Lake McConaughy

Official page of Lake McConaughy and Keith County, Nebraska. Beautiful Lake Mac is just the beginning. Explore beyond the beach!

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🐟Big smiles and great memories made at Lake Mac! Those massive wipers weighed in at 11.1lbs, 10.5lbs 9.5lbs and 9.3 Ibs!

📷: thanks to Lake Big Mac Spoiled Guide Service for sharing

#ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy #wiper #keithcounty

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Love Country Music? The concert lineup at the Keith County Fair Friday is going to be incredible! Keith County Tourism director Shawn Rubek gets all the details from MaKenzi Spurgin of the fair board!

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🏖️Kites & Castles winners:
𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭: Team #1 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦
𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬: Team #7 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘴
𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲: Team #3 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧: Team #4 𝘉𝘶𝘻𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘴
𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞: Team #2 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘯

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Some amazing sand sculptures in progress at Kites & Castles! Come check them out at Martin Bay and get a free kite while supplies last! Judging begins at 4 PM. 😎🏰🏖️
#ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy #keithcounty

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𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗕𝗔𝗬 𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗣

The dock is in and the Spillway Bay secondary low-water ramp is ready for launching! According to NGP, it is single lane, about 10 feet wide. 4 wheel drive is recommended.
🎥: Nebraska Game and Parks

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NGP staff have been preparing to provide low-water access to the reservoir by • Preparing the Spillway Bay emergency boat ramp (pending federal approval). • Preparing to extend the Diver’s Bay and Martin Bay boat ramps with rock (pending fed. approval.)
Photo by Eric Fowler

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Even better in person.
See you soon at Lake McConaughy. #ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy
#keithcounty #sunsets

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Watch for the Keith County Tourism truck today on the beaches of Lake McConaughy! Tourism Director Shawn Rubek is passing out some awesome new lake swag. 😎🏖️ If you score some, leave us a comment with any swag photos and where you are on the beach! #ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy

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What a weekend July 25-26 is going to be in Keith County! Kites & Castles … Christmas in July at Lakefront Express … the Ogallala Round-Up Rodeo … don’t miss out!#ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy #ogallala #sandsculpting #rodeo

📷: rodeo pics by Lauren Sherwood - Lazy LD

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Another nice stringer from Lake Mac! 📷: thanks to John Boy Guide Service
The walleye bite is beginning to slow down but they are still being caught in 14-20 foot of water near Lemoyne and Ogallala Beach. Live bait has generally been successful.

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It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s the super summer event you’ve been waiting for! Kites & Castles is coming up July 25 at beautiful Lake McConaughy. Check the comments for the sign up form. #ilovelakemac #lakemcconaughy #keithcounty #nebraska #sandsculpting

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🤠 A lot of Stetsons and Resistols in the crowd today as the western community turned out to support Nebraska Quarter Horse racing at Lake Mac Racetrack in Ogallala. 🏇🏇🏇 Race weekend continues tomorrow, Saturday, July 11! #ogallala #nebraska #quarterhorseracing

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Due to lower water levels, operators of boats and personal watercraft are advised to AVOID GOING WEST OF THIS LINE in this graphic. Do not get out of the boat if you become stuck in the mud/silt. Call 911 or NSP [phone].

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There's more than one way to catch a walleye! Spearfishers love Lake Mac. (📷: James Thompson) Walleye are being caught near the dam as well as in 14-20 foot of water near Lemoyne to Sandpoint. Docks available at Divers Bay, Martin Bay Low Water & Lake Ogallala (2)

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👒🎩 Pick out your race hats and get ready to vogue this week in Ogallala! 8 quarterhorse races will be held at Lake Mac Racetrack July 10 & 11.

🏇🏇Family Day is Saturday, July 11. Fans will have the opportunity to meet jockeys at Morning Thunder: Jockeys & Java.

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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆! 🇺🇸
FREE fireworks spectacular tonight at 10 p.m. at Western Diamonds in Ogallala. Thanks to sabina_regmi, Admiral's Cove Resort and Marina, Kate Wright, bebeshortall, HOOKS

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Visitors should use caution at Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala as park staff cleans up from last night’s storm, removing downed tree limbs and other debris. Please be cautious near the water as the storm has caused shoreline erosion.

📷: Kurtis Ramsey

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Water temperature is up to about 72°F now. Walleye are being caught in 14-20 foot of water near Lemoyne to Sandpoint, with live bait. Small mouth bass can be caught on the dam and rocky points. Wiper can be caught on the face of the dam at night. (📷:FIN)

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To maintain boating access during low water, Game and Parks has hired an excavation company to remove sand June 30 to July 2 at the Diver’s Bay and Martin Bay Low-Water boat ramps. The ramps will be closed to public access — one at a time.

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Freedom Hunters Veterans Outing at Lake McConaughy over the weekend. 🇺🇸
📷: thanks to Sean Hinton for sharing!