Fishing at Mud Creek Reservoir 5-A, Gage County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Set in Gage County, Mud Creek Reservoir 5-A is a Nebraska water. What surrounds it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 22 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It ranks high for size among our Gage County listings. Head to Beatrice, 11 miles away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Lincoln is 37 miles off. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Mud Creek Reservoir 5-A

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Gage County include common carp, flathead catfish and orangespotted sunfish. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read this water before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 24°F to 77°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid March. The season between ice runs from about mid March to mid December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on this water rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Mud Creek Reservoir 2-A, 2.2 miles away. Treat this water as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.