46 | Public Fishing Areas — Northwest
Name/County/Map ID Attributes Special Fish Regulations
Duck Lake (FWS)
Cherry (15)
Possession of baitfish prohibited but dead smelt allowed. Possession
of fish not taken from refuge waters unlawful.
Frye Lake WMA
Grant (10)
No live baitfish can be used or possessed.
Gilbert-Baker Pond
Sioux (1)
Goldeneye
Deuel (8)
Grabel Ponds
Dawes (1)
FF
Hackberry Lake (FWS)
Cherry (15)
Possession of baitfish prohibited but dead smelt allowed. Possession
of fish not taken from refuge waters unlawful.
Home Valley Lake
Cherry (10)
Ice House Ponds
Dawes (1)
Island Lake (FWS)
Garden (7)
Possession of baitfish prohibited but dead smelt allowed.
Laing Lake
Box Butte (6)
FF No harvest allowed for persons 16 years of age or older.
Lake Minatare SRA
Scotts Bluff (3)
A, SF
Northern Pike - daily bag limit of 10 with no more than one over 34
inches. Waters within 150 feet of the dam are closed to fishing from
sunset to sunrise March 1-April 30. Underwater spearfishing for
game fish species allowed July 1 through Dec. 31.
Lake Winters Creek (FWS)
Scotts Bluff (3)
Lord Lake (USFS)
Cherry (15)
Merritt Reservoir
SRA/WMA
Cherry (15)
SF
Walleye, Sauger, Saugeye - daily bag limit of four may include
one from 15 to 18 inches and three over 18 inches or four over 18
inches but no more than one over 22 inches in length allowed in the
daily bag. Muskellunge daily bag limit may include one fish over 50
inches. Channel Catfish - daily bag limit of 5 may include no more
than one over 30 inches. Underwater spearfishing for game fish
species allowed July 1 through Dec. 31.
Morrill Sandpits
Scotts Bluff (3)
Oliver Reservoir
Kimball (4)
Pelican Lake (FWS)
Cherry (15)
Bluegill - the daily bag limit shall be five, of which only one can be
10 inches in length or longer. Tiger Muskellunge - daily bag limit of
three, of which only one can be 34 inches or longer. Possession of
baitfish prohibited but dead smelt allowed. Possession of fish not
taken from refuge waters unlawful.
NORTHWEST REGION
