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Nebraska Fishing Update
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In the Panhandle, fish Box Butte Reservoir for bluegill, using tip-ups with wax\ worm teardrops, and northern pike. Smith Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a good spot for bluegill, largemouth bass, and northern pike. Fish for rainbow trout, largemouth bass and crappie at Fort Robinson State Park's (SP) Carter P. Johnson Lake.

North-central anglers will find nine lakes on the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge open to fishing, with about nine inches of ice. Some good catches of northern pike and nice bluegill were taken on Pelican Lake. Hackberry Lake was renovated and restocked in 2004 and some fish have reached the size that anglers prefer.

There are stocked rainbow trout for south-central anglers at Such's Lake in Grand Island, Holdrege City Lake, Windmill State Recreation Area (SRA) Lake No. 1 and Lexington City Lake. Fish for walleye, sauger and white bass at the Johnson Lake inlet and try for crappie and walleye at Sherman Reservoir. Bluegill, largemouth bass, channel catfish and crappie are the likely catches at the Interstate 80 lakes, as well as city lakes in Ansley, Bethphage, Kearney (Cottonmill and Yanney lakes), Ravenna and Sutton.

In the southwest, fish for perch in Lake Ogallala, crappie in Red Willow Reservoir, bluegill and crappie in Wellfleet Lake, and crappie, rainbow trout and perch in Rock Creek Lake. Stocked trout are in Birdwood and Arnold lakes, as well as Bennett Pond in McCook.

Anglers in the northeast will find a fair number of bluegill and crappie at Maskenthine Lake, while Buckskin Hills Lake should provide crappie and bluegill, and Willow Creek should have good numbers of walleye. Try Goose Lake for perch, northern pike and bluegill, and Grove Lake for northern pike. Pawnee Park in Columbus, Fremont SRA Lake No. 5, Crystal Cove Park in South Sioux City and Ta Ha Zouka Park in Norfolk have stocked trout.

Ice conditions in southeast Nebraska are good, but anglers still must be careful, especially when the ice is covered with snow. Anglers pursuing bluegill should tip their teardrops with a wax worms and fish Olive Creek, Memphis, Burchard, Redtail, Walnut Creek, Mayberry and Holmes Lake. Try fishing for crappie with a minnow at Stagecoach, Czechland, Zorinsky and Walnut Creek. Rainbow trout are stocked at Eugene T. Mahoney SP's Qwest Lake, Holmes Lake, Standing Bear Lake, Weeping Water Pond, Steinhart Park Ponds in Nebraska City, Auburn, and Lake Halleck in Papillion. PowerBait or corn should be the best bets for trout. Anglers also should try fishing both on the bottom with a small split shot and also in mid-water with a bobber.

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