Cedar Meadow Pond near Leicester: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Cedar Meadow Pond is set in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Height above sea level is 886 feet. Around 140 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 2.2 miles of margin, front to back. Few waters listed in Worcester County are bigger. Leicester sits 2.1 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Worcester sits 7.5 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Meadow Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Worcester County cover bluegill, chain pickerel, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Cedar Meadow Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 69°F, while January sits near 22°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Cedar Meadow Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Bouchard Pond is 0.6 miles off. Check the position on Cedar Meadow Pond before loading the car.