07-19-2005, 12:51 AM
We hit Bear Lake for a family vacation on the aforementioned dates. Kentofnsl was nice enough to give me a few cisco to try deep for the Lakers. We found that we weren't very good at that method. We would find areas that were 90 feet deep, and try to jig them, but I felt like it was hard to keep contact with the bottom. It seemed like we would be in contact, and then not, and then we would get snags. I lost a few setups that way. I was using 1 oz. jigheads with gitzits and tipped with the cisco that Kent gave us. We tried that a few mornings and weren't very successful. We were over by Cicso Beach when we were doing that. I can only think of one bite we had doing that.
We went out and fished areas that were more shallow, around 5-30 feet and had better success for smaller fish. It wasn't hard to catch 12-17 inch cuts and smaller lake trout early in the morning using spinners, small rapalas, and big spoons. It was never fast fishing, but it wasn't slow either. We would catch between 12-15 smaller fish every morning between three fisherman. We'd get out there around six and leave at nine when the boaters came along. I caught my first two lake trout, but they weren't the ones I was really after. I wanted to catch a big one, like 7 lbs or bigger. So, we had good success catching smaller trout and whitefish early in the mornings and later at night using the lures I explained. During the day, we played most of the time.
I would love to figure out how to fish the lake. My family has recently started going to Bear Lake more often. I'll have to put in the time on the water to figure out what I'm doing. I had a good time, but catching one of hte bigger fish would have made my trip. Anyways, it was a learning experience and I'd like to thank Kent for letting me borrow some cisco. Hopefully we'll do better next time.
I'll just stick to the bass and bluegill at Mantua and Jordanelle for now.
Smallmouthchaser
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We went out and fished areas that were more shallow, around 5-30 feet and had better success for smaller fish. It wasn't hard to catch 12-17 inch cuts and smaller lake trout early in the morning using spinners, small rapalas, and big spoons. It was never fast fishing, but it wasn't slow either. We would catch between 12-15 smaller fish every morning between three fisherman. We'd get out there around six and leave at nine when the boaters came along. I caught my first two lake trout, but they weren't the ones I was really after. I wanted to catch a big one, like 7 lbs or bigger. So, we had good success catching smaller trout and whitefish early in the mornings and later at night using the lures I explained. During the day, we played most of the time.
I would love to figure out how to fish the lake. My family has recently started going to Bear Lake more often. I'll have to put in the time on the water to figure out what I'm doing. I had a good time, but catching one of hte bigger fish would have made my trip. Anyways, it was a learning experience and I'd like to thank Kent for letting me borrow some cisco. Hopefully we'll do better next time.
I'll just stick to the bass and bluegill at Mantua and Jordanelle for now.
Smallmouthchaser
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