Missouri River- Iowa/NE border

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Graceclaw
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Missouri River- Iowa/NE border
<p>Hey all!</p> <p>I will be taking a trip down to Omaha, NE for Thanksgiving. Naturally, I looked to see if there were any good rivers on the way, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Missouri flows right through the city! I&#39;ve seen a couple of reports on this site about the Missouri, but I don&#39;t know much of anything else about it, let alone what to look for in Council Bluffs or Omaha to find spots. Since I&#39;ll only be there for a few days, I&#39;d rather not do a ton of wandering around to find my first spot if I can avoid it, so I was hoping someone on here has a little experience in the area. I also don&#39;t really know what species it has in particular that I haven&#39;t had a chance at so far (Preliminary research shows that Nebraska&#39;s DNR only seems to care about bass, walleye, pike, panfish, and (finally) shovelnose sturgeon, and the internet really is a difficult place to find information on roughfish.........I&#39;m still new to this, so bear with me.</p> <p>I see that there are Pallid sturgeon, but of course I have no expectation to catch one, haha. And I don&#39;t think late November is a very good time for Flathead? Correct me if I&#39;m wrong.</p> <p>Any information on the stretch of river and/or how to fish it would be much appreciated! Hopefully I can turn my trip into an opportunity to catch a few lifers and/or post a report for you all!</p>
Divemaster
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I could be wrong, but I belie

I could be wrong, but I believe one member on here caught a Blue Sucker in that area of Nebraska. Or at least somewhere in Nebraska haha. That'd be an awesome species to catch if they're in the area.

Graceclaw
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Yeah, they've been caught in

Yeah, they've been caught in the Missouri before (Shorefisherman and TylerG have caught them, and maybe CBG?). Thanks for the reminder!

Current plan is to find ANYWHERE I can drop a line, and put the normal stuff (cutbait, crawlers) and just see what I get. I know there are Blue Cats there, which would be a cool addition.

I was mainly hoping someone could point me in the right direction as far as starting spots/parts of town to avoid. Mostly parts of town to avoid.

Edit: I totally forgot Goldeye are apparently common there. I will have to remember that.

Edit: I'll actually be closer to the Elkhorn river than Missouri, but still only ~30 minutes from the MO.