CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR, "CEDAR", IS WIDELY CONSIDERED THE CRAWN JEWEL BASS FISHING LAKE IN WESTERN KANSAS.  THE WATERBODY COVERS ROUGHLY 6,000 SURFACE ACRES AND IS FED BY THE SMOKEY HILL RIVER SYSTEM. CEDAR IS LOADED WITH FLOODED HARDWOODS THAT ARE IN MULTIPLE DEPTH RANGES. CEDAR HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF ROCK THAT IS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE LAKE BOTTOM. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE TERRAIN OF THE AREA AND THE AQUATIC VEGITATION THAT CAN GROW HERE, THE LAKE TURNS INTO A FANTASTIC BASS FISHERY.​​

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CEDAR'S PINNACLE YEARS WERE FROM THE LATE 90'S TO THE EARLY 2000'S. THE LAKE FINALLY HIT FULL POOL IN THE LATE 90'S, FLOODING EVERYTHING IN THE RIVER BOTTOM FROM THE DAM TO DANG NEAR HIGHWAY 283. IT WAS INSANE HOW MANY MOSTER BAGS WERE CAUGHT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. AT ITS PEAK CEDAR WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP BASS FISHING DESTINATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

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THOUGH A MERE SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF, CEDAR HAS GOTTEN ALOT OF ATTENTION RECENTLY. THE LAKE PICKED UP SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND IT HELPED TO GIVE THE BASS POPULATION THE JUMP START THAT IT DESEPERATELY NEEDED.