03-24-2008, 07:26 PM
Bear Lake Report for Monday, March 24, 2008. The ice on Bear Lake is about 12-15" thick and it is holding up very well, with the exception of area right next to shore at the State Park marina where the large rocks absorb heat from the sun and it has weakened the ice immediately adjacent to the shore. There is very little snow or slush on top of the ice and there are still snowmobiles and 4-wheelers on the ice. There is over a foot of snow on the shoreline areas and the edges of the ice are not even beginning to melt. Fishing pressure has been very low this past week, but the anglers that have been fishing were catching cutthroat and whitefish on the rockpile off Ideal Beach. Use Swedish Pimples or other jigging spoons tipped with salmon eggs or meal worms in 37-50 feet of water. No lake trout action to report at this time. Come on up for one more ice trip! Morning temperature lows are still in the single digits! This is truely "ice station zebra"!
For real-time weather (wind speed, water temp, air temp, lake elevation) see the following link:
[url "http://www.bearlakewatch.com/NewPages/Newlakelevel2.htm"]http://www.bearlakewatch.com/NewPages/Newlakelevel2.htm[/url] If you want to see what the actual weather conditions and ice conditions in the marina are in real-time, you can click on the link to the Utah Lake View cams and then click on Bear Lake. [url "http://www.utahlakeview.com"]http://www.utahlakeview.com[/url]
As "ryno" said on his report for Flaming [black]Gorge, as boats start to launch this season, lots of boats will come from states where invasive mussels have been detected. Let's all watch out for those boats, that may be possible carriers, and make sure they take the necessary precautions and don't introduce any unwanted species into Bear Lake (or any other water for that matter)! Don't hesitate to contact the UDWR or State Parks and report a boat with mussels on it. Also, just having a license plate might make you want to ask a few freiendly questions of the boat owner on whether the boat has been out of the water suffient time to dessicate the mussel or if the boat has been disinfected. [/black]
Fishing regulation changes for 2008 include recognizing both Utah and Idaho licenses and the respective state's second pole permits on either side of the lake. What this means is that either a Utah or Idaho license holder can fish on either side of the lake. In addition if an angler also has purchased a second pole permit (two pole permit) then you can fish with two poles on either side of the state line too.
For those interested the GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going from south to north are:
41 degrees 58.097 minutes;
111 degrees 23.682 minutes;
41 degrees 58.187 minutes;
111 degrees 23.728 minutes;
41 degrees 58.292 minutes;
111 degrees 23.765 minutes;
41 degrees 58.418 minutes;
111 degrees 23.798 minutes;
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For real-time weather (wind speed, water temp, air temp, lake elevation) see the following link:
[url "http://www.bearlakewatch.com/NewPages/Newlakelevel2.htm"]http://www.bearlakewatch.com/NewPages/Newlakelevel2.htm[/url] If you want to see what the actual weather conditions and ice conditions in the marina are in real-time, you can click on the link to the Utah Lake View cams and then click on Bear Lake. [url "http://www.utahlakeview.com"]http://www.utahlakeview.com[/url]
As "ryno" said on his report for Flaming [black]Gorge, as boats start to launch this season, lots of boats will come from states where invasive mussels have been detected. Let's all watch out for those boats, that may be possible carriers, and make sure they take the necessary precautions and don't introduce any unwanted species into Bear Lake (or any other water for that matter)! Don't hesitate to contact the UDWR or State Parks and report a boat with mussels on it. Also, just having a license plate might make you want to ask a few freiendly questions of the boat owner on whether the boat has been out of the water suffient time to dessicate the mussel or if the boat has been disinfected. [/black]
Fishing regulation changes for 2008 include recognizing both Utah and Idaho licenses and the respective state's second pole permits on either side of the lake. What this means is that either a Utah or Idaho license holder can fish on either side of the lake. In addition if an angler also has purchased a second pole permit (two pole permit) then you can fish with two poles on either side of the state line too.
For those interested the GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going from south to north are:
41 degrees 58.097 minutes;
111 degrees 23.682 minutes;
41 degrees 58.187 minutes;
111 degrees 23.728 minutes;
41 degrees 58.292 minutes;
111 degrees 23.765 minutes;
41 degrees 58.418 minutes;
111 degrees 23.798 minutes;
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