01-22-2012, 01:34 AM
January 21, 2012
Bear Lake Fishing Report:
The cisco are running! Finally! Anglers were able to dipnet limits of cisco off the Utah State Park marina and the run continued throughout the day. I even stopped by at 4:00pm and they were still dipnetting some fish. We still have not seen a big run off Cisco Beach but this could happen at any time. There is a lot of vegetation in the water along Cisco Beach and this may influence whether the cisco come in close to the shoreline or remain on the outside of the submerged trees. There is no ice on Bear Lake at this time and you will need waders if you don't want to get wet. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp as well as the private boat ramp just south of Gus Rich Point (Spinnaker marina). All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time except Spinnaker marina. The docks 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 cutthroat trout by trolling and jigging. Best luck has come off the Gus Rich Point/rockpile and along the east side at 2nd Point and the pump house. Good depths to target have been about 45-50 feet on the west side of the lake and 45-85 feet on the east side of the lake. Minnow type lures, flatfish, and spoons are all working for the anglers who are trolling and jigs tipped with cisco have been best for those jigging. Anglers have been jigging up limits of cisco for several days now. The cisco run updates will 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:
The cisco are running! Finally! Anglers were able to dipnet limits of cisco off the Utah State Park marina and the run continued throughout the day. I even stopped by at 4:00pm and they were still dipnetting some fish. We still have not seen a big run off Cisco Beach but this could happen at any time. There is a lot of vegetation in the water along Cisco Beach and this may influence whether the cisco come in close to the shoreline or remain on the outside of the submerged trees. There is no ice on Bear Lake at this time and you will need waders if you don't want to get wet. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp as well as the private boat ramp just south of Gus Rich Point (Spinnaker marina). All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time except Spinnaker marina. The docks 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 cutthroat trout by trolling and jigging. Best luck has come off the Gus Rich Point/rockpile and along the east side at 2nd Point and the pump house. Good depths to target have been about 45-50 feet on the west side of the lake and 45-85 feet on the east side of the lake. Minnow type lures, flatfish, and spoons are all working for the anglers who are trolling and jigs tipped with cisco have been best for those jigging. Anglers have been jigging up limits of cisco for several days now. The cisco run updates will 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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