Heres your thread guys. If you want to request a lake to be surveyed, Name the lake and county. Keep in mind that its is not at all possible to survey every lake in high definition. Determining what lakes are surveyed is done by popular demand. Thanks for your input! 
Sherman Reservoir, Sherman County Nebraska
and if I may make another:
Lake McConnaughy, Keith County Nebraska
Thanks Matt 
I wouldn’t spend the time or money on Mac. They are going to be too innacurate each year. Not to mention if that thing ever fills up, that chip would be worthless unless they charted the lake at where full pool would be.
I think Lewis and Clark is a no brainer, becoming a very popular lake that will always have water. Sherman, Merrit and maybe Calumus would probably be the only other lakes to make the project worth while.
IMO it is not worth the efforts to chart the lakes that are in severe danger of drying up(i,e; Mac, Harlon) or are at near record lows.
Jason
Sherman, Merrit and maybe Calumus would probably be the only other lakes to make the project worth while.
IMO it is not worth the efforts to chart the lakes that are in severe danger of drying up(i,e; Mac, Harlon) or are at near record lows.
Jason {quote}
All the lakes that you listed, with the exception of L&C get severely drawn down every year. I for one don’t want a mapping firm to look at 90% of the walley waters in NE and say “these get drown down to far and they are not worth mapping”. That is all the more reason that we need ACCURATE maps of our major lakes. They can get very dangerous when drawn to low pool and if we had maps that were accurate at full pool we could at least figure out the difference between what is and what should be.
I often agree 100% with you Jason but on this topic I really don’t think Nebraskans want to hear that our major lakes shouldn’t be mapped becasue it would not be “worth while”. I think that there are a lot of people who would love the opportunity to have a good map of a lake at full pool and figure out the difference between what is and what should be. My $.02
Jason and Zach, your inputs here are taken into consideration. The President and Vice of LakeMaster are watching your replies and requests on this. This is the tip of the research going into this.
Mac would be great for most of the lake just some spots would not be 100% accurate with moving sand but at least it would get you very close to main points etc.Get the old town marked out and that would bew awesome.Lucky we still have ice our the sand would be moving with the waves today.
Sorry Zach, there are maps available from the other companies on the lakes of your choice, just subtract 50 from the contour lines and there you have your maps for safety. Summer drawdown is not the same as in severe danger of drying up. As far as a company like Lakemaster coming out and charting a lake that is as low as some mentioned before, probably not a wise decision on the business side of things. But hey, we all have a right to our own opinion. Maybe it is worth it to them.
Jason
Sherman, Merritt, Lewis and Clark, Calamus, and Davis Creek in that order are my votes for lakes that are always full in the spring.
As far as lakes that aren’t full- McConaughy, Harlan, Elwood, and Branched Oak in that order.
Personally can’t see mac drying up real soon.Yes it is low and if the drought continues it will probably be low for a long time.Last year was one of the worst drought years yet and with all the demands it is only a couple feet from the same point as last year at the same time.Also it is over 70 feet deep and 10+ miles long and probably some of the heaviest fishing pressure within close to 300 miles of it.Sounds like an investment to me.I am not sure of exact numbers but I am thinking holiday visitors for the last summer holiday weekends was near 100000 people days per holiday weekend.I think they all tried to drive by my house a couple times.And the way I see it if its a 30 minute wait to put a boat in almost every weekend with a lot of those being walleye fisherman there is a very large potential demand if the data is good and the word gets out.
Sherman, Calamus, Elwood Big Mac and Davis Creek.
I know the river changes often, but if someone would map the Missouri River from Omaha to Pickstown and particularly focus on the identifying the channel between Ponca and Yankton/Gavins Point, and then again from the Lewis and Clark marsh to Ft. Randall Dam, they’d be the most popular map maker on the block. The channel stays fairly true for a few year at a time and it could be updated every 2-3 years. That’d keep us buying map chips to get the most current data. It’s probably a hopeless dream of mine but I know there are many others who are tired of ramming sandbars! 
