Lake Maloney fishing: Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Flathead Catfish
Target species: Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Flathead Catfish, White Bass, Rock Bass
Boat: 3 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Maloney South Ramp, 2 lanes.
The lake
Lake Maloney covers 1,593 acres in Nebraska, across Lincoln County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.
5 target fish, led by Striped Bass
- Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Flathead Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Brook Silverside.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 103 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 8.7% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 9–11 ft: 9% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 13–15 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 15–16 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 7% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 15.3% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 1.6–2.9 feet on our readings, averaging 2.2 feet, from 39 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2017–2024.
3 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 3 trailer ramps.
- Lake Maloney South Ramp — 2 lanes, lit for night fishing, restrooms. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
- North Ramp — 1 lane, lit for night fishing. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
- Property Owners Assn — 1 lane. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 3 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- Nebraska Game and Parks — Nebraska Game and Parks: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
