Author Topic: S.Central NE: Sherman, Johnson, Harlan, Swan, I-80 lakes (Read 4421 times)

timfriedel · « **on:** Dec 29, 2009, 06:35 PM »

I've noticed most the members here are from Lincoln/Omaha. Its nice to hear how that region is doing and I hope to meet some of you if I ever head that way. But would anyone who has fished Central NE this winter please chime in. Hows the ice, the bite, species...

I usually fish alone so if anyone is planning to go out and would like some company I'd probably go.

I've been to Windmill #1. The ice around the other lakes was iffy but 1 was fine. Bite was really slow. 5 tiny bluegill and 1 small bass all day, and that was more than the other guys got.

Cottonmill today was a bummer too. 6-8 in of ice. About 1 bite/hr. Pretty sure I was just feeding the small bluegill. Caught one small perch.

hankthecrank · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 05:17 AM »

There is also plenty of us fom Central/North Central Nebraska, you just haven't heard from us yet.

rippin-lips · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 01:41 PM »

I fish around Kearney some. I am not at all into catching blue gills unless the kids are with me. Would rather fish the refuge every weekend if I could. I have only fished Cottonmill so far with about the same results you had. We have made it to Sherman one time. Found some fish just had trouble getting them to bite. Will probably fish Sherman some more this weekend and try to catch some crappie. And maybe pike or walleye on a tip-up.

timfriedel · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 05:48 PM »

I just got back from Sherman. Didn't have a bite all day. Saw a few but they weren't interested.

hookemandcookem · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 06:39 PM »

bummer luck tim, I went to yanney today and caught a few but nothing to write home about.

walleye4 · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 10:52 PM »

I seen quite a few guys on the ice between GI and Minden today while on my delivery route. I'll give a report after Iget back on SUnday!

timfriedel · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 10:55 AM »

how was the ice on Yanney? I was there a few days ago and there was a lot of open water on the west where everybody usually ice fishes.

DustyRhyno · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 11:25 AM »

I just talked to a guy at Yanney and he said the center section on the West side that was open has about 2" on it. With the cold temps it should build a little in the next week. Be careful!

timfriedel · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 04:33 PM »

I talked to a guy that went through on the far east side about 10 ft off the edge.

hognem · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 31, 2009, 09:19 PM »

New to the ice fishing world, just started last weekend on the I80 lakes. Good ice at Ayr and GI but very little luck, I think it has something to due with being new to this hard water sport. Looking at going to Sherman this weekend any help were to start on the lake. Any info would be great

timfriedel · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 02:10 AM »

No luck down trail 10 when I went. That's the northeast. Try along the dam and be sure to post back how it went.

midstate08 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 01, 2010, 04:26 AM »

Friend of mine fished trail 8 and had one six inch bass.

timfriedel · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 04:00 AM »

going out monday around kearney. post a reply if anyone would like to meet up.

flatwalter · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 04:04 PM »

Anyone ever fish the interstate pit behind the events center at the Kearney interchange. We put a few holes in it on Sunday and didn't really have any luck. One small 4" bluegill. I know that there are better fish in that lake than that from summer reports.

Fish-icer · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 04:12 PM »

Caught some nice blue gills in the sand pit on the other side of I80 in college...you have to drive behind the hotels there on the north west side of the interstate...I fished no more than 10 feet from the bank

DustyRhyno · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 07:46 PM »

I've caught some nice bass in the arena pit and some decent sized bluegills and crappie as well. Haven't fished it this year yet.

timfriedel · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 07:49 PM »

haven't had much luck with panfish there.

The bite was terrible at Yanney today. One 12 inch bass.

frozen1 · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 05, 2010, 01:12 PM »

Visited my in-laws at Johnson Lake last week. We fished a interstate lake near Cozad. Caught some bluegills and some bass. Bluegills were between 7-9 inches. Bass were small. The lake had about 8 inches of ice.

midstate08 · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 22, 2010, 08:17 PM »

heading to swan tomm. wondering if anyone else is or would like to meet up on the lake tomm.

DustyRhyno · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 22, 2010, 10:33 PM »

I'd love to. Unfortunately I'll be laying carpet tommorrow.

Good luck. I'll be interested in a report.

midstate08 · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 23, 2010, 07:24 PM »

Swan lake was a major dud. Fished from 1:30 til 6:pm and had four small Bluegill and one 14inch bass. Glad I dont own a bait shop up there

AGPILOT10 · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 23, 2010, 09:49 PM »

Swan had a fish kill last summer a Game and Parks employee told me but he didn't know how bad.

DustyRhyno · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 23, 2010, 11:03 PM »

Sorry to hear that. Had fun a couple times with the perch last year.

flatwalter · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 24, 2010, 12:19 AM »

Quote from: midstate08 on Jan 23, 2010, 07:24 PM

Swan lake was a major dud. Fished from 1:30 til 6:pm and had four small Bluegill and one 14inch bass. Glad I dont own a bait shop up there

We almost came over to Swan today; we stopped at Erickson and the ice did not look good at all. So the choice was Swan or Goose. We didn't have any better luck at Goose than you did at Swan.

One thing I noticed at Goose was that there has been quite a bit of quad traffic on the lake .

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fowlfoolr1979 · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 24, 2010, 08:08 AM »

I could of swore that when Ben and I went up to goose a couple years ago that you could not take a quad on goose so we had to leave it on the trailer?

Is that right Jorg?

Layne

flatwalter · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 24, 2010, 09:55 AM »

I have been told that it not allowed. Another fisherman was commenting that the people were lucky that they parked the quad when they did because a CO showed up. I know that Goose is not listed in the handbook.

blimy24 · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 27, 2010, 03:03 PM »

Quote from: AGPILOT10 on Jan 23, 2010, 09:49 PM

Swan had a fish kill last summer a Game and Parks employee told me but he didn't know how bad.

I talked to the Bassett G and P office and they confirmed the fish kill at Swan, but they weren't sure how hard it got hit.

midstate08 · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 27, 2010, 04:49 PM »

from the people I talked to that have fished it this year they say they havent caught any decent sized ones. Many many small gill and a few bass. we caught alot of bass this summer after the kill off

flatwalter · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 06:57 PM »

We fished the I-80 lake at Gibbon, Windmill wayside, on Saturday. The back lake was very thin in spots. We found ice ranging from only a couple of inches to ten inches. Again the west end and some of the south are tooooo thin.

We did catch some nice catfish, pan size, and they were great on an ice rod.

Again use caution on this lake.

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Author Topic: S.Central NE: Sherman, Johnson, Harlan, Swan, I-80 lakes (Read 4421 times)