Cedar Creek Lake Fishing Report 03/04/18

[MagikSmallie]

Actually there's a pic of 10lb bass from cedar in latest bassmaster magazine fwiw. Are there any campgrounds close to lake? Hotels?

Yeah, I've seen that pic a few times. If that bass is 10lbs then I'm Shirley Temple LOL. I've got 3 over 10lbs personally (all from FL) and neither of those two are remotely close to 10. the one might go 7..maybe. still an awesome fish. I attached my two best from Cedar last year, one was 6lbs and change and the other was just over 7#, so if that one is 10lbs then.....hmmm.

[18RangerZ520L]

Yep, look at Jay's fish above from Cedar and mine attached in this post from Cedar. You all be the judge and see if the pic of the 10.4lb can convince you it's really 10.4lb..................LOL!!!

I'm not "long arming" them and keep in mind I'm 6'4" / 250lb.

Move your cursor over my pics to see the description of their weights and dates caught.

And I have pics of fish in the 8lb-9lb class in my profile albums that look bigger than his "10.4lb".

[18RangerZ520L]

And for those who haven't seen the "10.4" from Cedar it's attached....

Like I said, IF one of those fish is "10.4lb", the other is in the high 8lb - low 9lb range!!! It's similar in size to the "10.4"......

His Facebook says they were 8.9 and 10.2 and were caught June 25, 2017... The ONLY way you're going to catch a 8lb+ from Cedar is going to be winter/pre-spawn... Summer bass at Cedar that have flat bellies like in his pic and weigh 10.2lb are going to be 12lb+ pre spawn!!!!! There's NO WAY those fish are 8.9 and 10.2. A 10lb bass in KY is rare and if I were to catch a 9lb and 10lb the same day from Cedar, I'd have pics of the scale with fish on it, videos and a dozen+ witnesses..... just sayin'....

I've got pics and video of my PB on a IGFA certified Boga Grip...

[Fntsyfbgod]

Glad my scepticism was picked up. I caught several over 9 and 8 the last few years in Kentucky and they were a total different shape.

[18RangerZ520L]

Sheeewwww... Thought you were serious for a sec... LOL

Glad my scepticism was picked up.

[Fntsyfbgod]

No disrespect to the guy if you haven't caught 6-7 lb bass before it's hard to judge the size

[18RangerZ520L]

LOL, well it's 2018, not the 1700's.... There are PLENTY of scale and fish measurement options on the market that he could have used to get an accurate weight on the fish... Or heck, even a simple length and girth calculation using fishing line if he didn't have a tape in his boat.

NO EXCUSES.... NONE. He's got a jersey on with "sponsors" all over it (he's not just grandpa with a cane pole and a nightcrawler), I'm assuming he wanted to just generate "buzz" for his Facebook/YouTube accounts/sponsors, I'm not buying that he just "didn't know how to judge the size of the fish"... Not only that, but how do you "judge" and say 10.4lb & 8.9lb, he's that good at judging that he can get down to tenths of a pound increments? A lot of kids online nowadays doing stuff like this to generate buzz/subscribers/etc to try and make a buck off of sponsors/YouTube/etc.

And I don't know the criteria for submitting a fish for the Lunker Program in the B.A.S.S. magazine, but it appears they just "take your word for it" with a pic and a weight, who knows....

I'm calling (along with everyone I've shared the pic with) big time BS on these two fish from Cedar... If I caught a 10lb out of Cedar, I'd be contacting the KDFW guys, it's BIG news to catch a 10lb out of Cedar, let alone a 10lb and 9lb in the same day!?!?!?!? Especially since the state built that lake as a "trophy" lake. And like I said, myself and others who fish it regularly can attest that the big fish in Cedar cap out around 6lb-7lb mark and anything over 7lb is a big deal at Cedar, so catching a 10lb and 9lb the same day is completely unheard of.

Craziness........

No disrespect to the guy if you haven't caught 6-7 lb bass before it's hard to judge the size

[ryan_ekubass]

Here is a 9lb 12 oz my father in law caught off cedar creek.

[18RangerZ520L]

A true giant from Cedar...!

It looks waaaay bigger than Matt Mattingly's "10.4"

Here is a 9lb 12 oz my father in law caught off cedar creek.

[MagikSmallie]

Here is a 9lb 12 oz my father in law caught off cedar creek.

Now that's a legit fish that is pushing 10lbs. You compare that fish to the supposed "10.4" and it dwarfs it, by a lot!! That might be the largest fish I've seen from Cedar. I've seen lots of 7's and 8's but that one is a real one!

[ryan_ekubass]

That fish was caught the day of the Boston bombing. I was busting them on a rattle bait that day and I was fishing by myself. I was catching 4 and 5 lbers left and right and I hooked into and lost a monster at the boat and that was it I called him at work and said they're on at cedar and he came straight down about an hour away and not 5 minutes in he caught that fish.

[Medicineman859]

Are they still stocking rainbow trout in cedar?I knew they had been but just haven't heard anything about it recently