Bordner Reservoir Fishing in Stanton County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Bordner Reservoir is one of the Stanton County waters in Nebraska. The surface lies 1,470 feet up. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. Wisner lies 8 miles from the water. The big place round here is Omaha, 78 miles distant. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank. It is the kind of place people fish for years without exhausting.

• Where to Fish on Bordner Reservoir

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Stanton County include common carp, bluegill, flathead catfish, freshwater drum and goldfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Bordner Reservoir a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 19°F to 75°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around late March, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near late March, and forms again about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Bordner Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Pilger Reservoir 1-B, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Bordner Reservoir for certain.