Niobrara Valley (continued)
a wellfield for the town of Long Pine, Pine
Glen WMA, Long Pine WMA and Long
Pine SRA. The rest of the creek has private
access and permission is required for entry.
One of Nebraska's best trout streams,
Long Pine Creek has about 20 miles of
trout-supporting water. Both brown and
rainbow trout naturally reproduce in the
creek's abundant gravel beds. The creek's
middle section from Seven Springs to Camp
Witness, a church camp, provides the best
habitat and the most fish; larger fish are
more common downstream. Few trout are
found below its confluence with Bone Creek.
Plum Creek
Plum Creek crosses U.S. Highway 20 west
of Johnstown and flows northeast before
entering the Niobrara River.
Brown and rainbow trout.
There is public access to the creek from
the Bobcat and Plum Creek Valley WMAs.
The remainder is private access. Landowner
permission is required to enter private
property.
The creek offers fair fishing for browns
in its middle and lower reaches (just
north of U.S. Highway 20 to the creek's
mouth). It drains a large Sandhills area and
some irrigated cropland, which results in
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