Cedar Lake is a lake in Minnesota, near Martin County.
Cedar Lake near 43.7899, -94.7340 is a lake in Martin County, Minnesota. Cedar Lake covers about 707 acres, reaches a recorded 7.5 feet and holds about 2,447 acre-feet.
Cedar Lake is shallow enough that wind, weeds, shade and even a small dip in the bottom can make one part fish better than another.
Fish reported from Cedar Lake include bigmouth buffalo, bigmouth shiner, black bullhead, black crappie, blackside darter, bluegill, bluntnose minnow, channel catfish, common carp, common shiner, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, freshwater drum, golden shiner, green sunfish, johnny darter, largemouth bass, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, quillback, spotfin shiner, spottail shiner, walleye, white crappie, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.
For bass at Cedar Lake, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Cedar Lake, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill and green sunfish, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For roaming fish at Cedar Lake, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For large predators at Cedar Lake, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Cedar Lake, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads, and use corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
Other choices at Cedar Lake include these plans: bounce a jig, worm or crayfish bait along firm bottom for freshwater drum.
Spring at Cedar Lake is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is best early or late around weeds, shade and the few deeper holes. Fall at Cedar Lake can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Cedar Lake, check one quiet cove, one rocky or firm point and the nearby deep water with a moving lure, then use a jig or worm where you find fish.
A medium spinning rod covers smaller lures at Cedar Lake, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for northern pike.
At Cedar Lake, pick one cove and the closest point or drop into deep water, then fish that small area well before making a long move.
Not every trip. A better place at Cedar Lake is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Cedar Lake, it shows that a lot of the water sits away from the bank and around the old channel or deep end.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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