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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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Trip details

Waters: Kentucky lakes
Trip Durations: half-day, full-day

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5.0on Google, 15 reviews

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

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.

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Typical flow by month at Buck Creek near Shopville, KY, in cfs
Month	Typical (cfs)	Usual range (cfs)
January	246	130 to 494
February	318	173 to 625
March	279	174 to 532
April	190	105 to 348
May	102	48 to 214
June	44	20 to 117
July	29	8.9 to 96
August	17	5.0 to 47
September	5.9	0.5 to 34
October	15	1.4 to 61
November	48	8.8 to 163
December	172	59 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

Today · Fri

89Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 60°F, low 43°FRain 1%Wind 10 kt, gusts 18

Water level

2.11 ft

Air quality

19 Good

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National Weather Service

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Kentucky DEP via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →

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