Trout Fishing in DRAFT VERSION 1.2

Nebraska Trout Unlimited, TU Chapter #710

As of May 13, 2012

# FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL

001 Alliance Drain Panhandle – Private Brown, 4 miles north of Scottsbluff Rainbow Minatare County - North Platte Valley 002 Ansley City Lake Still Sandhills - Rainbow 4 acres Custer County (stocked) Arlee 003 Arnold Lake SRA Still Sandhills - Rainbow 4 acres Custer County 005 Barnett Park Pond Still Southwest Rainbow 5 acres Nebraska – Red (stocked) Willow County 006 Beaver Creek Panhandle - private Brook Sheridan County - Pine Ridge - 007 Benson Park Pond Still Eastern Public – restricted Rainbow 4 acres – North side Nebraska – use to younger (stocked) of 70th & Military Ave Douglas County than 16 and older Arlee in Benson (Omaha, than 65 NE) # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 008 Bessey Fish Pond Still Northwestern Rainbow 3 acres Nebraska - Thomas County 009 Big Bordeaux Creek Panhandle – Public access in Brook, Brown From its headwaters Dawes County - Big Bordeaux c. 3 miles east & 3 Pine Ridge - Creek WMA, miles south of USFS pastures 35 , it & 37, remainder flows north to merge private with Little Bordeaux Creek 010 Birdwood WMA Sandhills – Rainbow Lincoln County (stocked) 011 Boardman Creek north Northwestern Private Brown, Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Niobrara Valley 012 Bone Ceek (Keller Northwestern Public access in Brown, School Land WMA) Nebraska - Pine Glen WMA Rainbow Brown County - Niobrara Valley 013 Bordeaux Creek Panhandle - Public access on Brook, Brown Dawes County - Big Bordeaux Pine Ridge - Creek WMA 014 Bowling Lake Still Eastern Public Rainbow In the city of Lincoln Nebraska – (stocked) in Lancaster South pond County 015 Bridgeport Middle Still Panhandle/Pine Public – Rainbow Lake Ridge – Morrill Bridgeport SRA (stocked) County # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 016 Bridgeport NW Lake Still Panhandle/Pine Public – Rainbow Ridge – Morrill Bridgeport SRA (stocked) County 017 Carter P. Johnson Still Panhandle - Rainbow 15 acres Lake Pine Ridge – (stocked) Dawes & Sioux Counties 018 Chadron City Still Panhandle - Rainbow 20 acres Reservoir (2) Dawes County - (stocked) Pine Ridge - 019 Chadron Creek NW into Panhandle – Public access in Brook, Brown White River Dawes County - Chadron State Pine Ridge - Park in Dawes County 020 Chadron State Park Still Panhandle – Public - Rainbow 2 acres Pond Dawes County - (stocked) Pine Ridge - 021 Cherry Creek Still Panhandle – Brown .25 acres Diversion Pond Dawes County 022 Cherry Creek Pond Still Panhandle – Brown, 2 acres Dawes County Rainbow 023 Crystal Cove Lake Still Northeast Rainbow 30 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Dakota County 024 Crystal Springs Still South Central Rainbow 6 acres Middle Lake Nebraska - (Stocked) Jefferson Arlee County # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 025 Curtis GC Pond Still Southwest Rainbow 1.7 acres Nebraska - (stocked) Frontier County 026 David City Park Pond Still Eastern Rainbow 6 acres West Nebraska - (stocked) Butler County Arlee 027 Dead Horse Creek Panhandle – private Brook, Brown Dawes County - Pine Ridge - 028 Deer Creek Sheridan private Brown, Panhandle - Rainbow County - Niobrara Valley 029 Dismal River Northwestern private Brown, South of Mullen, west Nebraska - Rainbow of NE Hwy 97, north Hooker County - (stocked) fork has 12 miles of Loup River trout water, south fork Drainage 10.5 miles 030 Dry Sheep Creek Panhandle - Private Brown, Sioux County - Rainbow North Platte Valley 031 Dry Spotted Tail Panhandle - Private Brown, Creek Sioux County - Rainbow North Platte Valley 032 East Ash Creek Panhandle – Public access c Brook Located 