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Swift Camp Creek is a public river in Wolfe 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 11 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 Campton Lake and Wolfe/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.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Boat ramp.
Camping: 1 site mapped nearby — Campsite.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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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