Let's Go Fishing in Nebraska

Let's Go Fishing in NEBRASKA   

Nebraska is well known for excellent Bass, Crappie and Walleye fishing. Additionally, in waters around the state you’ll find populations of Trout, Salmon, Catfish, Stripers, Tiger Musky, Northern Pike, Sauger, Saugeye, Longnose Gar, Bowfin, Paddlefish and sunfish, Pumpkinseed,  Redear Sunfish, Rock Bass, Spotted Sunfish, White Bass, White Perch, Yellow Bass, Yellow Perch which are plentiful in some waters.

Wipers and Walleye I caught at Johnson Lake shore fishing September 2018

Bass I caught at Mormon Island in August 2018.

Nebraska Fishing Lake Sizes & Locations

Bluestem Lake is a 325-acre lake in the southeast corner of the state, 5 miles outside Lincoln, NE.

Box Butte Reservoir is a 1,600-acre lake in the northwest part of the state, 9 miles north of Hemingford, NE.

Branched Oak Lake is an 1,800-acre lake in the southeast part of the state, at Raymond, NE.

Calamus Reservoir is a 5,200-acre lake in the central part of the state, 5 miles northwest of Burwell, NE.

Conestoga Lake is a 230-acre lake in the southeast part of the state a few miles southwest of Emerald, NE.

Davis Creek Reservoir is an 1,100-acre lake in Central Nebraska, 2 miles southwest of Scotia, NE.

Elwood Reservoir is a 1,300-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, at Elwood, NE.

Enders Reservoir is a 1,700-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, at Enders, NE.

Glenn Cunningham Lake a 390 acre lake located in the city of Omaha, NE.

Harlan County Reservoir is a 13,000-acre lake in the south-central part of the state, at Alma, NE.

Harry Strunk Lake (Medicine Creek Reservoir) is an 1,800-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, 7 miles north of Cambridge, NE.

Hugh Butler Lake (Red Willow Reservoir) is a 1,600-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, 10 miles north of McCook, NE.

Jeffrey Lake is a 595-acre impoundment, in the south-central part of the state, just south of Brady, NE.

Johnson Lake is a 2,068-acre lake in the south-central part of the state, 12 miles southwest of Lexington, NE.

Lake Maloney is a 1,600-acre lake in the south-central part of the state, 5 miles south of North Platte, NE.

Lake McConaughy is a 35,700-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, 5 miles north of Ogallala, NE.

Lake Minatare is a 2,300-acre lake in the western part of the state, 6 miles northeast of Scottsbluff, NE.

Lake Ogallala is a 650-acre impoundment below Lake McConaghy in southwest Nebraska.

Lake Wanahoo is a 637-acre lake located one mile north of Wahoo, Nebraska.

Lewis And Clark Lake is a 31,000-acre lake in the northeastern

border of the state, 10 miles northeast of Niobrara, NE.

Merritt Reservoir is a 1,600-acre lake in the north-central part of the state, 20 miles south of Valentine, Nebraska.

Oliver Reservoir (Kimball Reservoir) is a 270-acre lake in the southwest corner of the pan handle, at Bushnell, NE.

Pawnee Lake is a 740 acre lake in southeast Nebraska, 5 miles west of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sherman Reservoir is a 2,800-acre lake in the central part of the state, 3 miles northeast of Loup City, NE.

Sutherland Reservoir is a 3,000-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, at Sutherland, NE.

Swanson Reservoir is a 5,000-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, at Trenton, NE.

Wagon Train Lake is a 315-acre lake located in the southeast corner of the state, two miles east of Hickman, NE.

Wehrspann Lake is a 245-acre lake in the southwest outskirts of Omaha near the eastern border of Nebraska.

Whitney Lake is a 900-acre lake in the Nebraska panhandle, 10 miles east of Crawford, NE.

Willow Creek Lake is a 700-acre lake in the northeast part of the state at Pierce, NE.

Catfish caught in Lake Ogallala shore fishing

   

Catfish caught in Sherman Lake fishing off the dam