Cedar Lake fishing: Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Yellow Perch

Target species: Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, White Perch
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cedar Lake.

The lake

Cedar Lake covers 791 acres in Indiana, across Lake County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 12 feet (3.7 m). Our records hold 10 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Channel Catfish

  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • White Perch — Feeding water: 50–75°F.

Also recorded here: Striped Bass, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Gizzard Shad.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 12 ft (3.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 40 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 2–3 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 3–4 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 4–5 ft: 6.2% of the water
  • 5–6 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 6–7 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 7–8 ft: 10.4% of the water
  • 8–9 ft: 12.7% of the water
  • 9–10 ft: 12.4% of the water
  • 10–11 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 11–12 ft: 19.6% of the water

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Cedar Lake — lit for night fishing. Division of Fish & Wildlife, Public Access North/ Town of Cedar Lake. Two miles east of US 41 at Cline Ave. in Cedar Lake. · phone (574) 526-1736

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 76°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.7. These readings span 2023–2024.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Indiana DNR — Indiana DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map, 2007.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.