Cedar Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bigmouth Buffalo, Freshwater Drum, Black Bullhead, White Sucker
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 539 acres in Minnesota, across Martin County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 5 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 6 feet (1.8 m). Our records hold 15 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Freshwater Drum — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 6 ft (1.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.2% of the water is 5 feet or shallower. We hold 16 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 10.2% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 16.8% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 30% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 28% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 9.7% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Cedar Lake Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. Martin County.
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 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.6. These readings span 2017–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
With 90.2% of the water 5 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
