Guist Creek Lake is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
about five miles (8 km) east of
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shelbyville is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in and the county seat of Shelby County, Kentucky, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,045 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Early hist ...
. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek.
The lake has of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900
channel catfish
The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
per year. Its average depth is , with the main channel averaging around in most of the lake. Its maximum depth is . Guist Creek Lake is in the
Salt River drainage basin.
Record fish
Two Kentucky state record fish were taken from Guist Creek Lake:
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Bullhead catfish
''Ameiurus'' is a genus of catfishes in the family Ictaluridae. It contains the three common types of bullhead catfish found in waters of the United States, the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas''), the brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus''), a ...
, 5 lb 3oz, caught by Harry Case on October 18, 1992
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White catfish, 1 lb 9oz, caught by Charles Crain on May 3, 2004
Creel limits
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Channel catfish
The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
- must be over 12 inches (.3 m)
All other species follow ky state regulations
See also
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Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is a city in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the Falls of the Ohio River.
Louisville is located at . According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Louisville Metro (in 2015 measurements for Jefferson County) ...
References
External links
2006 Kentucky fishing forecast
Infrastructure completed in 1961
Reservoirs in Kentucky
Protected areas of Shelby County, Kentucky
Bodies of water of Shelby County, Kentucky
Salt River (Kentucky)
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