Cedar Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill, Black Bullhead, White Sucker, Black Crappie
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Cedar Lake (E) Public Water Access Site, 2 lanes.
The lake
Cedar Lake covers 784 acres in Minnesota, across Scott County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 10 feet (3 m). Our records hold 12 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.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Black Bullhead — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Bullhead, Common Carp.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 10 ft (3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 46 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 9.2% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 12.3% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 13.6% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 16.1% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 18.7% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 16.8% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 1.4–5.6 feet on our readings, averaging 3.2 feet, from 51 readings. Our water temperature readings average 67°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 44°F and the warmest is 91°F; the warmest monthly average is 81°F. pH averages 8.4. These readings span 2017–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps.
- Cedar Lake (E) Public Water Access Site — 2 lanes, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
- Cedar Lake (NW) Public Water Access Site — 1 lane, restrooms. DNR Division of Parks and Trails.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: 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 1.4 to 5.6 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. Only 2 public ramps are 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.
