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OutdoorNebraska.gov | 19 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 or 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: THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES NONGAME FISH Includes all species not on any of the above lists. Illegal to possess: • Finscale Dace • Lake Sturgeon • Northern Redbelly Dace • Pallid Sturgeon • Pearl Dace • Sturgeon Chub • Topeka Shiner • Blacknose Shiner • Freshwater Drum • Yellow Perch Baitfish: • Alewife • Barred Tiger Salamander* • Bigmouth Shiner • Brassy Minnow • Calico (Papershell) Crayfish* • Central Stoneroller • Creek Chub • Devil Crayfish* • Emerald Shiner • Fathead Minnow • Gizzard Shad • Golden Shiner • Goldfish • Longnose Dace • Northern Crayfish* • Plains Killifish • Red Shiner • Ringed Crayfish* • River Shiner • Sand Shiner • Suckermouth Minnow • White Sucker * covered under baitfish regulations GAME FISH 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 Verdigre • Steel Creek NORTHWEST: Box Butte County • Niobrara River Cherry County • Middle Loup River/tributaries • North Loup River/tributaries • Sandy Richards Creek • 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 (and below Box Butte Reservoir downstream to Hwy. 385) Garden County • Blue Creek Hooker County • Dismal River/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 Keith County • Otter Creek • Whitetail Creek • Lonergan Creek/tributaries

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