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North Platte Valley Spottedtail Creeks The North Platte Valley contains numerous streams capable of supporting natural trout reproduction. These streams are similar; they are about 30 feet wide, fast-flowing, clear, and have large areas of gravel and rock. They flow through pastures and farm fields. Shoreline vegetation is present in some areas, while in other stretches the land is farmed to the edge of the stream. In either case, anglers can walk to a stream's edge to cast for brown and rainbow trout. These waters do not freeze and can be fished in the winter. Sheep Creeks Sheep Creek is located along the Wyoming border north of Henry in Scotts Bluff and Sioux counties. Dry Sheep Creek's headwaters are about 10 miles north of Morrill. Rainbow and brown trout. There is no public access. Permission is required to enter private lands. Together Spottedtail Creek and Dry Spottedtail Creek are located north and northwest of Mitchell in Sioux and Scotts Bluff counties. Rainbow and brown trout. There is private access only, and permission to enter is required. Together these creeks contain about 11 miles of troutsupporting waters. They have fair stream flows but trout habitat, especially spawning gravel, is limited. Limited natural reproduction of both browns and rainbows maintains the populations. Dry Spottedtail Creek has about five miles of good trout waters before it flows into a large irrigation canal. Spottedtail Creek has about 6 miles of trout-supporting waters between a private hatchery and the North Platte River. these two creeks contain about 15 miles of trout-supporting waters. Trout habitat is poor to fair with limited amounts of spawning gravel. But sufficient natural reproduction occurs to allow fishing for browns and rainbows. Both rainbows and browns were stocked in the past. Browns were stocked annually from 1985 to 1992. Currently no stockings are being conducted. Upper North Platte River Tributaries SIOUX ★ Lake Alice n North Platte NWR Dr ai gs Lake Minatare T Kiowa WMA b 27 Scottsbluff r sC ee k Lake Minatare SRA a in Gering Nine Mile Creek WMA MORRILL Chet and Jane Fliesbach WMA Red Wi llo wC reek Bayard SCOTTS BLUFF BANNER 8 NEBRASKAland Magazine ● Trout Fishing in Nebraska's Streams rain Rive r dD latt e r Baya Nor th P McGrew 1" = approximately 6.6 miles ain Dr 26 Minatare Melbeta k Wildhorse Cree k Wild horse W e st r A l li a n c e D 92 W in ter u Sp rin Mitchell Cr ee 26 Ninemile Mitchell Drain Mo ffa t Morrill Spott edtail Creek Sheep Creek WYOMING Dry Sp ottedtail Creek D ry Sheep Creek Henry Trout are found in the stretches of streams and creeks highlighted in yellow. 71 92

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