Lake Maloney Fishing in Lincoln County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Lake Maloney belongs to Lincoln County, Nebraska. It sits at 2,995 feet above sea level. It measures some 2.5 sq miles, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 9.2 miles of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Across our Nebraska listings, few waters are bigger. North Platte lies 6 miles from the water. Greeley is the closest city, 210 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lake Maloney

  The basin drops to a measured 20 feet. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Records held for Lincoln County cover common carp, white sucker and flathead catfish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lake Maloney before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 23°F in January up to 74°F in July. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and mid March brings it back. Break-up sits around mid March on average, with the water closing again about mid December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Lake Maloney.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. A boat ramp sits about half a mile from the water. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, East Hershey Lake is 10 miles distant. For Lake Maloney, the notice at the access point is the final word.