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Guist Creek Lake

Coordinates: 38°12′26″N 85°08′29″W / 38.2072°N 85.1414°W / 38.2072; -85.1414
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Guist Creek Lake
Guist Creek Lake is located in Kentucky
Guist Creek Lake
Guist Creek Lake
LocationShelby County, Kentucky,
United States
Coordinates38°12′26″N 85°08′29″W / 38.2072°N 85.1414°W / 38.2072; -85.1414
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsGuist Creek
Primary outflowsGuist Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Average depth15 ft (5 m)
Max. depth47 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation761 ft (232 m)[1]

Guist Creek Lake is a 317-acre (1.3 km2) reservoir about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek.[2] 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.

Record fish

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Two Kentucky state record fish were taken from Guist Creek Lake:[3]

Creel limits

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All other species follow ky state regulations

See also

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guist Creek Lake
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
  3. ^ "Kentucky State Record Fish List". Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. 2006-04-17. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
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