Fishtrap Lake Explained

Fishtrap Lake
Coords:	37.4319°N -82.4153°W
Pushpin Map:	Kentucky
Basin Countries:	United States
Area:	11300NaN0
Max-Depth:	84feet^[1]

Fishtrap Lake is a 11300NaN0 reservoir in Pike County, Kentucky. Dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, the lake was formed by the impounding of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River at the 195-foot-high Fishtrap Dam (37.4319°N -82.4153°W) by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.^[2]

It is the primary attraction of Fishtrap Lake State Park.^[3]

External links

• Fishtrap Lake - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• 492142. Fishtrap Lake. 2009-05-04.
• Fishtrap Lake facilities map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fishing and Boating Fishtrap Lake Kentucky.
2. Book: Kleber, John E. . Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter . The Kentucky Encyclopedia . 1992 . The University Press of Kentucky . . 0-8131-1772-0 . Lakes.
3. Web site: Fishtrap Lake State Park . Kentucky Department of Parks . 2005-10-10 . 2007-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060925222554/http://www.kystateparks.ky.gov/stateparks/ft/index.htm . 2006-09-25 . dead .