Whitney Reservoir

Fishing and stocking

Saugeye and gizzard shad water, stocked 2 times in 2026, spread May to June; 38,791 fish reported. A 962-acre lake, and one of 3 stocked waters on the Dawes County record.

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last stocked Jun 4 141 days ago

best window 9:56-11:56 pm solunar major today

2 stockings 2026

38,791 fish reported

962 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Gizzard shad (forage) 1 stocking

Saugeye 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 4	Gizzard shad (forage)	catchable	200	completed
Jun 4	Saugeye	fingerling	38,591	completed

When to fish Whitney Reservoir

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:33-11:33 am and 9:56-11:56 pm	3:51-4:51 am and 4:03-5:03 pm
Tomorrow	10:20 am-12:20 pm and 10:44 pm-12:44 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:26-5:26 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Mountain Time (MDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Jun 4

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Nebraska fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the walleye (saugeye stocked 1 time here in 2026, stillwater)

Crawler harness	slow-trolled over flats and breaks once water warms
Medium spinning rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium, 8 lb line; sensitivity beats power here
Jigging raps and blade baits	vertical over deep structure in the cold months

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Chadron Creek	12 mi	Mar 3
Big Bordeaux Creek	19 mi	Mar 2
Box Butte Reservoir (BOR)	25 mi	Aug 18
Sowbelly Creek	26 mi	May 12
Cottonwood Springs SD	47 mi	Oct 8

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Records from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Nebraska fishing regulations.