Plum Creek Reservoir 4-E Fishing Guide, Pawnee County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Look for Plum Creek Reservoir 4-E in Pawnee County, Nebraska. The surface lies 1,342 feet up. Small at around 24 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. For supplies, Wymore is 14 miles out. It is 48 miles to Lincoln, the nearest city. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. There is enough here to keep coming back.

• Where to Fish on Plum Creek Reservoir 4-E

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Open biodiversity records for Pawnee County list flathead catfish, green sunfish, black bullhead and johnny darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. This water fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 77°F for July and 24°F for January. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and mid March brings it back. Break-up near mid March, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. This water runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Plum Creek Reservoir 4-D sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Where this water is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.