Worth Reservoir Fishing in Keya Paha County, Nebraska

• Overview

  Worth Reservoir is listed under Keya Paha County, Nebraska. The ground round it is pine and birch. It covers about 18 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest place of any size is Valentine, 26 miles away. Then Ainsworth, 30 miles, and Winner, 30 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Worth Reservoir

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Open biodiversity records for Keya Paha County list green sunfish, black bullhead, Iowa darter, largemouth bass and stonecat. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Worth Reservoir a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 21°F to 75°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late March. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late March and starts locking again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Worth Reservoir to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Cub Creek Reservoir, 11 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Worth Reservoir locally before you travel.