9 miles east Dawes County - 1.5 miles from of Crawford Pine Ridge - USFS pasture 16, remainder private # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 033 East Branch Verdigre North Central Public Brown, Creek (Grove Lake Nebraska - Rainbow WMA) Antelope (stocked) County - Niobrara Valley 034 East Hat Creek N into Hat Panhandle – Private Brook, Brown Begins c. 6 miles east Creek Sioux County - of Harrison Pine Ridge – 035 Elm Creek WMA South Central Public ½ mile, Rainbow Nebraska – remainder private (stocked) Webster County - Republican River Drainage 036 Fairfield Creek Northwestern Private, difficult Brown, Nebraska - access Rainbow Cherry County Niobrara Valley 037 Fremont Lake 2 Still Eastern Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked) Dodge County 038 Ft. Kearney #6 Still South Central Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked) Buffalo County 039 Ft. Robinson State Still Panhandle – Public – located Rainbow Park Ponds (2) Dawes County - within Ft. Pine Ridge - Robinson State Park 04 Auburn Fairgrounds Still Southeastern Rainbow 5 acres Lake (Rotary Club Nebraska – (stocked) Lake) Nemaha County Shasta # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 040 GI Such’s Lake Still Central Rainbow Nebraska – Hall (stocked County Shasta) 041 Gilbert-Baker Pond Still Panhandle – Rainbow 2 acres Sioux County (stocked) 042 Grabel Pond 1 Still Panhandle – Rainbow 6 acres total Dawes County (stocked) 043 Grabel Pond 2 Still Panhandle – Rainbow 6 acres total Dawes County (stocked) 044 Grabel Pond 3 Still Panhandle – Rainbow 6 acres total Dawes County (stocked) 045 Gracie Creek Northwestern Public/Private – Rainbow Located south of Nebraska - 1st 200 feet above (stocked) Calamus Reservoir, Loup County Pond are public, east of Burwell remainder private 046 Gracie Creek Pond Still Northwestern Rainbow Wheelchair Nebraska - (stocked) accessible dock, Loup County Located south of Calamus Reservoir, east of Burwell 047 Greenwood Creek Panhandle - Brown, Morrill County Rainbow 048 Grove Lake North Central Rainbow Nebraska - (stocked) Antelope Arlee County - Niobrara Valley # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 049 Grove Sandpit Still North Central Rainbow (Verdigre Creek Nebraska – (stocked) secret pond) Antelope Shasta, County Cutthroat (stocked) 050 Hat Creek N Panhandle – Private Brook, Brown Sioux County - Pine Ridge – 051 Heartwell Park Lake Still South Central Rainbow 3 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Adams County Shasta, Arlee 052 Hitchcock Park Pond Still Eastern Rainbow 2 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Douglas County Arlee 053 Holdrege City Lake Still Central Rainbow 10 acres (North Park) Nebraska – (stocked) Phelps County 054 Holmes Lake Still Eastern Public – Lincoln Rainbow 100 acres Nebraska – city lake (stocked) Lancaster Shasta, County Arllee 055 Humphrey Pond Still Sandhillls - Rainbow 3 acres Keith County (stocked) 056 Keller Park SRA 4 Northwestern Public Rainbow 7 acres total Nebraska - (stocked) Brown County - Niobrara Valley # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 057 Keller Park SRA 5 Northwestern Public Rainbow 7 acres total Nebraska - (stocked) Brown County - Shasta Niobrara Valley 058 Lake Alice Still North Platte Valley 059 Lake Halleck Still Eastern Rainbow 4 acres – East of 84th Nebraska – (stocked) Street in Papillion Sarpy County Shasta 060 Lake Ogallala Still Sandhills - Keith Rainbow 650 acres – I-80 west County - North (stocked), of Ogallala to Hwy 61 Platte Valley Cutthroat EXIT. Go North (stocked) across Kinglsey Dam on Lake McCaughney and turn right to enter area around Lake Ogallala 061 Larabee Creek Panhandle – Private Brown, Sheridan Rainbow County - Pine