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[skawez]

I was wondering what a good bait to use in the southeast nebraska lakes were during the winter to catch some decent size blues.. 10-15 lbs.. ive been hitting them good around 1-2 lbs with liver and shad. but i want some size to them.. any suggestions?

[Wabash River Bear]

Welcome to the BOC Steve,,, from Indiana. I'm sure one of your Nebraska brothers will be along soon to help you out.

[777]

Steve, welcome to the Boc/SOC :cool2:.

[billcatfish]

welcome to the BOC

[neocats]

welcome aboard Steve.

[Plowboy411]

Welcome to the BOC

[curdog]

Steve, Welcome to BOC!!!

[ozzy]

Welcome to the mighty BOC. Enjoy your stay.

[suggy183]

Hard to find any decent blues unless u fish missour river around here and I recommend skipjack for bait but u have to go down south to get it

[strohcephus]

Hey bro, welcome to the BOC. I live out west so I probably don't even know what a blue looks like...lol.

Welcome again, and be careful out there on them roads.

Larry

[brother hilljack]

Welcome to the BOC I'm am positive that you will find the answer to your question here. I would recommend skipjack for bait if available. If not try bigger bait and deeper holes. Again welcome

[Angelkitty]

welcome to the BOC

[bluejay]

Welcome to the BOC Steve.

[Flatheadhunter33]

How are ya Steve! Im not from your area but I wanted to welcome you to the BOC. I hope that the info you get here will help you get a big blue soon enough!

[catfishjohn]

Welcome to the BOC!!!:big_smile:

[bigredcatfish]

Catching blues or channels are tough in the winter in southeastern Nebraska. I have been able to catch a few 2 pounders at Branched Oak. The best for the big blues that you're looking for is right when the ice gets of the lake a BO. They go shallow and they are fun to catch.

[lawnman61]

Welcome to the BOC Steve, be sure to check out the BOC library, lots of useful info in there brother.

:wink:

[Mickey]

Steve Welcome to the BOC, from So. Illinois.:0a25::0a25::0a18:

[radish]

welcome to the BOC.

[john catfish young]

Welcome to the BOC Steve...from Western Kentucky

[mariofish]

I was wondering what a good bait to use in the southeast nebraska lakes were during the winter to catch some decent size blues.. 10-15 lbs.. ive been hitting them good around 1-2 lbs with liver and shad. but i want some size to them.. any suggestions?
use hot dogs :big_smile:mariofish

[flathead_hunter]

use a big hunk of cut skipjack or as wwe found out this last summer quilback works excelent also that is what i caught my p.b. blue on but we only fish river i would think it would work for them any where

[bownero]

hi Steve! Welcome to the BOC! Being from Nebraska, I have not had the opportunity to fish the SE lakes of Nebraska. Find out what type of forage is in those lakes and match it. I would probably use cut shad or some type of fresh cutbait. Cutbait from shad, alewifes, and drum work excellent for me on big channels and a occasional flathead. Heck, don't worry about the size of bait you are using. GO BIG! Big bait. Big Fish!

Good Luck
Mark.

[cfishman]

I'm fairly new here too. Lurk mostly. From Beatrice, NE, do most of my fishing on the Blue River and some NRD ponds. Don't do winter fishing, however during the summer at any given time I'll be down on some mud bank somewhere.

[koakley1]

Welcome to the BOC

[chimp]

We don't have any blues around here, but to catch the larger channel cats or flat heads we use big shad, blue gill or bull heads.

Are you fishing oxbows of the Missouri river, or does Nebraska stock blues in their lakes?

[skawez]

Mainly stagecoach lake and wagon train lake but ive been gettin into fishin the river in Neb city as much as i can its addicting and its the closest to the house as far as rivers go.

We don't have any blues around here, but to catch the larger channel cats or flat heads we use big shad, blue gill or bull heads.

Are you fishing oxbows of the Missouri river, or does Nebraska stock blues in their lakes?

[young catfisherman]

welcome to the boc and i have the same question

[Wil]

well, id say use bluegills or goldfish(big ones). thats what usually works for me anyways

[baldy804]

i use chubs when fishing lake ogallala and the north platte river drainage they r found in small steams and rivers acrossed wy and neb it dont take a big piece either 1 5 incher will cut up nice into 4 pieces of bait

[LiquidSteel]

well, id say use bluegills or goldfish(big ones). thats what usually works for me anyways
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Live bait, or fresh cut bait will turn up blues faster than anything else. I have also read in In-Fiherman about a blood recipe that you put jello or gellatin in and cube it. Havent tried the blood yet, but live bait and fresh cut has worked for me!