Swan Creek Reservoir 6-C Fishing in Fillmore County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Swan Creek Reservoir 6-C is a Fillmore County water, in Nebraska. It sits in pine and birch. Around 26 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. For supplies, Friend is 10 miles out. Wilber is 15 miles away, with Crete at 17 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end. Ground round the water is mixed, open in parts and thick in others.

• Where to Fish on Swan Creek Reservoir 6-C

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Fillmore County names black bullhead, green sunfish, orangespotted sunfish and fathead minnow. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. This water responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 24°F to 77°F. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid March. The lid tends to go about mid March and return around mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to this water by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Catfish want bait on the bottom: cut bait or worms, a simple running rig, and patience after dark. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Rezabek Reservoir sits 5.7 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for this water in what we hold.