Ridge - 062 Lexington City Lake Still Southwest Rainbow 3 acres (Plum Creek) Nebraska – (stocked) Dawson County 063 Little Bordeaux Creek Panhandle – private Brown Headwaters c. 4 miles Dawes County - south & 9 miles east Pine Ridge - of Chadron 064 Lodgepole Creek Panhandle - Private Brown & Subject to low or no Kimball County Rainbow flow # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 065 Long Pine Creek Northwestern Public Brown & Hwy US 20 (Long Pine WMA) Nebraska - Rainbow Brown County - (stocked) Niobrara Valley 066 Meadowlark Hills GC Still South Central Rainbow Pond Nebraska – (stocked) Buffalo County 067 Middle Branch Middle Northwestern Brown, Loup River Nebraska - Rainbow Thomas County - Loup River Drainage 068 Middle Fork Soldier Panhandle – Public – located Brook & Creek Dawes County - within Ft. Brown Pine Ridge - Robinson State Park 069 Middle Loup River Northwestern Brown, Nebraska - Rainbow Thomas County - Loup River Drainage 070 Middle Morrill Still Panhandle - Rainbow 25 acres Sandpits North Platte (stocked) Valley – Scottsbluff County 071 Minnechaduza Creek Northwestern Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked) Cherry County - Niobrara Valley # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 072 Mitchel Drain Panhandle - private Brown, Scottsbluff Rainbow County - North Platte Valley 073 Moffat Drain Panhandle – private Brown, Located 2 miles east Scottsbluff Rainbow and 1 mile north of County - North Minatare Platte Valley 074 Monroe Creek N into Pine Ridge – Public access for Brook 5 miles of trout- Warbonnet NW of Harrison 1 mile on Gilbert- supporting water, best Creek in Sioux County Baker WMA, in public area and remainder private immediately below 075 Ninemile Creek Panhandle - Public access at Brown, 5 miles north of Scottsbluff Ninemile Creek Rainbow Minatare, walk-in County - North WMA access SE of WMA Platte Valley and 2 mi north & 1 mi east of Minatare, remiainder private 076 Panhandle - Public access on Brown, Sioux County - Agate Fossil Beds Rainbow Niobrara Valley National Monument, remainder private 077 Niobrara State Park – Still Northeast Rainbow Pond 2 Nebraska – (stocked) Knox County # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 078 North Branch Middle Northwestern, Brown, Loup River Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Loup River Drainage 079 North Fork Dismal Northwestern private Brown, South of Mullen, west River Nebraska - Rainbow of NE Hwy 97, north Hooker County - (stocked) fork has 12 miles of Loup River trout water, south fork Drainage 10.5 miles, best fishing above confluence of the forks 080 North Loup River Northwestern, Brown, Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Loup River Drainage 081 North Morrill Pond Still Panhandle - Rainbow North Platte (stocked) Valley – Scottsbluff County 082 North Platte River – Panhandle & Brown, above Lake Sandhills - Rainbow McConaughy Scottsbluff, Garden, Morrill, Keith Counties - North Platte Valley # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 083 North Platte River – North Platte Sandhills - Keith Public water Rainbow & Drive to the west end below Lake Ogalla River flows County - North extends from Brown Trout of Roscoe on Hwy 30 East below Platte Valley, Keystone Dam to and turn North on Keystone North of I-80, approximately Keystone Road for Dam just West of 300 yards below 5.5 miles to teach the Roscoe, NE the third weir dam Sutherland Canal east of the (flowing out of Lake Keystone Dam on Ogallala. Follow the Lake Ogalala. canal about 2 miles to the Keystone Dam and turn right to access the North Platte River. Fish above or below one of the three weir dams. In May 2012 the Roscoe EXIT on I-80 is closed, so EXIT at Paxton and go North through town to Hwy 30, then turn West to Roscoe. 