Guist Creek Lake

Guist Creek Lake is a 317 acre reservoir about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek. The lake has 27 mi of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year. Its average depth is 15 ft, with the main channel averaging around 20 ft in most of the lake. Its maximum depth is 47 ft. 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
All other species follow ky state regulations
 * Channel catfish - must be over 12 inches (.3 m)