Fishing
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Grench
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17" is a good sized fish for the cattle ponds that pass for lakes around Omaha. If you want 'big' fish you pretty much have to have a largish body of water that can feed that beast.
Around Omaha, Zorinsky (being killed right now), Chalco, Cunningham, the Platte river, the Elkhorn river and the Missouri river are the largest bodies of water. If you're strictly catch & release the Missouri is fine, but I wouldn't eat anything out of it.
Someplace that has had me curious - Lonergan Reservoir. North of Omaha, NE of Cunningham. Doesn't seem to be State land - no idea who's it is.?.?
Around Omaha, Zorinsky (being killed right now), Chalco, Cunningham, the Platte river, the Elkhorn river and the Missouri river are the largest bodies of water. If you're strictly catch & release the Missouri is fine, but I wouldn't eat anything out of it.
Someplace that has had me curious - Lonergan Reservoir. North of Omaha, NE of Cunningham. Doesn't seem to be State land - no idea who's it is.?.?
Lake Wanahoo opened last Saturday....about 30 min from west O. Haven't been out there yet but this is from the OWH:
Zorinsky Lake, Lake Wanahoo welcome crowds - Omaha.com
To the west, the new 1,777-acre Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area features picnic shelters and a four-mile walking and biking trail of limestone. The recreation area also contains mowed walking trails through prairie grass, camping pads for tents and recreational vehicles, fishing piers and a boat ramp built to handle three vessels simultaneously.
The reservoir is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, blue catfish, crappie, northern pike and walleye.
About 60 boats were on the water by midday, according to Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials. They expected to count 1,000 anglers before the day ended.
Roger Kuhn, game and parks director, said he had seen people with full buckets of crappie. Anglers reported catching and releasing nice-sized bass, but under the 21-inch limit. One angler caught and released a couple dozen northern pike; all northern pike must be returned to the lake.
“You don't have to watch boats on the water too long before you see the fishermen bringing in a catch,'' Kuhn said.
Bob Fulton of Omaha brought a bicycle to try the lake's four miles of crushed limestone trails.
Zorinsky Lake, Lake Wanahoo welcome crowds - Omaha.com
To the west, the new 1,777-acre Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area features picnic shelters and a four-mile walking and biking trail of limestone. The recreation area also contains mowed walking trails through prairie grass, camping pads for tents and recreational vehicles, fishing piers and a boat ramp built to handle three vessels simultaneously.
The reservoir is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, blue catfish, crappie, northern pike and walleye.
About 60 boats were on the water by midday, according to Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials. They expected to count 1,000 anglers before the day ended.
Roger Kuhn, game and parks director, said he had seen people with full buckets of crappie. Anglers reported catching and releasing nice-sized bass, but under the 21-inch limit. One angler caught and released a couple dozen northern pike; all northern pike must be returned to the lake.
“You don't have to watch boats on the water too long before you see the fishermen bringing in a catch,'' Kuhn said.
Bob Fulton of Omaha brought a bicycle to try the lake's four miles of crushed limestone trails.