http://www.nefga.org/forum/ Nebraska Fish and Game Association en Mon, 20 May 2013 02:48:16 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.nefga.org/forum/images/smoothred/misc/rss.png http://www.nefga.org/forum/ http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51814-Fremont-2&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 02:44:20 GMT Fished Fremont #2 Sat morning for about 2 hours. Started on the fishing pier on the east side of the lake but only caught 1 small bass. i noticed... Fished Fremont #2 Sat morning for about 2 hours. Started on the fishing pier on the east side of the lake but only caught 1 small bass. i noticed alot of surface activity near the shore on the northeast side of the lake so moved over there. Caught 18 crappies (8-10 inch), 7 lm bass (10-14 inch), and 5 bluegills (6-8 inch) in about an hour using 1/16 oz black head jig with small minnow. Nothing big but lots of action. Tip: look for surface activity and cast just beyond it, slow retrive, when line tightens, set hook, fish on. ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum clem http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51814-Fremont-2 http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51813-Wildwood-water-temp&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 02:11:37 GMT Does anyone know what the water temp at Wildwood is? I wanna take out my float tube, but didn't want the water to be too cold. Thanks for the help ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum bmaher287 http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51813-Wildwood-water-temp http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51812-Winter-Park-fishing&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 01:58:09 GMT I'm heading up to winter park, co first part of July. Was wondering if anyone has done any fishing in the area? ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum Freeze150 http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51812-Winter-Park-fishing http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51810-Glen-Elder&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 00:32:22 GMT Fished Glen Elder this weekend with my old man; it was a story of two different days for us. Day 1 was crappie day. Ended up with 30 crappies and 5... Fished Glen Elder this weekend with my old man; it was a story of two different days for us. Day 1 was crappie day. Ended up with 30 crappies and 5 keeper walleyes pulling cranks and bottom bouncers. The crappies were pretty nice with most between 13" and 15". When the wind blew the fishing was good.



Saturday was our best day for walleyes. Hit the same areas but had better success by covering water with bottom bouncers and spinners at 1.5 mph. Ended with our 2-man limit and probably 30 throwbacks. Had 5 over 20". Wind was pretty stiff and really helped move them shallow into the mudlines. Never did locate the crappies, but we didn't care because we had our fill of them the day before!


Double!!

Thanks for looking... ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum eye_doctor http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51810-Glen-Elder http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51809-Fish-Were-Pretty-Active-This-Morning-After-Storms&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 21:09:40 GMT I got out to Wanahoo about 7a.m. today during the calm and found that the crappie and bass were pretty active from the bank. Must have caught and... I got out to Wanahoo about 7a.m. today during the calm and found that the crappie and bass were pretty active from the bank. Must have caught and threw back 10 bass while jigging for crappie. Got into a nice handful of crappie with several being 12.5."

After Wanahoo, I hit one of my old favorites- Zorinsky. I hadn't been here since the lake was drained a couple years back. I mainly wanted to see what size the fish were. The bite was also active- crappie/bass but no keeper sized fish for me. Being at Zorinsky brought back a few good memories. The next couple/three years, this lake should provide some quality fishing and once again be another viable option for SE Nebraska fishermen.

At Wanahoo:

Wanahoo: Bottom two are 12.5"


At Zorinsky: small fish, will hopefully turn out nicely next couple/three years
]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum Wilb3 http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51809-Fish-Were-Pretty-Active-This-Morning-After-Storms http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51808-Spring-fishing-on-the-Missouri-River-west-of-Lewis-and-Clark&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 20:34:08 GMT Hello gang,

Last post today from me:

We've been up every weekend, except this one. And we've been hitting the river hard. For the most part, we have completely avoided Walleye Fishing, and focused on Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass and Northern. We've done very, very well. We had a day in the spring of 2012 that will never be beat (maybe), so we haven't quite had that day. We've been throwing crankbaits and jigs and pretty much everthing else in the tackle box. As a general rule, we've been looking for warmer water; because of the cold spring, the river water temperature is still very low, but some backwater areas are warming faster.

Starting with the good stuff: the best double-hookup ever! My 12-year daughter caught this crappie completely on her own, hooked her own minnow.



My son and I both caught and released Master Angler SMB, here is Adam's:


Unfortunately, nothing can be done about my face...


