LivewellFish consumption advisories
Nebraska
Nebraska publishes advisories for 23 waters, covering 75 species-and-size recommendations.
Contaminants of concern: Mercury, PCBs
Statewide advisory
These apply across Nebraska, including waters with no specific advisory of their own.
- All Other Species Women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children For women who may become pregnant, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and children: limit to one meal per week due to elevated Mercury. Nebraska statewide mercury advisory (EPA nationwide; sensitive group)
Waters with advisories in Nebraska
23 waters on file. A water not listed here has no advisory in the state's data — which usually means it has never been sampled, not that it's been cleared.
Lakes 13
- Branched Oak Lake Lancaster
- Conestoga Lake Lancaster
- Holmes Lake Lancaster
- Iron Horse Trail Lake Pawnee
- Johnson Lake Gosper
- Lake Hastings Adams
- Lake Minatare Scotts Bluff
- Lake Wanahoo Saunders
- Standing Bear Lake Douglas
- Verdon Lake Richardson
- Walgren Lake Sheridan
- Walnut Creek Lake Sarpy
- Wehrspann Lake Sarpy
Reservoirs 10
- Box Butte Reservoir Dawes
- Calamus Reservoir Garfield
- Elwood Reservoir Gosper
- Harlan County Reservoir Harlan
- Merritt Reservoir Cherry
- Red Willow Reservoir Frontier
- Sherman Reservoir Sherman
- Swanson Reservoir Hitchcock
- Whitney Reservoir Dawes
- Wildwood Reservoir Cass
Browse Nebraska by county
Every named water in the state, county by county — including the many with no advisory on file.
- Adams 1
- Antelope
- Arthur
- Banner
- Bennett
- Blaine
- Boone
- Box Butte
- Boyd
- Brown
- Buffalo
- Burt
- Butler
- Cass 1
- Cedar
- Chase
- Cherry 1
- Cheyenne
- Clay
- Colfax
- Cuming
- Custer
- Dakota
- Dawes 2
- Dawson
- Deuel
- Dixon
- Dodge
- Douglas 1
- Dundy
- Fillmore
- Franklin
- Fremont
- Frontier 1
- Furnas
- Gage
- Garden
- Garfield 1
- Geary
- Gosper 2
- Grant
- Greeley
- Hall
- Hamilton
- Harlan 1
- Hayes
- Hitchcock 1
- Holt
- Hooker
- Howard
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Kearney
- Keith
- Keya Paha
- Kimball
- Knox
- Lancaster 3
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Loup
- Madison
- Marshall
- McPherson
- Merrick
- Morrill
- Nance
- Nemaha
- Nuckolls
- Oglala Lakota
- Otoe
- Pawnee 1
- Perkins
- Phelps
- Pierce
- Platte
- Polk
- Pottawatomie
- Pottawattamie
- Red Willow
- Richardson 1
- Rock
- Saline
- Sarpy 2
- Saunders 1
- Scotts Bluff 1
- Seward
- Sheridan 1
- Sherman 1
- Sioux
- Stanton
- Thayer
- Thurston
- Valley
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wheeler
- York
Nebraska statewide fishing limits
Statewide defaults — specific waters and zones may differ. Verify the current rules before keeping a fish.
| Species | Size | Daily limit | Open season | Keep season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth Bass | 15" min | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Smallmouth Bass | 15" min | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Walleye | 15" min | 4 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Sauger | — | 4 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Northern Pike | — | 3 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Muskellunge | 40" min | 1 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Black Crappie | — | — | Year-round | Same as open |
| White Crappie | — | — | Year-round | Same as open |
| Bluegill | — | — | Year-round | Same as open |
| Yellow Perch | — | — | Year-round | Same as open |
| Channel Catfish | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Flathead Catfish | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
| White Bass | — | 15 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Hybrid Striped Bass | — | 15 | Year-round | Same as open |
| Rainbow Trout | — | 5 | Year-round | Same as open |
Official rules: Nebraska — Nebraska Game & Parks