Looney Creek fishing

Fishing at Looney Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout. It is stocked about 2 times a year since 2025, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

May 6, 2026

Plants on record

Since 2025

Species recorded

Elevation

1,425.6 ft

Access and facts

Water type: river section
Nearest town: Cumberland

Small Cumberland Mountains stream from Black Mountain through Benham and Lynch to its mouth at the Poor Fork in Cumberland. KDFWR manages a 4.5-mile trout reach from the mouth up to the Lynch Water Treatment Plant (brown and rainbow trout).

Sources: water_type , shore_notes , nearest_town

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How Looney Creek is stocked

Martins Fork Lake Tailwater (22.1 mi) and Buckhorn Lake Tailwater (36.4 mi) were stocked more recently.

Fish at Looney Creek

Fishing Looney Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. The one plant on record is Brown Trout.

Brown Trout 1 plant

Plants: 1 of 4
Last stocked: April 1, 2026

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

5002025
1,7002026

Stocking history

Source: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
Date	Species	Quantity	Avg. length	Source
May 6, 2026	–	500	–	report
April 1, 2026	Brown Trout	700	–	report
April 1, 2026	–	500	–	report
October 30, 2025	–	500	–	report

Species stocked here

Brown Trout (1)

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.