Rock Creek Lake is proof that you don’t need a famous river to catch trout in Nebraska. This 50-acre SRA lake gets serious seasonal trout plants — 2,500 rainbows in the fall, another 1,500 in spring, plus tiger trout, the brown-brook hybrid — making it one of the most reliable put-and-take trout fisheries in the southwest part of the state.
It’s electric-motors-only, no-wake water with primitive camping, which keeps it calm and simple: a spinning rod, a worm or spinner, and a shoreline spot is the whole program. Largemouth bass, channel cats, yellow perch, and redear sunfish give you something to chase once the trout bite slows.
Trout daily bag is four. Time your trip for a week or two after a stocking — Game and Parks publishes the schedule — and get there early, because the regulars know exactly when the truck comes.