| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
| Black Bass | Fair/Good | Up to 6 lbs. | Casting baits that enable a slow presentation, such as weightless swimbaits, Texas-rigged soft plastics, etc., in shallow water around primary and secondary points possessing rock piles and other hard substrates. |
| Crappie | Fair | Up to 15 inches | Look for fish staging around the mouths of coves where spawning occurs. Vertically fishing jigs is best. Fish should begin moving shallow to spawn in a couple of weeks where they can be caught casting a jig under a bobber over congregations of spawning fish. Fish typically spawn in wind-protected areas possessing hard bottom types and some sort of horizontal structure such as laydown logs. Spawning activity usually starts at the west end of the reservoir and progresses east. |
| Walleye | Fair | Up to 28 inches | The spawn has begun to wind down, but there are still fish frequenting the dam to spawn. Casting brightly colored jigs, lightly weighted swimbaits, and shallow running crankbaits along the dam and adjacent shorelines at night is best for spawning fish. As the spawn winds down, fish will recuperate from the rigors of spawning and begin feeding again. Look for fish to begin frequenting mainlake and secondary points in coves where they can be caught casting shad imitating swimbaits and crankbaits or jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or minnows. Cedar Bluff walleye harvest is regulated by a 21" minimum length limit and 5 fish/day creel limit, except that anglers have the option to harvest up to 2 walleye 15" but less than 18" as part of the five fish daily creel limit. |
| White Bass/Wipers | Good | Whites up to 17 inches Wipers up to 14.5 lbs. | Casting white curly-tail or bucktail jigs along the dam and adjacent shorelines is best right now for a mix of white bass and wipers. |
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WATER TEMPERATURE-53 degrees F SURFACE ELEVATION- 2122.25 ft. above MSL-21.75 ft. below conservation pool ATTENTION: An established zebra mussel population has been documented at this water making Cedar Bluff an ANS designated water. With this designation, regulations are in effect primarily aimed at discouraging water containing microscopic zebra mussel larvae from leaving the property and establishing in new waters. Any time one leaves the reservoir it is best to clean mud, vegetation, or attached zebra mussel adults off of boats and other equipment, drain any thing on a boat or other equipment that holds water, and allow boats 01d other equipment to dry completely before using them at another body of water. It is now illegal to use wild-caught bait from Cedar Bluff at any other water. Live fish are not to be taken off the property. And all livewells and bilges must be drained prior to leaving the property. It is illegal to release fish into public water unless it was taken from that water. So please discard any leftover bait in a trash can. | |||
