Fishtrap Lake

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Fishtrap Lake

| image = Fishtrap Lake snow.jpg

| caption = Fishtrap Lake and dam during a winter storm

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| location = Pike County, Kentucky

| coords = {{coord|37|25|55|N|82|24|55|W|region:US-KY_type:waterbody |display=inline,title}}

| type = reservoir

| inflow = Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River

| outflow = Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River

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| basin_countries = United States

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| area = {{convert|1130|acre|km2|0|adj=on}}

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| max-depth = {{convert|84|ft|m}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.lakebrowser.com/kentucky/fishtrap_lake.asp |title = Fishing and Boating Fishtrap Lake Kentucky}}

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| elevation = {{convert|757|ft}}

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Fishtrap Lake is a {{convert|1130|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} 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 ({{coord|37|25|55|N|82|24|55|W|region:US-KY_type:landmark |name=Fishtrap Dam}}) by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.{{cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |chapter=Lakes}}

It is the primary attraction of Fishtrap Lake State Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.kystateparks.ky.gov/stateparks/ft/index.htm |title=Fishtrap Lake State Park |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |date=2005-10-10 |access-date=2007-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925222554/http://www.kystateparks.ky.gov/stateparks/ft/index.htm |archive-date=2006-09-25 |url-status=dead }}