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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has partnered with the Nicholasville-Jessamine County Parks and Recreation to provide a great fishing opportunity at Lake Mingo.

The 1.5-acre lake is now enrolled in the Fishing in Neighborhoods (FINs) program. The FINs program began in 2006 with five lakes, but this year expanded to include 30 lakes statewide.

The goal of the program is to provide high-quality fishing opportunities near cities of all sizes throughout the Commonwealth.

These lakes are great places to make a quick getaway to relax and catch a mess of fish or to take the family on a fishing outing without traveling far from home.

“We want to offer fishing or any outdoors sports for all of Jessamine County, and that’s at Lake Mingo or any other park we have,” Nicholasville/Jessamine County Parks and Rec Director Duane McCuddy said.

The lake will receive two high-density stockings of channel catfish and two rainbow trout stockings from April through October of each year. The first stocking of 300 channel catfish is scheduled for mid-April.

After that, the park could even see fishing tournaments. McCuddy said the parks and rec office plans to host fishing tournaments after the FIN program has taken root.

The stocked channel catfish will be 13-16 inches long and average 1 pound each. The first stocking of 500 rainbow trout also will occur during mid-April. Rainbow trout will average 8-12 inches long.

It might not be limited to just Lake Mingo, though. McCuddy said he has spoken to Fish and Wildlife about expanding the program to include Riney B.

FINs lakes also contain sunfish and bass populations that will be managed and stocked as necessary.

Check the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website for the exact stocking dates, license requirements, directions to the lake and fishing events. Just go to fw.ky.gov on the Internet and type in the keyword, “FINs.”

Daily limits for each angler fishing a FINs lake includes five rainbow trout, four catfish, one largemouth bass over 15 inches and 15 bluegill or other sunfish. A statewide fishing license is required for anglers who are 16 and older. Licensed anglers who want to keep their trout must have an additional trout permit. The trout permit is included in the $5 senior license for those anglers age 65 and older.

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