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Cedar Fishing Lake

6444 Smith Rd, Loveland, OH 45140
Clermont County, east of Cincinnati near Loveland.

Call (513) 575-0124 · Facebook · Map

Confirmed via: Lake's own Facebook posts

The lake's own Facebook page calls it "Ohio's oldest Paylake" and has posts through Nov. 2, 2026.

Season status: Active as of Nov. 2, 2026 (posts with catches and a jackpot drawing).

Price

Not published. Call ahead.

Price per pound: Not published (no per-pound pricing found).

No price on the lake's own page. A review-summary site reports a $23 fee, but that isn't from the lake, so it isn't listed as a price. Call ahead.

Checked Nov 9, 2026

Stocking & species

Last stocking
No stocking date published. Call ahead.
Species
blue catfish, flathead catfish

The lake's page calls it "well stocked" and "a Shovelhead [flathead] fisherman dream". Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, 2026 posts show blue catfish catches (44 to 49 lb). No stocking dates published.

Keep or release

Not published. Call ahead.

Fishing license

The lake hasn't published this. Ask before you fish.

Ohio DNR: a fishing license is not required for people fishing in privately owned ponds, lakes, or reservoirs to and from which fish do not migrate; it IS required if the private water is open to public fishing through an agreement or lease with the ODNR Division of Wildlife. This lake has not published which applies. Ask the lake.

Hours & night fishing

Its page lists Mon, Tue, and Sun 7am to 7pm, and Thu to Sat around the clock. No hours are listed for Wednesday. Call ahead.

Night fishing
Yes
Night hours
Thursday to Saturday are listed as 12am to 12am (overnight) on the lake's page.

Tournaments & jackpots

Yes. It runs a "Hog Jar" big-fish jackpot. The Nov. 1, 2026 winner took $790 for a 44.5 lb blue catfish, and it was drawn Sunday at 4pm. No full tournament calendar is published.

Earlier in 2026

Sources

  1. Cedar Fishing Lake Facebook page (mirror on Shops1000), posts Oct to Nov 2026 (operator-social, read Nov 9, 2026)
  2. Cedar Fishing Lake on Facebook (operator-social, read Nov 9, 2026)
  3. Coordinates: OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode of street address (geocode, read Nov 9, 2026)
  4. Ohio DNR: Buy Your Fishing License (License Requirements / Exemptions) (official, read Nov 9, 2026)
  5. Southern Ohio Paylakes forum directory (lead only, contact info) (lead, read Nov 9, 2026)

Record updated Nov 9, 2026. Something wrong or out of date? Suggest a correction.