Guist Creek Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Guist Creek Lake
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location = Kentucky
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type = reservoir
inflow = Guist Creek
outflow = Guist Creek
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depth = Convert|15|ft|m|0|abbr=on
max-depth = Convert|47|ft|m|0|abbr=on
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Guist Creek Lake is a convert|317|acre|km2|1|sing=on artificial lake about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek.cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title="The Kentucky Encyclopedia" |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0813117720 |chapter=Lakes] The lake has Convert|27|mi|km|0 of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year. Its average depth is Convert|15|ft|m|0, with the main channel averaging around Convert|20|ft|m|0 in most of the lake. Its maximum depth is Convert|47|ft|m|0|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on. Guist Creek Lake is in the Salt River drainage basin.

Record fish

Two Kentucky state record fish were taken from Guist Creek Lake: [cite web |url=http://fw.ky.gov/recordfish.asp |title= Kentucky State Record Fish List |publisher=Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources |date=2006-04-17 |accessdate=2007-02-17]

*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

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

References

ee also

*Geography of Louisville, Kentucky

External links

* [http://fw.ky.gov/fishingforecast06.asp?lid=1321&NavPath=C244 2006 Kentucky fishing forecast]