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Cedar Lake

Cedar Lake is a lake in Wisconsin, near Manitowoc County.

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Fish species in Cedar Lake

If you are looking at Cedar Lake, you are looking at a Manitowoc County lake and the current record puts it at about 136 acres and a maximum depth of 21 feet.

Size, depth, and the lay of the lake

CountyManitowoc County, WI
Water typeLake
Surface area136 acres
Maximum depth21 feet
Recorded fish6

The first trip does not need a giant tackle plan with a short rotation through shoreline cover, weed edges, and the first clean drop away from the bank because a few careful stops usually teach you more than a pile of random casts.

The fishery on paper

Recorded species at Cedar Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch; so I would pack with weeds, wood, rock, or docks for bass and weeds and easy cover for panfish, and see what actually shows up before changing directions.

My game plan

If I had a few hours to figure out Cedar Lake, I would choose a few spots that look different from one another and give each one a fair chance, then I would read the current Wisconsin DNR rules so nothing about the trip is based on an old limit.

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