Cedar Lake fishing: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Burbot
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cedar Lake Public Water Access Site, 1 lane.
The lake
Cedar Lake covers 1,727 acres in Minnesota, across 2 counties: Aitkin and Crow Wing. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 100 feet (30.5 m). Our records hold 21 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 100 ft (30.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.6% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 209 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 12% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 13% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 12.5% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 11.6% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 10.6% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 3% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 1.8% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 1.2% of the water
- 70–75 ft: 0.7% of the water
- 75–80 ft: 0.6% of the water
- 80–85 ft: 0.8% of the water
- 85–90 ft: 0.7% of the water
- 90–95 ft: 0.7% of the water
- 95–100 ft: 0.5% of the water
7 target fish, led by Muskellunge
- Muskellunge — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Burbot — Feeding water: 40–50°F.
Also recorded here: Black Bullhead, Shorthead Redhorse, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Cisco, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 8–15 feet on our readings, averaging 11.4 feet, from 598 readings. Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2016–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Cedar Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife.
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.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Minnesota DNR — Minnesota DNR: reported depths: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- 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.
