Red Willow Creek
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Red Willow Creek, Cedar Creek, Greenwood Creek\Wildhorse Creek, Lawrence Fork Creek, Silvernail Drain, Indian Creek, Stuckenhole Creek, Pumpkin Creek below Hwy. 88, as the state words them
Morrill County · River · NE
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from NE's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishNorthwest region, Morrill County trout streams.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- Hook-and-line fishing is allowed year-round throughout the stateStatewide
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
baitfish, listed amphibians | 100 | - | Statewide |
crayfish | no daily possession limit | - | Statewide |
baitfish and/or listed amphibians | 100 | - | Statewide |
black bass Varies by water: no minimum length limit for smallmouth bass and only one smallmouth bass may be 15 inches or longer, limit 5 black bass species (Nebraska Public Power District Canal from Sutherland Reservoir outlet to the confluence with South Platte River, including Lake Maloney) | one-over: no more than one black bass 21 inches or longer each day from any waters | - | Statewide |
Striped Bass, White Bass and Wiper | one-over: daily bag limit may include one fish 18 inches or longer | - | Statewide |
Paddlefish | See size | min. All paddlefish between 35 and 45 inches long (measured along the centerline of the fish, lying flat, from the front margin of the eye to the natural fork of the tail), must be returned to the water immediately. | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 0.48 cfs at red willow creek near red willow, nebr. (2026-07-29 05:30)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Red Willow Creek's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Red Willow Creek
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
Run a shop or guide service on Red Willow Creek? Get listed.