Guist Creek Lake facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Guist Creek Lake
Guist Creek Lake Location in Kentucky
Location	Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates	38°12′26″N 85°08′29″W / 38.2072°N 85.1414°W / 38.2072; -85.1414
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) 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.

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 catfish - must be over 12 inches (.3 m)

All other species follow ky state regulations