand-new mile of meandering channel built in 2016 below Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery to mimic a natural Appalachian limestone spring creek. Designed by fisheries biologists with riffles, undercut banks, log structures, and constant 55°F flows from the hatchery raceways, Hatchery Creek now supports wild brown and rainbow trout that escape into the Cumberland River below. It’s become a teaching laboratory for trout-stream restoration nationwide and one of Kentucky’s most popular catch-and-release trout fisheries.

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