| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
| Black Bass | Good | Up to 6 lbs. | Casting baits that enable a slow presentation, such as weightless swimbaits, Texas-rigged soft plastics, etc., around primary and secondary points possessing rock piles and other hard substrates on warm, sunny days. |
| Crappie | Good | Up to 15 inches | Vertically fishing jigs or minnows around the fish attractors. Have had reports of some good catches in the last couple of weeks. |
| Walleye | Good | Up to 28 inches | Vertically fishing slab spoons and trolling or casting crankbaits like flicker shads over main lake points and other structure. |
| White Bass/Wipers | Excellent | Whites up to 17 inches Wipers up to 14.5 lbs. | Locating schools of white bass and/or wipers with electronics and vertically fishing slab spoons. Fish will generally be relating to some sort of underwater structure such as a roadbed, point, or creek channel break. |
| Since fishing reports are harder to come by in winter, the above report will be generic giving general locations and methods typically effective this time of year and won't be updated on a weekly basis unless the bite or ice changes dictate an update. ICE REPORT-As of 2-21-2025, the reservoir is 100% ice covered and all boat ramps are iced in. Old ice in the coves and toward the upper end of the reservoir is approximately 6 to 7 inches thick and new ice on the main body of the lake from about the Northshore Cabin Area to the dam is approximately 2 to 3 inches thick. All ice is snow covered so any additional increase to ice thickness will be slow. For ice fishing safety guidelines go to https://www.takemefishing.org/ice-fishing/ice-fishing-basics/ice-fishing-safety/. WATER TEMPERATURE-30 degrees F SURFACE ELEVATION- 2122.51 ft. above MSL-21.49 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. | |||
