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Standing Bear Reservoir is a public lake in Douglas County, Nebraska, managed by Public boat ramp (OSM). It is public water managed for fishing by the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. Public access confirmed via NGPC.
An Omaha-area city lake (Standing Bear, Cunningham, Zorinsky, Carter) — largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish and a stocked hybrid striper (wiper) fishery, plus spring/fall rainbow trout stocking in the urban fishing program.
Standing Bear Reservoir covers about 106 acres in the Northeast Nebraska region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, channel catfish; wiper, rainbow trout are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Standing Bear Lake and Westin Hills Lake.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, NGPC trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Nebraska. Snagging, gigging, bowfishing and trotlines/setlines for carp, gar, buffalo and catfish are legal on most waters with their own gear-tagging rules and seasons; some state recreation areas post gate hours after dark.
Boats: The big reservoirs (McConaughy, Harlan County, Merritt, Branched Oak, Sherman, Swanson) have no horsepower limit on the main body; many smaller SRA lakes and coves are posted no-wake or trolling-motor-only. Nebraska requires boater education for operators born after 1 Jan 1986.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at the state recreation areas ringing most of Nebraska's public lakes (a separate NGPC park entry permit is required, apart from the fishing permit) and at Corps/Reclamation campgrounds on the big federal reservoirs (McConaughy, Harlan County, Lewis and Clark).
Tackle: Statewide largemouth/smallmouth bass daily limit is usually 5 (a 15-inch minimum on many reservoirs); walleye/sauger/saugeye 4 in combination (some waters carry a slot or minimum length); wiper/white bass generous; channel/blue/flathead catfish generous; crappie combined limit varies by water. Check the current NGPC fishing guide for this water.
Boat ramps: 2 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 or older needs a Nebraska fishing permit — the resident annual is about $34, the non-resident annual about $95, with non-resident 1-day (~$13) and 3-day licences also sold. A separate trout stamp (~$18) is required in addition to the fishing permit to fish for or keep trout at designated NGPC trout waters. Nebraska residents born before 1 January 1937 need no permit, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy from NGPC at outdoornebraska.gov.
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