Fishing at Holst Lake, Cherry County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Holst Lake is listed under Cherry County, Nebraska. The country round it is lake country bush from end to end. With some 25 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Cherry County. For supplies, Gordon is 33 miles out. Greeley sits 205 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Holst Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Cherry County, recorded fish include white sucker, common carp, green sunfish and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Holst Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 72°F; the cold one sits at 22°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Look for the thaw near late March; the fishing lifts straight after. Break-up sits around late March on average, with the water closing again about early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It holds true on Holst Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Three Corners Lake is 1.9 miles distant. Where Holst Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.