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Post by catfish51 on Feb 27, 2007 21:14:29 GMT -5
Hello, I am a newcomber to the board and I had a couple of questions. My brother and I are planning a weekend trip around the third week in March and were wondering about possibly fishing at Cedar. We are a couple of hours away and have heard some good things about the lake. I was wondering when the fish start turning on? We fish a lot of lakes were we are from but we don't have any big fish lakes that are worth a crap. I think even if it's cold we should be able to troll up some nice blues on skipjack or shad. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by surefoot on Feb 27, 2007 21:20:32 GMT -5
Alsept1 is the resident Cedar expert.
I do know that this lake stocks trout for cold weather and I'm sure the fish there have developed a taste for them. As for my opinion, along with Cozy-Dale, Cedar is in the top two of productive local lakes IF you know how to fish it and where the holes are.
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 1:07:24 GMT -5
Surefoot is right about that. The lake is open though. If you wanted you could fish it a day then go to cozydale.
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Post by kennedy1 on Feb 28, 2007 9:44:09 GMT -5
I'm up for a day of fishing in March --- Greg  Whta do ya say we meet up with catfish51 ?? |
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 10:58:35 GMT -5
sounds good to me. I need to get up there to catch some trout so i can use it for bait later in the season, say like April first or so lol.
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Post by kennedy1 on Feb 28, 2007 11:42:54 GMT -5
Ok maybe plan on March 14th . This the only good day for me. If weather too cold maybe reconsider.
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 12:02:59 GMT -5
OK can't wait. Maybe you should start to practice your netting skills now so you will be ready for March 14 lol.
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Post by kennedy1 on Feb 28, 2007 12:09:52 GMT -5
Sure I'll net that 10 pounder for you............oh but wait.......... I seem to have hooked a 40 pounder you'll have to throw your bait back and help me this time !!! hehehe
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 12:13:17 GMT -5
Your right it will be a ten pounder probly lol. i dont start catching big fish until late April. But i need to get some bait.
I wonder what the chances are of me betting that 64 lb 4 once blue this year at Cedar?
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Post by catfish51 on Feb 28, 2007 17:36:24 GMT -5
I wish we could make it up on the 14th but the only days we are going to be able to make it up are the 16th-18th. We plan on fishing Cedar and maybe Cozy. I think we will try Cedar first and if we have any luck we will problably stay there. Do they allow camping at Cedar? I caught my biggest fish trolling a cut rainbow (41 lb flathead). Any suggestions on baits or spots would be greatly appreciated. It's always hard trying to learn a new lake but we usually do alright.
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 17:55:55 GMT -5
Try fishing off the concret wall ,right across the bridge, out by the bouys or try next to the huge bubbler, after the first bouy. For bait i wolud go with shad or just cut bait. Not sure though, dont fish much when the water is cold.
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 17:56:25 GMT -5
Try fishing off the concrete wall ,right across the bridge, out by the buoys or try next to the huge bubbler. after the first buoy. For bait i would go with shad or just cut bait. Not sure though, don't fish much when the water is cold.
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Post by catfish51 on Feb 28, 2007 18:51:17 GMT -5
First of all thanks for the help, now I have a place to start. How big is the lake at Cedar? I normally fish with 10' rods but I also have 12 footers as well. Does it take a long cast to hit the spots you mentioned? Is this lake also stocked with channels or is it mainly a big fish lake? Have you heard of anybody catching any nice fish when it is still cold? Sorry to keep bugging you but anything I can get sorted out now will hopefully help us to be
more productive. Again thanks for any info.
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Post by Alsept1 on Feb 28, 2007 19:32:09 GMT -5
Well if your going to fish off the concrete wall you are going to have to cast pretty far but i was able to get it out there with 10 footers but it can be tough sometimes. But the other spot would be easily reached with a 10 footer. This lake really starts to turn on in mid to late April.
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Post by kennedy1 on Mar 1, 2007 11:25:59 GMT -5
Who knows Greg maybe we might do well in a few weeks . If the weather stays nice fishing may be good. I'm sure Greg will keep us all up-to-date come April !! eh Greg ?
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