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40 | Fishing Info: 402-471-0641 SOUTH-CENTRAL Features key: FF - Family friendly; A - Accessible; CN - Cast nets allowed (Jul-Nov); SF - Spearfishing allowed Alfon C. Haring Memorial WMA Middle Lake Franklin (32) 4.5 acres. Walk-in access from public parking lot. BLG, LMB Ansley Lake Custer (24) FF Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be used or possessed. 4 acres. Electric motor or nonpowered boats only. Improved boat ramp. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally. Owned by Village of Ansley. BLG, CCF, CRP, GRC, LMB, RBT Archway Lakes Buffalo (31) Black Bass - 21- inch minimum length limit. 30 acres (in four lakes). Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). Gravel boat ramp on Lake 1. Managed by the City of Kearney. BLG, CAP, CCF, CRP, LMB, ROB, SMB, TGM, YEP Arnold Lake Custer (18) FF, A Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be used or possessed. 8 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). Improved boat ramp. AIS infested water body - Eurasian Watermilfoil present. Managed by Village of Arnold. BLG, CCF, LMB Auble Pond Valley (29) FF, A 5 acres. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally. Owned by the Village of Ord. BLG, CCF, LMB, RBT Bader Memorial County Park Merrick (37) 12 acres (in seven lakes). No motorboats. Modern and primitive camping. Owned by Merrick County. Entrance fee required by county. BLG, CCF, LMB Bassway Strip WMA Buffalo (31) SF Underwater spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only. 39 acres (in two lakes). Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). AIS infested water body - Eurasian Watermilfoil present. Improved boat ramp on west lake. East lake walk-in only. Major fish kill in west lake in 2025. BBH, BLG, CAP, CCF, CRP, LMB Bethphage Pond Kearney (32) FF, A No live baitfish may be used or possessed. 3 acres. No motor boats allowed. Accessible deck. Rainbow Trout stocked seasonally. BLG, CCF, GSF, LMB, RBT Blue Hole WMA Buffalo (25) SF Underwater spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only. 37 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). Gravel boat ramp. North channel of Platte River connects to lake. Platte River access. BLG, CAP, CCF, CRP, LMB Bowman Lake Sherman (30) Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be used or possessed. 10 acres. Electric motor or nonpowered boats only. Middle Loup River access. Primitive camping. Area owned by Sherman County. BLG, CCF, CRP, LMB Bufflehead WMA Buffalo (31) SF Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. Underwater spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only. 15 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). AIS infested water body - Eurasian Watermilfoil present. Improved boat ramp. No camping. Renovated in 2024 and restocked in 2025. CRP, SMB, YEP Central City Lake Merrick (36) FF 5 acres. No motor boats allowed. Owned by the City of Central City. BLG, CCF, LMB Cheyenne SRA Hall (31) FF, SF Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. Underwater spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only. 16 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). Gravel boat ramp. Modern and primitive camping. BLG, CAP, CCF, CRP, LMB Coot Shallows WMA Buffalo (25) 12 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). Improved boat ramp. BLG, CCF, CRP, LMB Cornhusker WMA Hall (31) 1 acre. Electric motor and nonpowered boats only. Subject to water level fluctuations. BLG, CCF, LMB Cottonmill Lake Buffalo (31) FF Northern Pike - 34-inch minimum length. Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. No live baitfish may be used or possessed. 43 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). AIS infested water body - Eurasian Watermilfoil present. Improved boat ramp. Owned by the City of Kearney. BLG, CCF, CRP, LMB, NOP, WAE Cozad WMA Dawson (25) SF Underwater spearfishing restricted to nongame fish species only. 18 acres. Boats restricted to 5 mph (no wake). BLG, CAP, CCF, LMB, YEP Crystal Lake Adams (32) FF No live baitfish may be used or possessed. Black Bass - 21-inch minimum length limit. 5 acres. Electric motor or nonpowered boats only. Modern and primitive camping. Managed by the Village of Ayr. BLG, CCF, CRP, LMB Darr WMA Dawson (25) 13 acres. Electric motor or nonpowered boats only. Gravel boat ramp. BLG, CCF, LMB Name/County/Map ID Features Special Fish Regulations Comments Species