62 | Public Fishing Areas — Southwest
SOUTHWEST REGION
Name/County/Map ID Features Special Fish Regulations
Plum Creek Canyon Reservoir
WMA
Dawson (25)
CN Channel Catfish - daily bag limit of 10.
Plum Creek Park Lake
Dawson (25)
FF, A
Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be
used or possessed.
Pressey WMA
Custer (24)
Ravenna Lake
Buffalo (30)
A
Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be
used or possessed.
Red Willow SRA/WMA
(Hugh Butler Lake)
Frontier (20)
A, SF, CN
Northern Pike - 34-inch minimum length limit. Underwater
spearfishing for game fish species from July 1 through Dec. 31.
Rock Creek Lake SRA
Dundy (14)
A No live baitfish may be used or possessed.
Sac Wilcox WMA
Phelps (26)
Sandy Channel SRA
Buffalo (25)
FF, A, SF
Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. Underwater
spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only.
Sherman Reservoir SRA/WMA
Sherman (30)
SF, CN
Walleye, Sauger, Saugeye - daily bag limit can include two
walleye between 15 inches and not greater than 20 inches and
one walleye greater than 28 inches. Slot length limit protecting
walleye 20 through 28 inches; Crappie - 10-inch minimum length
limit; Northern Pike - 34-inch minimum length limit. Waters within
150 feet of the dam, including the spawning reefs on the SW end
of the dam, are closed to fishing from sunset to sunrise April 1-20.
Underwater spearfishing for game fish species permitted July 1
through Dec. 31.
Silver Creek City Pond
Merrick (36)
FF
South Kearney Rest Area
(eastbound) DOT
Buffalo (31)
Sutherland Cooling Pond
Lincoln (18)
Channel Catfish - daily bag limit of 10.
Sutherland Reservoir SRA
Lincoln (18)
A, SF, CN
Channel Catfish - daily bag limit of 10. Underwater spearfishing for
game fish species permitted from July 1 through Dec. 31.
Sutton Clark Pond
Clay (37)
FF No live baitfish may be used or possessed.
Sutton Detention Pond
Clay (37)
Swanson Reservoir SRA/WMA
Hitchcock (20)
CN, SF
Underwater spearfishing for game fish species allowed July 1
through Dec. 31.