Wade Thats the bad part about it. Everyone wants it done, but then there’s cricizism when the maps off. However I don’t think that an updated map every few years is too much to ask. Just thinking outloud 
As far as Harlan and Big Mac Drying up.I dont believe it will happen.Back in early 90s they said Harlan would never be full again and 93 or 94 it was plumb full and then some.But would it make sence to map it this low? That is dougthful.Regardless of what we want to hear. So on that Ill have to go with Sherman,Merritt,Lewis & Clark.MTC
I would like to add Harry Strunk (Red Willow) resevoir to the dream list. This is another lake that; yes it is low right now still sees a ton of pressure both from in state and out of staters coming up from Kansas and Colorado. I would also agree and hope to see Branched Oak, Big mac, Harlan, and Elwood done as well. Just my .02 and wish list…. 
I have never been to Red Willow does it have the same draw down as the other in the southwest Harry Strunk they say the walleye should be real good this year.I havnt been there for 10 years I guess.
I might be the only one to request these, but I would LOVE to see a map like this of some of the canal lakes. This would include Johnson lake especially, and others like Plum Creek, Sutherland, and Jeffrey. I know, though, that Johnson Lake is the only realistic hope I have from the list I provided, which is fine. It’s much more popular than the others, and I would love to see a map of it.
My votes are for Calamus, Davis, Merritt, Sherman and Elwood. I seldom get to fish the southwest or southeast lakes but am certain that they would be nice also.
I 2nd, 3rd, & 4th the Johnson’s lake idea!
Red Willow did suffer from the drawdowns and drought,but not nearly as bad as some of the other southwest lakes. They actually did not irrigate out of it for the past few years; letting the lake recover. When it was low windmill island was actually exposed which in some ways was a good thing as they were able to go out there and remove what was left of the old windmill off the top of that island.Is the walleye fishing any good out there? No, not at all you dont want to waste a trip out there for eyes
All you have to do is take a look at Steve L.’s webpage to see what the SW Resevoirs have to offer. They are all irrigation waters and get drawn down dramaticlly just as almost all the other major bodies of waters here in this great state. The ‘eye’ fishing down there is good, with a chance at some really pigs, and the SW reservoirs have amazing panfish, white and wiper opportunities 
Jason, who offers a really good map of Sherman? I have not been able to find one so your help would be much appreciated
Once again, Thanks Matt for giving us this opportunity to voice our opinions
I will 5th, 6th and 7th Johnson’s as well along with Harlan as my biggest wish lists.
Steve L .Isn’t he the one you pay to sit in the boat and watch him catch fish at Red Willow.
I think what this list shows is that guys need to get out more 
Obvious for VISITATION and FISHING HOURS reasons. Aside from drawdowns, etc.
Mac
Harlan
Lewis & Clark
Sherman
Calamus
Johnson/Associated Water
Elwood
2nd Tier
Branched Oak
Red Willow/Hugh Butler
Swanson
Davis Creek
Medicine Creek
Minatare
Maloney
Sutherland
Important Regional Lakes
Various Salt Valley Lakes – Pawnee, Wagon Train, etc.
Summit
Burchard
Grove
Goose Lake – Ewing
Enders
Willow Creek – Pierce
Maskenthine – Stanton
Neb GP Listings
Nebraska is the state of few and far between when it comes to water so a 100-1000 acre lake gets a lot more pressure than is realized
That the guy Sharkbait
Heck of a fisherman.But isn’t much of a guide in my books.I guided in Kansas part time for eight years and netted a heck of a lot of fish for every one I got to fight and land myself.He had a lot of records himself compared to his clients.But he knows the lakes.Sorry I went off on this tangent here.
Heck of a fisherman
Definitely agree with Wade on the Missouri River, just don’t know if anybody would want to tackle that project.
As far as lakes go…Lewis & Clark (which I plan to do some of my own this summer), Merrit, Calamus, Davis and Big Mac would be great if it had any water in it.
JD
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