01-20-2012, 07:09 PM
Friday, January 20, 2012
Bear Lake Fishing Report:
Bear Lake is 100% ice free at this time. We have seen only a few isolated cisco off Cisco Beach and dipnetting has been very slow but could pick up at any time. This morning we did see some cisco schools off the Utah State Park marina and there were no anglers present. We expect the cisco show up any day at Cisco Beach and this weekend could be good. However, if it is windy the cisco will not come in along the shoreline. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp. All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time, but they can become iced over and slippery so extra caution is needed. 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 while trying to launch a boat. Anglers are catching limits of cisco off the rockpile in about an hour in 45-50 feet of water. Make sure to count your cisco and make sure you do not catch cisco for someone else. You must catch your own fish. Anglers are also picking up a few whitefish and cutthroat trout while jigging for cisco. The pressure earlier this week was very light due to high winds, but boats were able to access the rockpile area the last two days. Other good spots to try for trout are the areas off at 2nd Point and the pump house. Good depths to target have been about 75-85 feet, but you may want to try shallower as the cutthroat will follow cisco into the weedy area in 25-35’ of water. If you are trolling, try minnow type lures which are working the best. If you are jigging, try castmasters or other vertical jigging spoons for cisco and whitefish and try lead head jigs tipped with cisco for the trout. The cisco run and conitions update will be made at least every other day and will continue until the run is over. You may call the Bear Lake office answering machine for the latest report and lake conditions after 5pm. 435-946-8501. 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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Bear Lake Fishing Report:
Bear Lake is 100% ice free at this time. We have seen only a few isolated cisco off Cisco Beach and dipnetting has been very slow but could pick up at any time. This morning we did see some cisco schools off the Utah State Park marina and there were no anglers present. We expect the cisco show up any day at Cisco Beach and this weekend could be good. However, if it is windy the cisco will not come in along the shoreline. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp. All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time, but they can become iced over and slippery so extra caution is needed. 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 while trying to launch a boat. Anglers are catching limits of cisco off the rockpile in about an hour in 45-50 feet of water. Make sure to count your cisco and make sure you do not catch cisco for someone else. You must catch your own fish. Anglers are also picking up a few whitefish and cutthroat trout while jigging for cisco. The pressure earlier this week was very light due to high winds, but boats were able to access the rockpile area the last two days. Other good spots to try for trout are the areas off at 2nd Point and the pump house. Good depths to target have been about 75-85 feet, but you may want to try shallower as the cutthroat will follow cisco into the weedy area in 25-35’ of water. If you are trolling, try minnow type lures which are working the best. If you are jigging, try castmasters or other vertical jigging spoons for cisco and whitefish and try lead head jigs tipped with cisco for the trout. The cisco run and conitions update will be made at least every other day and will continue until the run is over. You may call the Bear Lake office answering machine for the latest report and lake conditions after 5pm. 435-946-8501. 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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