Three Lakes Fishing in Grant County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Three Lakes lies in Grant County, in Nebraska. The setting is mixed forest. The water covers some 60 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 1.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. You are 55 miles from Gordon. The big place round here is Greeley, 194 miles distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Three Lakes

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Grant County include bluegill, green sunfish and white perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The shape of Three Lakes rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 22°F in January and 72°F in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late March. The water is typically free of ice between late March and early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. At Three Lakes the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Green Lake sits 1 mile off and takes the overflow. Treat Three Lakes as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.