084 Ord City Lake Still Central Rainbow 5 acres (Auble’s Pond) Nebraska – (stocked) Valley County Arlee 085 Otter Creek Sandhills - Keith Public access ½ Brown, Feeds into the north County - North mile immediately Rainbow side of Lake Platte Valley north of Big Mac, McConaughy remainder private # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 086 Pawnee Park East Still Central Rainbow 5 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Platte County 087 Pawnee Park West Still Central Rainbow 2 acres Nebraska – (stocked Platte County Shasta) 088 Pine Creek Panhandle - private Brown Sheridan County - Niobrara Valley 089 Pine Glen WMA Niobrara Valley Public – Access to Brown, Long Pine & Bone Rainbow Creek by hike to bottom of canyon 090 Plum Creek (Bobcat Northwestern Public access at Brown & WMA) Nebraska - Bobcat WMA and Rainbow Brown County - Plum Creek Niobrara Valley Valley WMA, remainder private 091 Plum Creek Valley Still Northwestern Public Access in Rainbow 1 acre WMA Pond Nebraska - south-most (stocked) Brown County - parking lot of PCV Niobrara Valley WMA 092 Still Northeast Rainbow Pond Nebraska – (stocked) Dixon County Shasta 093 Qwest Lake Still Eastern Rainbow 10 acres Nebraska – (stocked Cass County Shasta) # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 094 Red Willow Creek Panhandle - Private Brown, Morrill County - Rainbow North Platte Valley 095 Rock Creek Lake Still Southwest Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked) Dundy County 096 Sand Springs Still Northwest Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked), Brown County Rainbow (stocked) Shasta 097 Schlagel Creek WMA Northwestern Public access on Brown, Nebraska - WMA, remainder Rainbow Cherry County - private Niobrara Valley 098 Scottsbluff Zoo Pond Still Panhandle - Rainbow North Platte (stocked) Valley – Scottsbluff County 099 Sheep Creek North Platte Private Brown, Valley Rainbow 100 Silvernail Drain Panhandle - Private Brown Morrill County 101 Snake River (lower) Northwestern Private Brown, Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Niobrara Valley # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 102 Snake River (upper) Northwestern Private Brown, Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Niobrara Valley 103 Soldier Creek East Panhandle - Public – access Brook, Brown Dawes County - within Ft. & Rainbow Pine Ridge - Robinson State Park & Area 104 South Branch Middle Northwestern, Brown, Loup River Nebraska - Rainbow Cherry County - Loup River Drainage 105 South Fork Dismal Northwestern private Brown, South of Mullen, west River Nebraska - Rainbow of NE Hwy 97, north Hooker County - (stocked) fork has 12 miles of Loup River trout water, south fork Drainage 10.5 miles 106 South Fork Soldier East Pine Ridge - Public – access Brook & Creek within Ft. Brown Robinson State Park & Soldier Creek Wilderness Area # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 107 South Morrill Pond Still Panhandle - Public – county Rainbow North Platte owned, (stocked) Valley – permission Scottsbluff required, check County with City of Morrill 108 Sowbelly Creek N into Panhandle - Private Brown & 6.9 miles of trout- Warbonnet Sioux County - Brook supporting water, Creek, then Pine Ridge – some nice holes into Hat NW of Harrison Creek 109 Spotted Tail Creek Panhandle - Private Brown, Scottsbluff Rainbow County - North Platte Valley 110 Squaw Creek Panhandle - Public access Brook 4 miles east & 3 miles Dawes County - within Ponderosa south of Crawford Pine Ridge - WMA, remainder private 111 Standing Bear Lake Still Eastern Rainbow 135 acres – West Nebraska, (stocked) entrance North of Douglas County 144th & Fort