Base Lake is a lake in Nebraska, near Sarpy County.
Base Lake is a lake in Sarpy County, Nebraska with 122.7 acres, a recorded maximum depth of 30 feet and about 551.3 acre-feet of storage.
The useful clues on Base Lake are weeds, windblown banks and clean holes in otherwise shallow water.
Fish listed for Base Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Common Carp, and Largemouth Bass.
For largemouth bass at Base Lake, try a plastic worm, jig or spinnerbait around weeds, wood and quiet points.
For black crappie at Base Lake, try a small jig or minnow beside brush, weed edges and drop-offs; for bluegill at Base Lake, try a worm, tiny jig or cricket near weeds and shallow cover.
For common carp at Base Lake, try corn, dough bait or a worm on a simple bottom rig.
As Base Lake warms in spring, check shallow cover and the first drop leading away from it. By summer, use shade, wind and baitfish to choose a depth on Base Lake; the deepest hole is not an automatic answer. In fall, follow cooling water and moving bait toward points, green weeds and wind-hit banks at Base Lake.
Make the first trip to Base Lake easy to read by fishing one shallow spot, one nearby drop and one piece of cover, then return to the type of water that gives the first solid bite.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.