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Cedar Lake, IL
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Shad
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
38°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Shad
Water temps are 60 and the females have moved shallow. Covering water with a spinnerbait, chatterbait, squarebill or swimjig will get bites. Also, pitching soft plastics and jigs around grass and hard cover is a good option.
Kyle Myers
Bronze Ambassador
4/1/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Water Temperature
52°
Fished in a Kayak tournament here at Cedar. The winds were sustained between 20-25mph and gusts going from 30-35 mph. I caught my first fish around 7:20am near flooded brush and laydowns on the Cumberland Procaster jig in naked craw with a green pumpkin Zoom speed craw as the trailer. I caught my 2nd fish on a secondary point with laydowns on a green pumpkin Adrenline tackle 3/8oz swim jig and same trailer. I T-rigged a Alabama craw 4" bandito bug on a and caught another in the same type of structure/cover. Water temps ranged from 50 to 52 degrees and I stayed in the south end of the lake. As the day went on it warmed up nice and other anglers were really catching them in the last hour of the tournament.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
57°
Slow rolling sleeper gill on bottom and dragging and hopping a jig around hard cover around fresh grass.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
50°
we used a 2 prong plan of attack and both patterns were successful catching nice fish and quantity. our main objective was too drag jigs through brushpiles which was highly effective and between piles we worked the bank with flatsided crank baits picking up a few more bites along the way. the warm nights have the bass biting good
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
48°
Fishing secondary points 5 to 15 feet deep. Grass edges. Slow winding the jackhammer near the bottom.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Finesse Jigs
Structure
Baitfish
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
63°
Muddy water in back near creeks bass feeding on shad.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Laydowns
Tough bite in mid coves
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
42°
Using light weight jig head to help keep the keitech high in water column but moving slow. Fish were in less than 5ft of water but with deep areas close by.
