Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Cedar Lake
Stocked 2025
Cedar Lake is a 249-acre lake in Aitkin County, 18 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2001. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 01006500
- County
- Aitkin
- Surface area
- 249 acres
- Maximum depth
- 18 feet
- Mean depth
- 8 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 215 acres, 86% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.7 miles
- Nearest town (DNR)
- McGrath
- Latest DNR fish survey
- August 2001, re-survey
- Surveys on record
- 3, since 1977
- Game fish caught in the 2001 survey
- bluegill 672, yellow perch 32, pumpkinseed 29, northern pike 24, largemouth bass 23, black crappie 22, hybrid sunfish 4, walleye 4
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow perch, and 6 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye adults (600)
- Stocked in 2024
- gos adults (4,500); yellow perch adults (4,000)
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have not been tested
- Size
- 100 to 499 acres
- Deepest point
- 15 to 29 feet
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026
Survey catches show what DNR nets and electrofishing found on the survey date, not how the fishing is today. Check the current regulations and the Department of Health advice before you keep fish, and confirm access conditions before you tow a boat.