Guist Creek Lake
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Guist Creek Lake is a 317 acres (1.3 km²) reservoir
about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky
. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek. 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.
Reservoir
A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky
Shelbyville, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,085 people, 3,822 households, and 2,549 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,333.5 people per square mile . There were 4,117 housing units at an average density of 544.4 per square mile...
. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek. The lake has 27 miles (43 km) of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish
Channel catfish
Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8...
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
Two Kentucky state record fish were taken from Guist Creek Lake:- 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 catfishChannel catfishChannel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8...
- must be over 12 inches (.3 m) - Hybrid striped bassHybrid striped bassA hybrid striped bass, also known as a wiper or whiterock bass, is a hybrid between the striped bass and the white bass . It can be distinguished from the striped bass by broken rather than solid horizontal stripes on the body...
- Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler - Striped bassStriped bassThe striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and the state saltwater fish of New York, Virginia, and New Hampshire...
- Must be 15 inches (.38 m)or over - Limit 5 per angler - White bassWhite bassThe white bass or sand bass The white bass or sand bass The white bass or sand bass (MoroneIt is the state fish of Oklahoma.- Range :White bass are distributed widely across the United States, particularly in the midwest. They are very abundant in Pennsylvania and the area around Lake Erie...
- Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler - Yellow bassYellow bassThe yellow bass or barfish, Morone mississippiensis, is a freshwater fish native to the south and midwestern United States. Though sometimes confused with white bass or striped bass, it is distinguished by its yellow belly and the broken pattern in its lowermost stripes...
- Must be 15 inches (.38 m) or over - Limit 5 per angler