Best rainbow trout lakes in Nebraska
21 Nebraska waters hold rainbow trout, 21 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. The classic stocked cold-water trout. Depth is everything: rainbows follow the temperature layer they like.
- Lake McConaughy — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Channel Catfish
- Lake Ogallala — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
- Holmes Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
- Twin Lakes WMA (East) — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 15 — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Grove Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
- Fremont Lake 20 — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 10 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 7 and 8 — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Bowling Lake — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 5 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 12 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lakes 2 — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Yanney Lake — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lakes 1 — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 16 — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 18 — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 4 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Two Rivers Lake 5 — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Windmill Lake 1 — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
- Fremont Lake 9 — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
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When to fish rainbow trout in Nebraska
- Spring 5–20 ft — Post-ice-out trout roam shallow; fish inflows and windblown shorelines.
- Summer 8–30 ft — Rainbows hold near cold inflows, current seams and the thermocline — find the cool water and you've found the fish.
- Fall 10–35 ft — Fall feeding on rock shoals, current and channel edges as water cools.
- Winter 8–40 ft — Trout are comfortable in cold water — one of the best winter targets; streams and tailwaters fish shallow, deep lakes hold on basin edges.
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