11-29-2011, 03:57 PM
November 29, 2011
Surface water temperature is 42 degrees. The Bonneville whitefish are just beginning their spawning run and fishing has been fair, but is expected to improve significantly by the upcoming weekend and should continue to be good for the next 2-3 weeks. Anglers are catching a few whitefish right now using 1/16 to 1/8 ounce jigs along rocky shoreline areas in 10-15’ of water. Try marabou, tube, or twister tails. Favorite colors are white and yellow, but all colors will work. You can also catch whitefish using small spinners (#0 or #1) and jigging spoons such as castmasters in 1” lengths. It is important to make sure that your lure is close to the bottom in order to catch the whitefish. You can try tipping your lure with a small piece of worm too. A few lake trout and cutthroat trout are also being caught while jigging for whitefish.
Anglers who are tolling are catching lake trout and cutthroat trout just about everywhere on the lake right now and popular depths are 60-80’, but some fish are being taken with lures trolled on flat lines closer to the surface. Minnow type lures are working the best at this time. You can also jig for cutthroat trout and lake trout using tube jigs tipped with cisco in depths from 35-80 feet. Try the rockpile area, 2nd Point, and off the Utah State Park marina. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp. You can also launch boats on the east side at the Idaho State Park east beach as well as Idaho State Park on the north end of the lake. All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time. The ramp at Cisco Beach is not usable since the concrete portion of the ramp is well underwater and with the soft sand and loose rock, you can easily get stuck. Remember, if you launch, boat or fish on the Idaho half of the lake you MUST have an Idaho mussel certification sticker on your boat or you will be ticketed.
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Surface water temperature is 42 degrees. The Bonneville whitefish are just beginning their spawning run and fishing has been fair, but is expected to improve significantly by the upcoming weekend and should continue to be good for the next 2-3 weeks. Anglers are catching a few whitefish right now using 1/16 to 1/8 ounce jigs along rocky shoreline areas in 10-15’ of water. Try marabou, tube, or twister tails. Favorite colors are white and yellow, but all colors will work. You can also catch whitefish using small spinners (#0 or #1) and jigging spoons such as castmasters in 1” lengths. It is important to make sure that your lure is close to the bottom in order to catch the whitefish. You can try tipping your lure with a small piece of worm too. A few lake trout and cutthroat trout are also being caught while jigging for whitefish.
Anglers who are tolling are catching lake trout and cutthroat trout just about everywhere on the lake right now and popular depths are 60-80’, but some fish are being taken with lures trolled on flat lines closer to the surface. Minnow type lures are working the best at this time. You can also jig for cutthroat trout and lake trout using tube jigs tipped with cisco in depths from 35-80 feet. Try the rockpile area, 2nd Point, and off the Utah State Park marina. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp. You can also launch boats on the east side at the Idaho State Park east beach as well as Idaho State Park on the north end of the lake. All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time. The ramp at Cisco Beach is not usable since the concrete portion of the ramp is well underwater and with the soft sand and loose rock, you can easily get stuck. Remember, if you launch, boat or fish on the Idaho half of the lake you MUST have an Idaho mussel certification sticker on your boat or you will be ticketed.
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