Guist Creek Lake fishing: Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish

Target species: Flathead Catfish, Channel Catfish
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Guist Creek Marina, 2 lanes.

The lake

Guist Creek Lake covers 301 acres in Kentucky, across Shelby County. It is a lake: 92.2% of it is 20 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.2% of the water is 20 feet or shallower. We hold 54 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 19.6% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 10.5% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 9.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 3.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 0.4% of the water

2 target fish, led by Flathead Catfish

  • Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 shore access point.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Guist Creek Marina — 2 lanes, restrooms. website app.fw.ky.gov/fisheries/AccessSiteDetail.aspx?asid=571

Shore access for bank fishing

  • GCL Bank Access — restrooms. website app.fw.ky.gov/fisheries/AccessSiteDetail.aspx?asid=928

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2022. The latest reading is from 2022, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources — Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.