Many people ask the question "how do you catch bass on Cedar Creek Lake during the winter months". Usually all you have to do is find the trout and you'll find the bass. Bass prefer to forage on trout over any other food source, so it's a must to know where trout tend to locate during the winter.

Trout in winter tend to locate on the shallow grass flats even though that's usually where the coldest water in the lake is. They are there because they eat the tiny crustaceans living in the grass. Even though bass may prefer to be in a warmer water location, their desire to follow and eat trout is greater.

For the most part, catching bass in the winter has become easier on Cedar Creek Lake in recent years thanks to The Fish And Wildlife's annual trout stocking, so tie on a 1/8 ounce rooster tail and cast the grass flats for trout. Once you locate the trout, switch over to a jerk bait for bass. black, chartreuse and yellow are good choices for rooster tail colors, while clown, chrome and black. and chrome and blue are good choices for jerk baits.