| Species | Rating | Size | Baits, Method, Location |
| Black Bass | Fair | Up to 6 lbs. | Fish can still be caught casting chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, and soft plastics over shallow points and other areas possessing a hard bottom type and structure such as rock piles and laydown logs, mainly early and late. However, many fish have transitioned into a summer pattern where they can be caught casting Texas or Carolina-rigged soft plastics, swimbaits, and deep running crankbaits over deeper points and other structure like submerged road beds and parking lots in depths anywhere from 12 to 20 feet of water. |
| Crappie | Good | Up to 15 inches | Vertically fishing jigs and/or minnows over the fish attractors has been best. Anglers report catching respectable numbers on the right day and right brush pile. |
| Walleye | Fair | Up to 28 inches | The post-spawn walleye bite is winding down. Fish frequenting mainlake and secondary points in coves can still be caught casting shad imitating swimbaits and crankbaits or jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or minnows. Anglers continue to report catching fish, just not as many as they had a couple of weeks ago. 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. | Trolling deeper diving crank baits along mainlake drop-offs or locating whites with electronics and casting or vertically presenting shad imitating jigs and spoons. Drifting live sunfish over and around shallow mainlake points has been effective for wipers. Anglers report catching quite a few 8 to 10 lb. fish, but wipers up to 16 lbs. have been reported. |
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WATER TEMPERATURE-81 degrees F SURFACE ELEVATION- 2121.47 ft. above MSL-22.53 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. | |||
