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Best brown bullhead lakes in Nebraska

36 Nebraska waters hold brown bullhead, 36 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Night-feeding catfish of weedy, mud-bottomed lakes — the classic after-dark shoreline bite across the east and Canada.

1. Cunningham Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Saugeye, Crappie
2. Blue Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Saugeye
3. Willow Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Saugeye, Crappie
4. Yankee Hill Lake — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie
5. Smith Lake — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
6. Twin Lakes WMA (East) — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
7. Rockford Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
8. Lake Burchard — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
9. Fremont Lake 15 — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
10. Powder Creek Reservoir — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
11. Wildwood Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Prairie Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Brown Bullhead
13. Grove Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Fremont Lake 20 — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
15. Czechland Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
16. Fremont Lake 10 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
17. Prairie View Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
18. Hayes Center — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Saugeye, Northern Pike, Crappie
19. Louisville 2 — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
20. Fremont Lake 7 and 8 — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
21. Pibel Lake SRA — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
22. Fremont Lake 5 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
23. Wehrspann Basin — 4 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
24. Verdon Lake — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Brown Bullhead
25. Twin Lakes WMA (West) — 4 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Crappie

…plus 11 more Nebraska waters holding brown bullhead.

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When to fish brown bullhead in Nebraska

• Spring 2–8 ft — First warm rains pull bullheads into black-bottomed bays and creek mouths — the classic spring shore bite.
• Summer 3–12 ft — Day fish hold on deeper mud and weed edges; after dark they spread across the shallows to feed by smell.
• Fall 5–15 ft — Fish slide toward deeper soft bottoms as the shallows cool — the evening bite shortens with the days.
• Winter 10–25 ft — Bullheads pod up half-dormant in the deepest mud basins; a long soak with bait on bottom is the lone play.

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