Ogallala Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, White Bass
Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, White Bass, Rock Bass
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at North Boat Ramp, 2 lanes.
The lake
Ogallala Lake covers 550 acres in Nebraska, across Keith County. It is a lake: 92.6% of it is 32 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.6% of the water is 32 feet or shallower. We hold 80 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 10.6% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 24% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 11.6% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 3.5% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 1.7% of the water
4 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Common Carp, Alewife, Western Mosquitofish.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 61°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2023–2024.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- North Boat Ramp — 2 lanes, lit for night fishing, restrooms. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
- South Ramp — 2 lanes, lit for night fishing, restrooms. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 2 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, 2007.
- 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.
