Cedar Lake

Fishing and stocking

Walleye and yellow perch water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 32,870 fish in the published allocation.

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program 2026 season

best window 9:55-11:55 pm solunar major today

2 species

32,870 fish allocated

What swims here

Walleye 1 allocation

Yellow perch 1 allocation

Season program record

North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The North Dakota season shape statewide: reported by year.

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Walleye	fingerling	32,000
2026 season	Yellow perch	adult	870

When to fish Cedar Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:32-11:32 am and 9:55-11:55 pm	3:50-4:50 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:18 am-12:18 pm and 10:42 pm-12:42 am	5:04-6:04 am and 4:19-5:19 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Mountain Time (MDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the 2026 season program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the walleye (walleye on the season program here)

Crawler harness	slow-trolled over flats and breaks once water warms
Medium spinning rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium, 8 lb line; sensitivity beats power here
Jigging raps and blade baits	vertical over deep structure in the cold months

For the panfish (yellow perch on the season program here)

Live bait	waxworms, crickets, and redworms out-fish everything for bluegill
Small tubes and grubs	1 to 2 inch plastics for crappie around brush
Long telescoping pole	reach the pockets without spooking the school

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Indian Creek Dam	17 mi	2026 season
Larson Lake	24 mi	2026 season
Bowman-Haley Dam	25 mi	2026 season
Mirror Lake	26 mi	2026 season
Castle Rock Dam	27 mi	2026 season

Records from North Dakota Game and Fish Department (official page). Placement from North Dakota Game and Fish Department coordinates. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Dakota fishing regulations.