Angler Access pads were built at Birdwood Wildlife Management Area in
2016 to allow bank anglers better fishing. PHOTO BY JULIE GEISER
A largemouth bass caught at
Homestead Lake. PHOTO BY JEFF KURRUS
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A Nebraska Game and Parks fisheries biologist holds a channel catfish captured in a frame net while
sampling fish at Stagecoach State Recreation Area. A project completed in 2018 renovated and restocked
the fishery, which was dominated by gizzard shad and common carp, and improved angler access in the
reservoir. PHOTO BY ERIC FOWLER