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Fishing regulations at Oak Middle Reservoir 87-A, NE
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Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Channel catfish as of May 11th, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
Seasons
Bag limit
Special gear
No length limit. Possession limit = 20 channel catfish.
Exceptions:
- Flowing Water (rivers, streams and canals): bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Box Butte Reservoir: one 30-inches or longer
- Calamus Reservoir: one 30-inches or longer
- Fort Kearny SRA No. 2: catch and release only
- Gallagher Canyon Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Jeffrey Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Johnson Lake: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Lake Babcock: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Lake Maloney: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Lake North: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Lewis and Clark Lake: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Merritt Reservoir: one 30-inches or longer
- Midway Canyon Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- North Platte River west of Hwy. 26 bridge: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Phillips Canyon Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Plum Creek Canyon Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Republican River upstream of Hwy. 89 bridge west of Orleans: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Sutherland Reservoir: bag limit = 10 channel catfish
- Two Rivers SRA Nos. 3 and 4: catch and release only
- Wildwood Lake: catch and release only
- Windmill SRA No. 3: catch and release only
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FAQ about Oak Middle Reservoir 87-A fishing
- Channel catfish - 2 members reported to have caught this fish
- @MTC1987 reported a nice Channel catfish.
- @thacat reported a nice Channel catfish.
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