Cedar Lake Report

[Larry Mac]

Originally Posted by Terwalleye

Good for you you and your group Glennman!

We just came Saturday the 23rd as well. We had a group of 5 guys and stay in the Southwest corner at Northern Lights. Weather was not very kind all week and as a result we only made it as far as Time Sqaure one time. On the other hand the group agreed it was our most productive year of fishing in three attempts.

If we could find a weed edge, almost anywhere we tried; we could pull perch and walleys out of 6- 10 ft of water. My partner and I almost exclusively slip bobber and it just plain works for us. 90% of the fish we caught were on leeches. Smallies were on the feed and literally any rocky shore we tried with a slip bobber and a leach produced smallies. The more boulder-ish looking the better. Many 14"'s but lots of 16 to 18"s as well. If we fiished rocky points, reefs or humps, the hot bite was more in the 10 to 12 ft range. Walleyes and smallies together often. This is where the bigger smallies came. Again, mostly on leeches.

Walleyes ranging in size from 15 to 24" could be found in any of these spots and frequently swimming together.

Caught some nice pike in the 24" upto 35" inch size fishing 6 inch suckers in 8 to 10 feet of weeds; near the edge. the bigger perch came in these spots as well. Perch coming on small minnows.

Had musky follow walleyes to the boat numerous times. What a freakin' rush! No takers on the follows though. One 42 1/2 inch beautiful tiger caught on the 6" sucker. All follows and caught fish on rock humps fishing near the walleyes. These spot were very close to the 40 foot hole near the narrown leading down to the SW corner.

the mayflatch hatch seemed to be in full bloom but did not deter the fish at all. In fact; the bays where they were hatching were some of the more productive. Cedar is an awesome fishery and the more expirience we are getting; the more we are realizing that.

51 weeks cannot go by fast enough. Need to figure out a fall trip somehow!?!?!

Good luck to those of you headed up soon.

Terwalleye

Hi Terwalleye, great report. It looks like you had a great trip. My brother in law and his group are fishing there this week so I will try to relay a report next week when they return. Have a great year.

Thank you,

Larry Mac

[Glenman12]

Hey Tera ...last Thurs after noon we were in the bay with the houses north of Northern Lights and saw a couple of their boats in there..was one of them you?

[Larry Mac]

Originally Posted by Glenman12

Hey Tera ...last Thurs after noon we were in the bay with the houses north of Northern Lights and saw a couple of their boats in there..was one of them you?

Hi Glen, That was a great report you posted!!! It looks like you had another wonderful trip. Talk to you soon.

Larry Mac

[Glenman12]

yeah Larry it was one of our best in the past couple of years in conditions we thought would be bad..goes to show you never know..see you at the Show in January..

[Terwalleye]

Originally Posted by Glenman12

Hey Tera ...last Thurs after noon we were in the bay with the houses north of Northern Lights and saw a couple of their boats in there..was one of them you?

That's a safe bet. Thanks to Larry Mac, he turned us onto that bay and it will be a mainstay going forward. On Friday evening my partner caught several walleyes 17" to 23 inches in about 6 feet water next to that big ol' jug next to the slide. Of course, we had a couple of them "Bear Fans" in our camp who were struggling early in the week and after we told them Blue Slide Bay and leeches; they were going their for their "eyes. Said they caught their limit in 20 minutes the first try.

Just Kidding on the Bears comment. We are all Packer Fans. Lol

[Glenman12]

Originally Posted by Terwalleye

That's a safe bet. Thanks to Larry Mac, he turned us onto that bay and it will be a mainstay going forward. On Friday evening my partner caught several walleyes 17" to 23 inches in about 6 feet water next to that big ol' jug next to the slide. Of course, we had a couple of them "Bear Fans" in our camp who were struggling early in the week and after we told them Blue Slide Bay and leeches; they were going their for their "eyes. Said they caught their limit in 20 minutes the first try.

Just Kidding on the Bears comment. We are all Packer Fans. Lol

yeah, that bay had always been one of our hot spots..it was always the first spot me and my partner would hit at the start of the trip..one of our muskie guys and Al say it holds at least two 50+" muskies too.

[djarz929]

Glenman and Terwalleye - thanks for the great reports. We did Ghost River Lodge this year but will be back at Cedar Sometime in the future.

[Gipper]

Not familiar with Northern Lights Resort even though there web site says they are on Cedar. Also never heard of Blue Slide Bay. Is this code? Glenman often talks in code. It's a cop thing.

Directions pls. We are leaving in less than 2 weeks.

[Glenman12]

lol dude..wasnt talkin in code at all...first of all Northern Lights is the lodge at the far south end of the west arm of Cedar by Sawmill Bay..as for Blue Slide Bay..I never said that ..to describe a bay where we nailed the walleyes I said it was the bay with the houses specifically the house with the blue slide on the dock..if you want info for your trip feel free to PM me..and let me know which lodge youre staying at so I have a point of reference..

[Gipper]

Got it Glenman and thanks. I was just funnin you. I'm the guy from Pleasant Prairie that you mailed stuff to a few years ago, if you recall.

We are staying at Al's place and I believe I know where the blue slide is. I think someone else named it Blue Slide Bay.

Loved your report. Hopefully we'll have the same success in 2 weeks.