Creeks and Bays?

[BassBandit35]

More often than not I've read Dave's report that he mentioned "creeks and bays" in the same sentence. I asked myself if they're the same? The more I thought about it, I'm thinking when he say Bays so he's referring bays as tributary and creeks coming off either side of the tributary...correct? If so because when I see something off of tributary I look at them as pocket or cove as long they're not long and narrow like regular creeks. This where I get confused.

[crappiepappy]

I hear those two words (bay / creek) used together, and sometimes interchangably, all the time. They're (technically) not the same thing ... though they can be "combined" (existing together).
We all pretty much know what a "creek" is .... as they're usually a source of running water (or once were). A "bay", on the other hand, may or may not have a creek running into it ... or even having been formed by a creek. The definition of a bay is : A body of water partially enclosed by land, but with a wide mouth, affording access (to the main body of water).
Cove, on the other hand, is defined as a "small sheltered bay in the shoreline (of a larger body of water). A "pocket" would be an even smaller indentation in the shoreline, I guess.

That's the way I see it, therefore the way I describe it ... when relating information about location or types of topographical lake structure.

... pappy