Herrington Lake

One ramp on its own road: Keys Landing (Coffey’s Cove), single lane, unpaved lot, fee. KDFWR lists no other facility.

US 150 · KY 34 · TAYLOR CREEK ROAD Ramp at its KDFWR coordinate · shoreline and roads not drawn

Three things to get right

What you hear	What the primary sources say
"Check the pool."	No pool is published. Kentucky Utilities owns the lake; no summer pool, winter pool or drawdown date appears on any page we read — status pending. Read USGS 03286000, parameter 62614.
"Find the public ramp."	KDFWR lists none. All ten access sites are fee ramps, and KDFWR lists no free ramp, carry-down or bank site on the lake. No fee amount is published.
"What are the lake rules?"	Statewide. KDFWR lists no size or creel rule for this lake; 301 KAR 1:201 names Herrington only for the two-mile tailwater below the dam.

What this road actually gets you

US 150 east from Danville, left on KY 34 east, left on Taylor Creek Road. It is a separate trip from the KY 33 ramps: both leave Danville, on different roads, and KDFWR’s directions do not join them.

Algal blooms: 2025 is history, not status

Kentucky confirmed a harmful algal bloom on 19 Jun 2025 at Paradise Camp and near Tanyard Branch (Redgate) and lifted the advisory on 3 Jul 2025. That is history. Today’s advisories: watermaps.ky.gov/HABs. Fish-consumption advisories: status pending — the Department for Public Health; we quote none. Kentucky Utilities owns the lake and shoreline; its dock and shoreline rules are status pending.

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HERRINGTON LAKE · KY 34 Access and limits

The site on this road, in KDFWR’s words

Site	County	KDFWR record, in the agency's words · every ramp year-round, 24 h
Keys Landing (Coffey’s Cove) asid 60	Boyle	“US 150 E of Danville; left on KY 34 E; left on Taylor Creek Road”. Any trailerable boat, paved, single lane, fee, unpaved parking ≤25, no courtesy dock. No other facilities listed.

Limits — statewide; KDFWR lists no special rule here

Species	Size	Daily limit
Black bass	12 in minimum (largemouth, smallmouth)	6
White bass, hybrid striped bass	no more than 5 a day (10 in possession) may be 15 in or longer	15, singly or combined
Crappie	no size limit	20
Catfish	no size limit; trophy-catfish clause — read it	unlimited

301 KAR 1:201 §2(1), re-read 5 Oct 2026. KDFWR’s record adds only “Statewide Regulations Apply” (hybrid striped bass, white bass). Tailwater (wid=135, its own water): artificial bait only, §3(23) — KDFWR’s summary says “artificial lures or flies only”. Attractors: none listed. Trout: the lake is on none of KDFWR’s stocking pages we read.

On this corridor. Nothing but the ramp: no restrooms, dock, marina, camping or retail is listed. Launch fee: KDFWR says fee, publishes no amount, and does not say who collects — status pending. Fuel, bait and lodging in Danville: status pending, no primary source read.

Live level: USGS 03286000, Herrington Lake near Burgin — the only parameter it offers is 62614 (lake elevation, NGVD29); USGS’s legacy page says the site “will be decommissioned in late 2026”; check the newer monitoring-location page. No summer or winter pool is published: status pending. Inflow: USGS 03285000, Dix River near Danville — the river above the lake.

Sources: KDFWR waterbody records wid=117 and 135 and access records 196, 198, 200, 59, 60, 435, 436, 437, 439, 440 and 1211, the 2026 Fishing Forecast and the Herrington Lake Bass Assessment 2023; 301 KAR 1:201; LG&E and KU, Herrington Lake Study page and Dix Dam page; USGS 03286000 and 03285000; Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection releases of 19 Jun and 3 Jul 2025.
Conditions change. Verify access and regulations before you travel. Revised September 2026.

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