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Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - BearLakeFishGuy - 11-24-2004 Bear Lake Fishing Report [size 3]Updated Wednesday, November 24, 2004[/size] [size 3] [/size] [size 3]The surface water temperature is 44 F. [/size] [size 3]The Bonneville whitefish are just beginning their spawning run and a few fish are being taken along the Cisco Beach area. With the low water conditions the fishing from shore should be as good or possibly even better than fishing from boats since there is only a few feet of rocks that are in the water before the bottom drops off into very deep water. Whitefish are likely to be close to shore spawning along the rocks in water 3-15 feet deep. Pound-for-pound Bonneville whitefish fight better than trout and they taste excellent when taken from the cold waters of Bear Lake. The Bonneville whitefish also lack the strong intramuscular bones that are present in the mountain whitefish typically found in rivers, which make them easier to fillet and eat. Good lures to use for whitefish are small jigs (1/16-1/8 oz.) fished close to the bottom. Small vertical jigging spoons, such as kastmasters and Swedish pimples are also effective. Finally, small spoons or #1 or #0 spinners work well. Make sure to fish the lures as close to the bottom as possible. Some anglers like to "tip" their spinners, spoons and jigs with a small piece of nightcrawler. Since the run is just beginning, the fishing should continue to improve through the first couple of weeks of December and peak around Dec 10th or so. [/size] [size 3] [/size] [size 3]Fishing for cutthroat and lake trout has been fair. Most anglers are jigging in 30-60 feet of water using tube jigs tipped with cisco meat. Good spots to try at this time of year include the "rockpile", Cisco Beach and 1st and 2nd Points. Keep moving until you find some active fish. A good sonar unit can make a big difference in helping you to locate fish.[/size] [size 3] [/size]The Bear Lake State Park has installed deicers in the marina to keep this ramp accessible for as long as possible. The depth of the marina is approximately 3-5' Anglers can now launch small boats from the concrete boat ramp at Cisco Beach. The ramp was extended last week and is now in the water. You may also launch small boats from the sandy beach around many parts of the Bear Lake shoreline but anglers should do so at their own risk, since there are many areas with deep, soft sand on the lakeshore. [signature] Re: [BearLakeFishGuy] Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - IdahoNative - 11-24-2004 thanks for the report. I am hoping to go up on friday. [signature] Re: [BearLakeFishGuy] Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - fish1on - 11-24-2004 Fishing for whites is great and one of my favorites. The weather on the other hand may make me hold off till next weekend. I can handle the cold but with a storm front that means WIND!!!!! I hate WIND!!!!!! 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"http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/local_index_day.asp?zipcode=84028&metric=0&partner=accuweather&day=5"][font "Arial"][size 1]Get Details[/size][/font][/url][font "Arial"][size 1] [/size][/font][url "http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/hbh_local.asp?zipcode=84028&metric=0&partner=accuweather&whend=5"][font "Arial"][#990000][size 1]Hourly Weather[/size][/#990000][/font][/url][font "Arial"][size 1] | [/size][/font][url "http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/promotional.asp?type=benefits-accupop"][font "Arial"][#990000][size 1]AccuPOP™[/size][/#990000][/font][/url][font "Arial"][size 1] [/size][/font] [size 2][font "Arial"]Mostly cloudy and quite cold [#000099]Low 11° F[/#000099][/font][/size] [signature] Re: [BearLakeFishGuy] Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - Kent - 11-26-2004 The Bonneville whitefish gets larger than the Bear Lake whitefish doesn't it? It seems like we were catching them a couple months later last year? [signature] Re: [kentofnsl] Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - KJFN - 11-26-2004 Kent, the Bonniville whitefish are larger than the Bear Lake whitefish. They will hang around after the spawn and eat the eggs and then come in during the cisco run, again for the eggs. So you will catch them from now until into Feb. In Feb is when the Bear Lake whitefish run. They are only about 10-14" long. [signature] Re: [KJFN] Bear Lake Fishing Report - for the Turkey Day Weekend - Kent - 11-26-2004 Thanks. On February 16th of this year, three of us caught about 90 of the Bonneville whitefish, by jigging on the rockpile through the ice. Through my AquaVu, we could see, on average, about 35 of them on the bottom sucking up those cisco eggs. [signature]