Big Indian Creek Reservoir 5-D in Gage County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Big Indian Creek Reservoir 5-D is set in Gage County, Nebraska. This is mixed forest ground. Small at around 17 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Wymore is the closest town at 11 miles. Beatrice is 16 miles and Marysville 17 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. The country round the bank is quiet, with little traffic on the road in.

• Where to Fish on Big Indian Creek Reservoir 5-D

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Gage County include common carp, flathead catfish, orangespotted sunfish, green sunfish and stonecat. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. This water fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 25°F in January to roughly 78°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early March. Expect the water usable from around early March until roughly late December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on this water more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Big Indian Creek Reservoir 5-A, 1.6 miles out. What applies at this water may have changed since it was mapped.