POST NEBRASKA ICE MAP REPORTS HERE!

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The OFFICIAL NEBRASKA ICE MAP Team is accepting verified Ice Map Reports from Ice Shanty. 

Please post your Ice Reports here, the Team will update the Ice Map.   ONLY ice thickness and conditions will be added to the map.  Please post your ice fishing success on a separate thread for open discussion.

Please PM me with any questions concerning the NEBRASKA ICE MAP!

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Activity is picking up!  Several new Ice Reports have been added to the Nebraska Ice Map with a flurry of activity expected this weekend.

The Nebraska Ice Map Team will be in the Kearney Area Saturday checking several public fisheries.  Please report YOUR Ice Thickness findings here, the Ice Map Team will update the map.

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A big THANK YOU to Melvin Nenneman from the VNWR for the Ice Condition Report

01-13-2022, 09:38 AM
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge - General ice report 13 Jan 2022. Drilled several holes on the west end of Hackberry Lake in the evening of 12 Jan; ice was 6 to 9.5", thinner near the north shore. Open water can still be seen on Clear, Dewey, Hackberry and Watts lakes. Ice fishers have been observed on Clear, Dewey, Duck, Rice, Pelican, and Watts lakes. Temperatures have been above freezing since 10 Jan, and are forecast to stay above freezing until tomorrow afternoon (14 Jan), so there is melted water on top of the ice and very spring-like ice conditions.

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New Nebraska Ice Map Update from our Valentine National Wildlife Refuge

02-04-2022, 09:44 AM
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge - General ice report 04 Feb 2022. Drilled holes at Hackberry yesterday evening with 6-7" of good, clear ice; didn't have time to check other lakes but there were a good number of folks out on Dewey. Warm and windy weather on Tues (01 Feb) had opened substantial holes on Willow, Dewey, Pelican, West Long, Clear, Hackberry, and Watts. Cold temperatures Tue night-this morning have mostly frozen over these holes but fishers should be aware of potentially uneven ice conditions.

Added to the Map

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"THE END IS NEAR"
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"Island Lake had 7 inches on Monday the 7th with some open springs on the north side.I expect a lot of deteriorating ice conditions this week on a lot of lakes. The end is near."
Joe Rydell
NGPC Fisheries Biologist, NW District
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A big THANK YOU to ALL of our NEBRASKA ICE MAP Reporters!
Harold F.

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02-11-2022, 08:30 AM

Valentine National Wildlife Refuge - General ice report 11 Feb 2022. Warm and windy weather this week has caused ice conditions to deteriorate and there are large areas of open water on all of the refuge fishing lakes. Was able to get on ice at the west access to Watts Lake where there was 6" of ice, but open water was only 50 yards away. The adage that there are old ice fishermen and bold ice fishermen, but there are no old, bold ice fishermen probably applies. There may be a few places that are fishable through the ice, but ice conditions are poor at best.

A big THANK YOU to Melvin Nenneman from the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge for providing the ice reports for the Nebraska Ice Map!

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Holmes Lake in Lincoln has a 3/4" to 1" cap, no safe spots that I saw.

Main part of Bowling Lake was the same, however the small pond was wide open. No safe ice in town as of 12-17, but with the forecast as it is we should be on soon!

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Map updated- THANK YOU!

[eepks]

Bridgeport: Edges are not safe. A few small open pockets of water farther out.

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THANK YOU!
Ice map updated

[Wahusker]

North central Nebraska (Boyd/Keya Paha counties) 13.5 to 15" of good clear ice.

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Ice Map updated- Thank you!