| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
| Crappie | Slow/Fair | Up to 15 inches | Fish have abandoned deep winter haunts and have begun to stage prior to spawning. They can be tougher to find this time of year, but vertically fishing jigs or minnows around flooded timber in deeper water directly adjacent to spawning areas can be productive. |
| Largemouth Bass | Fair/Good | Up to 5 lbs. | Casting slow rolling swimbaits, suspending jerk baits, and lightly-weighted swim baits around flooded timber and rock in shallow, quick-warming water. |
| Walleye | Fair | Up to 27 inches | Fish are spawning along the dam face and adjacent shorelines primarily at night. Casting brightly colored swim baits, and floating or suspending jerk baits and stick baits at night is best. 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 | No Report | Whites up to 17 inches Wipers up to 10 lbs. | Casting shad imitating jigs in quick-warming shallows towards the upper ends of north shore coves has been best. Look for white bass to begin spawning soon where they can be caught primarily along the dam. |
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WATER TEMPERATURE-54 degrees F SURFACE ELEVATION- 2120.14 ft. above MSL-23.86 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 and 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. | |||
