I debated going to Strawberry this weekend, however my Buddy Tom said he was headed to Bear Lake, so being a native of the area, I decided to head up and visit Mom and see if we could hook up with a few of the big Cutts. From the sounds of the Strawberry report I just read, I think I made the right choice, here are some pics. Fishing was slow, but when we hooked up, every fish was big. The biggest Cutt went 11 lbs, we caught 7 over 5 lbs. It was a great weekend, and the weather could not have been better. I even landed a Mack on my long line for good measure. Having grown up in the Bear Lake Valley, it was nice to relive some of the old days.
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Pix, What Pix, No Pix, LOL
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Those are some beautiful cutts
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Very nice cutts. It appears you were fishing from the State marina rocks. Or did you just do your photos there? Or were you in a boat?
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Where were you at? I am headed up to Bear Lake next weekend for a family reunion. Maybe I can get away and catch some good looking fish like you did. Do you mind telling me what you were catching them on?
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INCREDIBLE cutts! Thanks for sharing!
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We were fishing from the Marina, however I think we would have done even better with a boat. I didn't quite have mine dewinterized yet, so we opted for the shore. We fished a lot of hours, in the morning and evening. Plan on casting for a long time before you get a hit, but when we caught one it was big. We were using daredevils in various colors, I caught two on an extra large blue colored Lucky Craft, which I lost on the last day. That was a hard pill to swallow since it cost $17.99. I don't think it was any particular color they were hitting because nothing we used was consistent, it was just being in the right place at the right time.
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[#000000]Great looking fish ! Especially that really nice Cutt ! [/#000000]
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[#000000]I also lost a Lucky Craft last week - Ouch ![/#000000]
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I have a few more pics but they are on my buddy's camera, I will try to post those in the next few days. These were some of the most beautiful fish I have ever caught, very healthy looking. We put them all back since none had clipped fins, but we would have put them back for another day in any case.
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Real nice fish.
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How many people have ever caught an 11lb. cut in Utah?
Probably about .0000001 percent of the fishermen.
That is IMPRESSIVE!!!!!
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Those are some very nice Cuts and Macks you got. Great Job.
AFDan52
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That was definately the biggest Cutt I have seen caught around here, we weighed him quickly and got him back in the water because he was bleeding from the gill a bit and we didn't want to keep him out of the water for more than a few seconds, I would estimate the length at 30-32" and a real fatty we didn't measure him cause we wanted to make sure he lived another day. He swam away in great shape, so he is still out there. I have video of most of the battle, however it is 235MB so I won't be posting it. We thought the one I caught the 1st night was going to be the biggest of the trip that is the one named [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/Utah_Fishing_General_F58/Bear_Lake_Weekend_P416778/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=36169;t=search_engine"]Scott Big Cutt Bear Lake.jpg[/url] but we caught 4 or 5 bigger, I won't forget it for a while.
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You all did really great. There is nothing like a big Bear Lake Bear Lake Cutt.
It looks like you were shore fishing. Did you catch them on lures or bait? Were you bottome fishing?
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WOW great fish and very beautiful. Think there's a few morals there. Nothing comes easy. A little hard work goes a long way. Sticktuitivness! Kinda makes me wish I still lived in the UT.. kinda...[:p]
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Thanks for the info.
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