Our friend Douglas was with us when we caught our MA SMB, and he had one auto-release at the boat, so no measurement, but we told him that fish could be as big as he wanted it to be. We still trying teach him proper hold technique for the photo:


The carp were thick in the warmer water, and we snagged several. As the law states, snagged fish were immediately returned to the water...



We also caught quite a few "Green Carp" back in that warm water:



Matt and I had a very good day, we caught numerous Northern in less than 6 inches of water, and caught them on everything in the tacklebox: jigs, crankbaits, topwater, and this incredibly healthy fish Matt caught on a black plastic texas rig worm. Although it looks like a very big fish, it only measured about 32"



Finally, there is this, most of us have probably read Whitetips long posts about "Optimal Forage Theory", and it sounds a little like pointed-headed scientist talk, with no "real" application in the real water. Or maybe... Consider this, Matt had about a 25" Northern on his line, when he saw another Northern come up to take a bit out of the fish on his line. He reported that it looked to be a 7" across the back. It was big, and we have no reason to exaggerate, indeed, I'd rather not..., just consider a 2 foot fish being bait. Now, that is just a story. This picture of an SMB that "could" be a prop injury, but appears to be a bite injury. One of the fastest, hardest fighting fish in the water, and this SMB was almost a meal for a hungry Northern. This is just about the most information I'll share...
]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum fjdiv http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51808-Spring-fishing-on-the-Missouri-River-west-of-Lewis-and-Clark http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51807-I-had-no-idea-we-were-living-on-Jupiter!&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 20:28:21 GMT Image: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/BCondello/megastorm.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/BCondello/media/megastorm.jpg.html) View...

View from further out...



And here's a photo I took from my back window.

]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum Aquaman http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51807-I-had-no-idea-we-were-living-on-Jupiter! http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51806-Shared-Resources-we-all-own-that-water!&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:02 GMT Hey gang, I have some actual fishing reports with pictures coming soon, but I wanted to share a quick story about something that happened the... Hey gang,

I have some actual fishing reports with pictures coming soon, but I wanted to share a quick story about something that happened the other day up on the river:

So, we are zipping in along in my 2012 Lowe Fishing Machine 165 (so nice, by the way, so pleased I finally upgraded, if you have questions, send them along). Anyway, we are headed for some slack water right behind a bend in the river just around the corner from the boat ramp at Verdel.

I'm running on plane about 50 yards or so from the bank, surveying the water. I've fished that water before, and I'm using my new sidescan to take a "quick look". My ultimate goal, however, is the backflow where the river meets the cliffs on the South Dakota side. As I approach, there is a boat about double the distance from the shore that I'm running. He is sitting down, probably walleye fishing. My ultimate destination is maybe an 1/8 a mile past him. I figure I have 3 choices, plow on by at 25mph or greater, go out and around, or slow down, putter by, maybe exchange pleasantries, and proceed. I chose option 3. Immediately, this guy in a fancy Lund starts giving me static. He says, "You could've gone around?" I kind of exclaim, "Really!" And they immediately start mocking me. So, of course, I went to full power, and just put as much distance between us as possible.

So, kind of I guess, I'm not looking for an opinion. I get "waved" all the time by people in their big boats. Sometimes, I grumble about it a bit, and move on. They got places to go, and I'm usually too busy trying to catch fish to care for very long. And if this person is on the forum, then I'm sorry about our little misunderstanding.

But it is my water, every @#$% bit as it is your water. I don't care you you are. If I'm headed for a spot, and you are already there, probably there is room for 2 boats there, if not, I'll find somewhere else. Certainly, nobody gives me any room out there, and I don't owe you any either. You aren't entitled to any special priviledges. Its OUR WATER, not yours, not mine. If I want to anchor 20 yards from you, I can. I am extremely unlikely to do that, but it is OUR WATER. It is our boatramp (recently, a guy actually used both sides of a boatramp to load up, after out-racing me to the same boatramp...). Trust me, I have a lot of spots to fish, if I'm fishing next you, its a compliment, you've found a good spot!

Posting on the forum instead of fishing...
John ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum fjdiv http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51806-Shared-Resources-we-all-own-that-water! http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51805-A-Weather-Rant&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 18:50:19 GMT So, I have finally learned my lesson. If I can get away, I should just head north and go fishing. Tell, do any of you have this problem: Like... So, I have finally learned my lesson. If I can get away, I should just head north and go fishing.

