01-12-2005, 02:52 AM
Bear Lake Fishing Report Updated Tuesday, January 11, 2005
During the last three days the Bear Lake valley has received well over three feet of new snow. The lake is totally open water, however, there are some areas where ice is beginning to randomly form along the shorelines. Currently there are no accessible places where a boat can be launched since there is just so much snow on the ground. The ramp at the marina is not plowed at this time. The concrete boat ramp at Cisco Beach was repaired and will be useable for smaller boats once the area is plowed if the lake has not froze. The entire Cisco Beach area has not been plowed and there are large berms of plowed snow along the roadside which prevents vehicles from being driven into this area at this time.
We expect the Bonneville cisco to begin their spawning run within the next week or so, however, we have been unable to monitor the Cisco Beach area due to the large amount of snow along that area. When we are able to access Cisco Beach we will begin making daily morning observations along the shoreline for cisco. We will update our telephone answering machine on a daily basis with the latest status on the run information. We ask that you please call AFTER 4:00pm since biologists need to complete their work during the day and it is impossible to speak to everyone who calls. The Bear Lake office number is: (435) 946-8501.
The most current fishing report we have is from late last week. The anglers fishing the rockpile area and along the pump house and 2nd Point areas were doing very well for cutthroat trout and the occasional lake trout. Anglers were fishing in 30-70 feet of water right on the bottom using tube jigs tipped with cisco.
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During the last three days the Bear Lake valley has received well over three feet of new snow. The lake is totally open water, however, there are some areas where ice is beginning to randomly form along the shorelines. Currently there are no accessible places where a boat can be launched since there is just so much snow on the ground. The ramp at the marina is not plowed at this time. The concrete boat ramp at Cisco Beach was repaired and will be useable for smaller boats once the area is plowed if the lake has not froze. The entire Cisco Beach area has not been plowed and there are large berms of plowed snow along the roadside which prevents vehicles from being driven into this area at this time.
We expect the Bonneville cisco to begin their spawning run within the next week or so, however, we have been unable to monitor the Cisco Beach area due to the large amount of snow along that area. When we are able to access Cisco Beach we will begin making daily morning observations along the shoreline for cisco. We will update our telephone answering machine on a daily basis with the latest status on the run information. We ask that you please call AFTER 4:00pm since biologists need to complete their work during the day and it is impossible to speak to everyone who calls. The Bear Lake office number is: (435) 946-8501.
The most current fishing report we have is from late last week. The anglers fishing the rockpile area and along the pump house and 2nd Point areas were doing very well for cutthroat trout and the occasional lake trout. Anglers were fishing in 30-70 feet of water right on the bottom using tube jigs tipped with cisco.
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