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Stillwater Creek is a public river in Wolfe County and Breathitt County, Kentucky, managed by Commonwealth of Kentucky (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a Kentucky licence; bank access is at road crossings, parks, KDFWR fishing-access sites, Wildlife Management Areas and the Daniel Boone National Forest, and riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. A trout permit is required to fish for or keep trout. Public access confirmed via public-trust river.
A Kentucky stocked or wild trout stream — rainbow and brown trout stocked on a rotation October to spring in the Daniel Boone National Forest and elsewhere, with a handful of streams (Bad Branch, Rock Creek, Dog Slaughter) holding wild or catch-and-release fish. A trout permit is required.
It runs roughly 9 miles through the Eastern Kentucky region. Anglers here mostly fish for rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Wolfe/Campton Lake and Campton Lake.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, KDFWR trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Kentucky. Some KDFWR lakes and FINS lakes have posted hours or gate at dark, and a few trout and special-regulation sections are daylight-only — check the water-specific rules. Trotlines, limb lines, jugs and set lines are legal on most waters (not on trout water or in most state-park lakes) with the gear tagged.
Boats: Most Kentucky rivers are waded or floated by canoe, kayak and jon boat; the Ohio, Mississippi, lower Kentucky, Cumberland, Green and Licking take full-size boats.
Bank & bivvy camping: You may fish and float any navigable Kentucky river on a fishing licence. Bank access is at KDFWR fishing-access sites, state parks, Wildlife Management Areas, the Daniel Boone National Forest and bridge crossings; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches. A trout permit is required to fish for or keep trout on the Cumberland tailwater and the stocked streams.
Anyone 16+ needs a Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources fishing licence — resident annual is about $23, non-resident annual about $60, and short-term (1-day / 7-day / 15-day) licences are sold. A trout permit (~$10, resident and non-resident alike) is required to fish for or keep trout anywhere in the state. Kentucky residents 65+ (and disabled residents) can buy a discounted Senior/Disabled combination licence; residents born before 1 Jan 1961 may fish without a licence. Buy from KDFWR at fw.ky.gov. A Kentucky fishing licence covers navigable rivers. The Ohio River is fished on a Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or West Virginia licence within the marked reciprocal zone. A trout permit is required on the Cumberland tailwater and the stocked trout streams.
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