Dewey Lake Fishing Guide, Cherry County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Nebraska holds Dewey Lake, in Cherry County. It lies 2,917 feet above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 524 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. With 6.5 miles or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Cherry County list. The nearest place of any size is Valentine, 23 miles away. Further out sit Ainsworth (39 miles) and Rosebud (49 miles). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Dewey Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Cherry County list white sucker, common carp, green sunfish, rock bass and redfin pickerel. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Dewey Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 73°F and January about 22°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The water is typically free of ice between late March and early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Dewey Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Failing this one, try Whitewater Lake, 1.1 miles away. For Dewey Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.