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 925 acres in Minnesota, across Rice County. It is a lake: 94.9% of it is 22 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 17 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: White Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.9% of the water is 22 feet or shallower. We hold 60 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 12.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 14.3% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 22.3% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 12.6% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 0.8% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 0.5% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 0.4% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 0.3% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 0.1% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 1.5–7.5 feet on our readings, averaging 3.8 feet, from 532 readings. Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 47°F and the warmest is 88°F; the warmest monthly average is 79°F. 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. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
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
Clarity swings from 1.5 to 7.5 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.
