Cedar Lake, Minnesota: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Minnesota holds Cedar Lake, in Hennepin County. The bank is 843 feet above sea level. Around 167 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline comes to about 2.5 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Hennepin County are bigger. Nearest town is Saint Louis Park, 1.6 miles off. Minneapolis is the closest city, 3.1 miles away. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Lake

  Sounding records show water to about 58 feet. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Hennepin County names bluegill, common carp, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Cedar Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 73°F, while January sits near 13°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Time your trip to Cedar Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. A boat ramp sits half a mile away, so trailered boats can get on. Parking within half a mile means no long carry with tackle. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. There are toilets 140 yards off. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Brownie Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Cedar Lake in what we hold.