The Fishing Creek Watershed Association plans to open a public section of the creek that stretches for 6500 feet (1980 meters), with a park of . There are other tracts of public property along the creek, one of which, called the Power Dam, is upstream of Benton. It covers and stretches for 2900 feet (880 meters) of Fishing Creek, and contains the remains of a concrete dam. Another public area is the Benton Overlook into Benton, which covers and stretches for 2600 feet (790 meters) near the creek. A public site at the Zaners Bridge in Zaner downstream from Stillwater covers along about 1000 feet (300 meters) of the creek and contains an abandoned railroad grade.