Tell, do any of you have this problem:

Like 85% of people in Nebraska, I live in Omaha Metro. And as we've heard on this forum, eastern Nebraska can be challenging to fish. So nearly everytime I go, I head for somewhere on the Missouri River. Mostly, we fish the river west of Santee. But you all have seen the increase in fuel costs, it costs me a minimum now of $160 to get up there. So I don't want to drive 3+ hours to fish in either 30MPH gusting wind or lightening storms.

So the forecast for this weekend (18/19), all week, said, severe Thunderstorms likely. Yankton's forecasts: Satuday's forecast was for winds 10-25 gusting to 30. Sunday's forecast is for heavy thunderstorms, with .5 or .3 inches of rain. This weekend's actual weather: almost perfect all weekend long. Little windy Saturday ...for part of the day. Sunday, some rain, light wind, nothing terrible unpleasant.

So, I know some of you are closer, and fish when you can get to the water..., should that be my policy? I gotta tell you, very painful to be here in Omaha all weekend, when I could've been up on the river!

And really, this being 2013, and the combined budgets of the weather forecasters running into 100s of millions of dollars, really? Why can't they get it right? I use four different weather services (Weather Underground, Accuweather, weather.com and NOAA.gov), none of them had a real accurate forecast for this weekend.

Grrrr :mad:

John ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum fjdiv http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51805-A-Weather-Rant http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51804-We-can-all-help-keep-picked-up&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:49:14 GMT Yaker's are some of the best at cleaning up the environment.
This really made me mad when I saw this mess. I picked up all the line but would have had to had a garbage can for the rest. Good thing I didn't see who did this.
]]> Freshwater Kayak Fishing WillCFish http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51804-We-can-all-help-keep-picked-up http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51803-Drinking-or-waking-I-didn-t-feel-like-going-out-fishing-with-them&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:46:28 GMT Do you have problems with boaters drinking?
I wasn't interested in going fishing with him out there.
]]> Boating WillCFish http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51803-Drinking-or-waking-I-didn-t-feel-like-going-out-fishing-with-them http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51802-Here-s-how-I-power-load-my-boat-Not-legal-in-some-places&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:45:07 GMT Boat loading made easy for me so I don't have to get out.
Not saying this is the safest way but it keeps me out from between the truck and trailer and the dock.
]]> Boating WillCFish http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51802-Here-s-how-I-power-load-my-boat-Not-legal-in-some-places http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51801-Some-recent-Bass-and-Pike&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:13:15 GMT Image: http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j399/nebraskabassmaster/2013-04-07200336_zps038cfd49.jpg ... Chunk nice little 29" pike 34" 10 3/4 lb pike 21" cat from the logan creek 22" cat 24.5" catnice 12" crappie18" chunky little bassnice 16.5" Smalliesame fish ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum nebraskabassmaster http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51801-Some-recent-Bass-and-Pike http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51800-Gavin-s-Point-Memorial-Day-weekend&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 13:52:56 GMT My son and I are going to pull the boat up to Gavin's Point over Memorial Day weekend. We're going to camp in the NE Tailwaters Campground. This will be our first time there, so I'm hoping for a little help, and help would be really appreciated. Where should be fish? Close to the dam, down river x.x miles down? How, trolling, jigging, casting? What lures (maybe starting color)? Bait? Etc. Like I said, it's our first time and I'd like to get my boy onto some fish. We'd like to get some walleye, but when it comes right down to it - fish in the boat no matter what kind!

Like I’ve said, I’m not an accomplished fisherman. More of a novice. So any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. ]]> Nebraska Fishing Forum HuskerMagic http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51800-Gavin-s-Point-Memorial-Day-weekend http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51799-In-the-Wild-with-Greg-Wagner-Stalking-Nebraska’s-Wild-Asparagus&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:39 GMT I have to admit that I have been in a full-blown stalking mode in Nebraska’s outdoor scene these mid to late May days. I have been secretly monitoring and impatiently waiting to cut a bunch of wild asparagus in the leaf matter near an old farmstead in the forested hills ...

More... ]]> Bumpus http://www.nefga.org/forum/showthread.php?51799-In-the-Wild-with-Greg-Wagner-Stalking-Nebraska’s-Wild-Asparagus