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Update on Bonneville WF run at Bear Lake-Tuesday 12/3
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Fished Bear Lake today.  Started at 0800.  We were only after Bonneville WF and fished both east and west shorelines in several places.  We caught a few WF, but they were all males and nothing larger than maybe 15".  This tells me the run is barely getting started.  The good news was: while fishing for WF we landed 7 cutthroat and they were all really nice sized fish and fought really well in the shallow, cold water.  Never fished over 12' of water and we caught the WF in 4-8' over rocky shoreline areas.  Sorry, no pics since it's a pain to dig out the camera with all the clothes on!  All fish were caught on 1/8oz roadrunner or small marabous or plastics tipped with Gulp earthworms.  Color did not seem to matter.  So, the WF spawning run is just starting and should really get going by the weekend and it should be good fishing for WF though next week.  Take advantage of the high water, good weather (cold but calm) and just get outside!!
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#2
Awesome, thanks for the report!
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#3
Thanks Scott, that is a great news and I appreciate your report... Thank you... Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!
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It's funny how if you catch WF on the fly in rivers, they're second class citizens, but they're all the rage at Bear Lake during the spawn.

Personally, I'd rather catch them in shorts and a t-shirt and not bundled up like an eskimo. They are definitely good eats!
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(39 minutes ago)MWScott72 Wrote: It's funny how if you catch WF on the fly in rivers, they're second class citizens, but they're all the rage at Bear Lake during the spawn.

Personally, I'd rather catch them in shorts and a t-shirt and not bundled up like an eskimo.  They are definitely good eats!
The whitefish you catch in rivers are a completely different species...mountain whitefish.  They have smaller mouths and feed mostly on insects.  The larger Bonneville whitefish in Bear Lake get a lot bigger and have bigger mouths.  And once they get over about a foot long they feed heavily on small fish...piscivorous.  

But, ya cain't ketch 'em where they ain't.  And during the warm weather months they are scatttered out in deeper water.  Still some caught by deep jigging, but not like when they swarm in and congregate to spawn in the shallows in "Eskimo" conditions in the winter.
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