Lake McConaughy
Lake McConaughy is a large reservoir that covers more than 30,000 surface acres with over 100 miles of shoreline. It is located 9 miles north of Ogalla, Nebraska and it is one of the better big fish lakes in the midwest. Anglers target walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, white bass, wipers, channel catfish and more.
Merritt Reservoir
Merritt Reservoir was located in the Sandhills of Nebraska southwest of Valentine, Nebraska. It is a deep lake that is a popular recreational lake for fishing, boating and camping. Anglers do well here for a variety of fish species. For most anglers, walleye will be the main species targeted. Merritt Reservoir has a very good walleye fishery with good numbers of them and big fish too. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are here in good numbers as well and the fishing is very good for them in the shallows early in the year. Bass are not targeted by many anglers here, so if you want to fish for them, you have a chance to targeted less pressured bass on this lake. Northern pike and muskie are in the lake and very large fish of both species are available. Muskie are here in much lower numbers, but they are definitely here in large enough numbers to pursue them. Yellow perch, crappie and catfish round out the fishery.
