Angling opportunities down on Cedar River

Fishing on Lake Leelanau is pretty good, even compared to what might be considered its heyday.

But angling opportunities in the Cedar River, once considered a haven for big bass, pike and panfish, have degraded immensely.

Those are some thoughts from Bruce Lehmann, whose recollections of the watershed date back to the late 1940s when he could barely lift a pole. His grandfather and father, nicknamed “Bones,” bought the property where he and his wife, Janine, reside in 1936 for a few hundred dollars.