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Burton's Guide Service

Burton's Guide Service

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Burton's Guide Service is a fishing charter and guide service based in Nancy, KY. The service specializes in striper fishing on Lake Cumberland year-round, offering day and evening charters. Charters are 6 hours long, and all live bait and tackle are provided, though a Kentucky fishing license is required.

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Waters
Kentucky lakes
Fishing Types
Bass Fishing
Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

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Typical flow by month

1953 to 2025

The water at Burton's Guide Service typically runs highest in February, at a median 318 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,200 cfs, in 1962.

Typical flow by month at Buck Creek near Shopville, KY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January246130 to 494
February318173 to 625
March279174 to 532
April190105 to 348
May10248 to 214
June4420 to 117
July298.9 to 96
August175.0 to 47
September5.90.5 to 34
October151.4 to 61
November488.8 to 163
December17259 to 403

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Buck Creek near Shopville, KY (site 03407500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

91Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sat, Sep 26 (93)

Streamflow

9.5 cfs

Normal (52nd)

Water level

1.31 ft

High today

77°F

Wind

8 kt

Gusts 16 kt

Rain chance

9%

Week ahead

Tue77°F9%
Wed81°F25%
Thu76°F13%
Fri79°F1%
Sat81°F0%
Sun83°F1%
Mon84°F4%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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