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6 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 Trout – Species are broken into groups to provide better management and anglers more harvest opportunities. • Rainbow, tiger and cutthroat trout – daily bag limit of five, of which only one over 16 inches can be included in the bag. • Brown Trout – daily bag limit of five, of which only one over 16 inches can be included in the bag. • Brook Trout – daily bag limit of two, of which only one over 12 inches can be included in the daily bag. Black Bass – At the Nebraska Public Power District Tailrace Canal starting at the State Farm Road bridge downstream to the confluence with the South Platte River in Lincoln County, there is no minimum length limit on smallmouth bass but the daily bag limit of five can only have one over 15 inches in the bag. • Lakes added to the list of waters managed with a 21-inch minimum length limit are Kirkpatrick Memorial Park, Conestoga Lake and Duck Creek Recreation Area. • Lakes removed from the 21-inch length regulation and now regulated with the statewide 15-inch minimum length are Adams Park Pond, Benson Park Pond, Hanscom Park Pond, Hitchcock Park, Miller Park Pond, Towl Park Pond and Walnut Grove Park Pond. Striped Bass Hybrid – Stagecoach Lake is no longer restricted to a daily bag limit of three. Channel Catfish – Boundaries were clarified for reservoir versus river daily bag limits with Harlan Reservoir being the Highway 183 bridge and Lake McConaughy being the Highway 26 bridge. Flathead Catfish – Catch-and-release restriction on flathead catfish removed at Windmill SRA Lake No. 3, Two Rivers SRA Lakes 3 and 4, Wildwood Lake WMA and Fort Kearny SRA Lake No. 2. Walleye, Sauger and Saugeye – The area covered by the special regulations on Harlan Reservoir was moved downstream from the Highway 46 bridge to the Highway 183 bridge. Northern Pike – The statewide daily bag limit of three includes no more than one fish 34 inches or longer. • Goose Lake WMA and the Valentine Refuge are now covered by the statewide regulations. • Grove Lake, Cottonmill Lake, Red Willow Reservoir, Alda DOR, Hershey I-80 Lake, Sherman Reservoir now have a minimum length limit of 34-inches. Enders Reservoir and Maskenthine Reservoir now managed with the statewide regulation. • Glenn Cunningham Lake has been removed from lakes managed with total catch and release on pike. • Box Butte Reservoir has a daily bag limit of 10 pike, of which only three pike can be over 22 inches and only one of those can be over 34 inches in length. Bullfrog – West of U.S. Hwy. 81, the season is open year-round, with no minimum length limit and all legal harvest methods legal. The daily bag limit did not change. Panfish – Pelican Lake has a daily bag limit for bluegill of five, of which only one can be 10 inches or longer. Mussels – No harvest of any mussels will be allowed on any river or stream. Two Rivers SRA Lake No. 5 – Anglers will be allowed to fish without a trout tag from July 1-Jan. 31. Total Catch-and-Release Lakes – Flanagan Lake is added to the list of total catch-and-release lakes. Spring Lake Park Pond has been removed from this restriction. Transportation and Possession – White perch, black carp, bighead carp, silver carp, grass carp and yellow bass cannot be possessed or transported alive by anglers. Paddlefish Permits – Archery and snagging applicants must provide a valid email address to be notified of draw results. The applicant will lose preference points and forfeit the permit if it is not paid for in the allotted time. Unpaid or unawarded permits remaining will be sold on a first-come basis to residents starting at 1 p.m. CDT on the third Monday in April for archery and on the third Monday in August for snagging. No Live Baitfish – The following do not allow the possession or use of live baitfish: Melham Lake, Kirkpatrick Lake, Flanagan Lake, Glenn Cunningham Lake, Conestoga Lake, Stagecoach Lake, Duck Creek Recreation Area and Wehrspann Lake. Grand Island Such's Lake and Independence Landing Lake are removed from the list. NEW FOR 2019

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