Willow Lake fishing: White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch

Target species: White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Willow Lake B.C., WMA, 1 lane.

The lake

Willow Lake covers 404 acres in Nebraska, across Brown County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 18 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 10.2% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 29.7% of the water

3 target fish, led by White Crappie

  • White Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2022
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2022 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Willow Lake B.C., WMA — 1 lane, restrooms. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: 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 1 public ramp is 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.