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20 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 Diver's Flag – A diver's flag must be displayed on the water on a float or buoy when diving or underwater spearfishing. Divers and underwater spearfishers must remain within 150 feet of the flag. The flag must be at least 12 inches square, with a red background and white diagonal stripe that is one-fifth the width of the flag. The white stripe must run from the top of the hoist to the bottom of the flag. It is unlawful to display this flag when diving or spearfishing is not in progress. TROUT WATERS It is unlawful to possess a seine of any type on trout streams in Sioux, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Garden, and Keith counties that are tributaries of the North Platte River and Lake McConaughy, including: • Red Willow • Wildhorse • Stuckenhole • Ninemile • Tub Springs • Winter • Sheep • Dry Sheep • Spotted Tail • Dry Spotted Tail • Otter • Clear • Lonergan • Cedar creeks Legal landing nets on these waters can have a maximum diameter of 12 inches, a maximum depth of 15 inches and a maximum handle length of 3 feet. It is unlawful for anyone to use a seine, baitfish dip net or bait trap in any of the following trout streams: NORTHEAST: Rock County • Long Pine Creek Antelope County • Verdigre Creek/tributaries Brown County • Bone Creek/tributaries • Long Pine Creek/tributaries • Fairfield Creek • Plum Creek/tributaries Holt County • Steel Creek • North, Middle and South branches of Verdigre Creek Loup County • Gracie Creek Knox County • North, Middle and South branches of Verdigre Creek/ tributaries above town of Verdigre • Steel Creek NORTHWEST: Box Butte County • Niobrara River Cherry County • Middle Loup River/tributaries • North Loup River/tributaries • Schlagel Creek • Snake River/tributaries • Plum Creek/tributaries • Fairfield Creek Cheyenne County • Lodgepole Creek west of Brownson Dawes County • Chadron Creek • Big Bordeaux Creek • Little Bordeaux Creek • Dead Horse Creek • Squaw Creek • White Clay Creek • White River above Crawford • Niobrara River from Box Butte Reservoir west to Wyoming border/ tributaries (no seining below Box Butte Reservoir downstream to U.S. Hwy. 385) Garden County • Blue Creek Hooker County • Dismal River/tributaries Keith County • Otter Creek • Whitetail Creek • Lonergan Creek/tributaries Kimball County • Lodgepole Creek/tributaries Morrill County • Red Willow Creek • Cedar Creek • Greenwood Creek • Wildhorse Creek • Lawrence Fork Creek • Silvernail Drain • Indian Creek • Stuckenhole Creek • Pumpkin Creek below Hwy. 88 Scotts Bluff County • Ninemile Creek • Winters Creek • Tub Springs • Wet Spotted Tail Creek • Dry Spotted Tail Creek • Sheep Creek • Dry Sheep Creek • Stuckenhole Creek • Akers Draw • Mitchell Drain • Moffat Drain • Alliance Drain • Bayard Drain Sheridan County • Snake River • Larabee Creek • White Clay Creek • Pine Creek • Deer Creek • Little Bordeaux Creek Sioux County • Sheep Creek Drain • Dry Sheep Creek Drain • Dry Spotted Tail Creek • Spotted Tail Creek • Sowbelly Creek • White River • Soldier Creek/tributaries • Monroe Creek • Hat Creek • Niobrara River/tributaries SOUTHWEST: Webster County • Elm Creek

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