Big Blue - Whitefish?

[gmwahl]

I live here on Bear Lake and have been fishing my buns off for the whitefish for the last couple of weeks. I got third place in the whitefish contest. Success has been very spotty this year compared to other years. The water temps don't have much to do with it, but for sure it seems that the abundance of suitable habitat and spawning areas has affected the fish concentration. Most years I can watch the fish swarm by the many dozens to hundreds at a time and can also catch one on almost every other cast when they are running heavy, but not this year. I've had a few limit days, but not many. They did start a little later than normal and are still going right now, at least for the next several days I'm sure. I thought I had posted a few reports on here, but I haven't done a dedicated thread due to the slow fishing. I don't want to report that the fishing is stellar when the reality is the opposite. It's a long way for most guys to come up here and costly as well and I would feel like a heel if I sucked a bunch of guys up here just to have wasted their time and money. The die hard whitefish anglers know the timing anyway and will come try it regardless of the reports (or lack thereof).

If you want to try it I would suggest getting up here this weekend, because there won't be another weekend for another year.

Just a few tips on spots.....second point, Cisco beach and if the stars line up Gus Rich point have been best with second point probably best overall.

Good luck if you come try it!

Mike
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