Guist Creek Lake
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| Guist Creek Lake | |
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| Location | Kentucky |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Guist Creek |
| Primary outflows | Guist Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Average depth | 15 ft (5 m) |
| Max. depth | 47 ft (14 m) |
Guist Creek Lake is a 317-acre (1.3 km²) artificial lake about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek.[1] The lake has 27 miles (43 km) of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year. Its average depth is 15 feet (5 m), with the main channel averaging around 20 feet (6 m) in most of the lake. Its maximum depth is 47 ft (14 m). Guist Creek Lake is in the Salt River drainage basin.
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[edit] Record fish
Two Kentucky state record fish were taken from Guist Creek Lake:[2]
- Bullhead catfish, 5 lb 3oz, caught by Harry Case on October 18, 1992
- White catfish, 1 lb 9oz, caught by Charles Crain on May 3, 2004
[edit] Creel limits
- Channel catfish - must be over 12 inches (.3 m)
- Hybrid striped bass - Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler
- Striped bass - Must be 15 inches (.38 m)or over - Limit 5 per angler
- White bass - Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler
- Yellow bass - Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler
[edit] References
- ^ (1992) "Lakes", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720.
- ^ Kentucky State Record Fish List. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (2006-04-17). Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
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