Cedar Lake Fishing near Palmetto, Georgia

• Overview

  You will find Cedar Lake in Fulton County, Georgia. It sits at 925 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 24 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On our Fulton County list it sits near the top for size. For a base, Palmetto sits 1.6 miles out. Then Chattahoochee Hills, 4.1 miles, and South Fulton, 5 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include eastern blackbanded darter, bluegill, redbreast sunfish, yellow bullhead and Alabama hog sucker. The records cover the area rather than this water alone. On Cedar Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 78°F for July and 42°F for January. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Cedar Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Goodes Lake sits 1.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Cedar Lake if anything is unclear.