Cedar Lake Fishing Guide, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Cedar Lake in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 11 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. For supplies, Manistique is 17 miles out. Munising is 20 miles away, with Gladstone at 34 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Schoolcraft County, recorded fish include rainbow smelt, alewife and bloater. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Cedar Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 65°F, the coldest about 15°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Cedar Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Bell Lake is 0.6 miles distant. Treat Cedar Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.