My brother Tim and I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) in the afternoon for a few hours. We caught good numbers of bluegills up to 9 inches, and crappies up to 13 inches on small jighead with Berkley Gulp! 1″ Minnow around an underwater brush piles in depths of 24 feet or less.

I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) in the afternoon for a few hours on both days. I caught good numbers of bluegills up to 9 inches, crappies up to 13 inches, and a few largemouth bass up to 15inches. I caught these fish on jigs and a small crankbait around underwater brush piles in depths of 24 feet or less.

My brother Tim and I went to Kearney, NE to visit my son and founded some open water at Yanney Park Lake next to the bridge by the handicap pier. We brought our fishing poles and decided to see if we can catch anything in the open water. I caught a Master Angler 24 inch rainbow trout on a jig after making about dozen casts along the drop off next to the rocks by the bridge.

I fished at a private sand pit lake (open water) for a few hours in the afternoon on both days. I caught 8 largemouth bass between 11 and 14 inches around underwater brush piles in depths of  25 feet or less using suspending jerkbaits and a small jig.

My friends and I went ice fishing at Swanson Reservoir on both days. We caught good numbers of white bass, crappies, yellow perch, and channel catfish in depths of 34 feet or less next to the dam areas. I caught them on 1/8-, 1/4-, and 3/4 oz. Lytle ’s Secret Lures, and my friends was using small jigging spoons. The ice thickness is averaging between 3 and 4 inches near the dam areas.

I fished at the same private sand pit lake for a few hours in the afternoon on both days. I caught largemouth bass up to 17 inches, crappies up to 13 inches, and a few bluegills up to 8 inches. I caught these fish around underwater brush piles and deep points in depths of 28 feet or less using small jigs.

I went fishing with a friend at Swanson Reservoir in the afternoon on both days. We caught good numbers of white bass up to 15 inches, yellow perch up to 12 inches, and a nice walleye. We caught these fish on 3/4 and 1 oz. Lytle’s Secret Lures, 4 and 5 inch Flutter Spoons, jigging spoons, and bladebaits near the dam areas in depths of 26 to 36 feet of water.

I fished at the same private sand pit lake for a few hours in the afternoon on all five days. I caught good numbers of largemouth bass up to 18.50 inches, crappies up to 14 inches, and a few nice bluegills up to 9.75 inches. I caught these fish around underwater brush piles, deep points, edges of deep weed beds, and edges of flats next to deep water in depths of 28 feet or less using flutter spoons and jigs.

I fished at a private sand pit lake for a few hours in the afternoon on all five days. I caught good numbers of largemouth bass up to 18 inches, crappies up to 14 inches, and a few nice bluegills up to 9.75 inches. I caught these fish on a Flutter Spoon and a jig around underwater brush piles, edges of weed beds, deep points, and edges of flats next to deep water in depths of 28 feet or less.

My friend and I fished at Red Willow Reservoir for a few hours in the afternoon and caught white bass, largemouth bass, and a nice northern pike. These fish were caught along the dam areas, road bed, and back in a cove using crankbait and a jig with plastic crawdad trailer. The surface water temperature is in the mid 50s with the water clarity around 6 inches or less.