03-31-2010, 05:57 PM
Try the east side of Bear Lake. You can get pretty deep pretty fast. Cisco Beach, right off the ranger station is a great place to start. You can be in 100 feet of water within a stone's throw. As TubeDude said, try a tube with a little cisco or sucker meat. Don't be surprised if you hook decent cutthroat too.
The Gorge is another story. Most of the better structure for good macks is a pretty good distance from shore though any of the rocky points you catch pups on can throw you a decent fish now and then.
Coldfooter has the best idea. Catch a ride with a boat and tube from it. If something happens like wind, the boat can pick you up. Obviously, with my very limited exposure to float tubes and pontoons, it seems a pontoon would be easier to get in and out from a boat than a tube.
Captain Jim and I had the discussion of catching macks from a pontoon and from his experiences it wasn't that big a deal. Macks GENERALLY pull straight down so it wasn't like he was being towed around a whole lot. Good Luck, it sounds like fun to me.
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The Gorge is another story. Most of the better structure for good macks is a pretty good distance from shore though any of the rocky points you catch pups on can throw you a decent fish now and then.
Coldfooter has the best idea. Catch a ride with a boat and tube from it. If something happens like wind, the boat can pick you up. Obviously, with my very limited exposure to float tubes and pontoons, it seems a pontoon would be easier to get in and out from a boat than a tube.
Captain Jim and I had the discussion of catching macks from a pontoon and from his experiences it wasn't that big a deal. Macks GENERALLY pull straight down so it wasn't like he was being towed around a whole lot. Good Luck, it sounds like fun to me.
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