St. (Parking Lot). South Entrance c. 140th & Fort, follow drive to boat ramp. 112 Steel Creek Northeast Rainbow Nebraska – (stocked) Knox County # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 113 Steinhart Park Still Southeast Rainbow 5 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Otoe County Shasta 114 Stuckenhole Creek Panhandle – Private Brown, West-northwest of (Bayard Drain) Scottsbluff Rainbow Bayard County 115 Sutherland Supply North Platte Public access via Brown, Canal Valley CNPPID Road Rainbow 116 Ta-Ha-Zouka Park Still Central Public Rainbow 5 acres Lake Nebraska – (stocked) Madison County 117 Terry’s Pit Still Panhandle - Rainbow 7 acres Scottsbluff (stocked) County - North Platte Valley – 118 Towl Park Pond Still Eastern Rainbow 1 acre Nebraska – (stocked) Douglas County Arlee 119 Tub Springs Drain North Platte Private Brown, Valley Rainbow 120 Two Rivers Lake 5 Still Eastern Public – purchase Rainbow 32 acres, best fishing (Trout Pond) Nebraska trout tags at park (stocked) , from April to June office Brown (stocked) Sheep Creek 121 Valentine Hatchery Still Northwestern, Rainbow Nebraska - (stocked) Cherry County # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 122 Warbonnet Creek E into Hat Panhandle – private Brook, Brown Creek Dawes County - Pine Ridge – 123 Weeping Water Pond Still Eastern Rainbow 1 Nebraska - (stocked) Cass County Arlee 124 West Ash Creek Panhandle – Public access to Brook Located .6 miles east Dawes County - 1.5 miles in USFS of Crawford Pine Ridge - pasture 9, remainder private 125 West Hat Creek N into Hat Panhandle – Private Brook, Brown Begins 4.5 miles east Creek Sioux County - of Harrison Pine Ridge – 126 White Clay Creek Panhandle - Private Brown Sheridan County - Pine Ridge - 127 White River NE Pine Ridge - Public access in Rainbow Flood in 1991 Headwaters in Ft. Robinson (stocked)& reduced trout habitat. north-central State Park for 6 Brown Stretch of river Sioux County, miles, remainder (stocked with between Andrews angling NE private natural and Kreman Crossing through Dawes production in in north-central Sioux County, entering upper County is only section South Dakota reaches, considered “trout- north-east of Cutthroat supporting” Chadron (stocked) in both Dawes & Sioux Counties # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 128 Whitetail Creek Sandhills - Keith Private Brown & Creek begins 7 miles County - North Rainbow north of Lake Ogallala Platte Valley & flows into the North Platte River 1.5 miles below Lake Ogallala Diversion Dam 129 Wildhorse Creek Panhandle - Private Brown Morrill County - North Platte Valley 130 Wildhorse West Panhandle - Private Brown Morrill County - North Platte Valley 131 Windmill 1 (MM286N) Still Central Rainbow 23 acres Nebraska – (stocked) Buffalo County Shasta 132 Winters Creek Panhandle – Private Brown, Scottsbluff Rainbow County - North Platte Valley 133 Wood Reserve 1 Still Panhandle – Public access via Rainbow 2 acres total (USFS) Dawes County 1 mile hike up the (stocked) middle branch of Soldier Creek 134 Wood Reserve 2 Still Panhandle – Public access via Rainbow 2 acres total (USFS) Dawes County 1 mile hike up the (stocked) middle branch of Soldier Creek # FISHERY STREAM- LOCATION PUBLIC/PRIVATE SPECIES DIRECTIONS/NOTES DIRECTION or STILL 135 Wood Reserve 3 Still Panhandle – Public access via Rainbow 2 acres total (USFS) Dawes County 1 mile hike up the (stocked) middle branch of Soldier Creek 136 Wood Reserve 4 Still Panhandle – Public access via Rainbow 2 acres total (USFS) Dawes County 1 mile hike up the (stocked) middle branch of Soldier Creek 137 Yanney Park Lake Still South Central Rainbow 20 acres, Wheelchair Nebraska – (stocked) accessible fishing pier Buffalo County