03-02-2007, 03:57 PM
[/url][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Bear Lake Report for Friday, March 02, 2007:[/size][/font][/url]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Verdana"][size 2]T[/size][/font]he ice thickness on Bear Lake is 12-15” thick. There is at least 10” of new snow on top of the ice at this time. Access to the lake is excellent for snowmobiles and 4-wheel drive four wheelers. It is actually deep enough to get stuck with only a 2 wheel drive four wheeler. This week we also saw a couple of pickup trucks out on the ice fishing the rockpile!! Although the ice is thick enough to support a vehicle, it is not recommended due to weak spots caused by methane gas vents and springs. Tempertures during a few nights this week have been well below zero! The whitefish fishing has been good-excellent this past week. Bear Lake whitefish are spawning and the larger Bonneville whitefish are feeding on their eggs. Try fishing off the new rockpiles north of the marina, the Rockpile off Ideal Beach, and the weedbeds south of Gus Rich Point. The weedbeds are in depths of 15-30’ and run parallel to shore. Use small lures such as Swedish Pimples, 1/64 to 1/8oz. jigs, and/or ice flys tipped with a salmon egg or wax worm fished close to bottom. When fishing for the whitefish, several really nice cutthroat trout have also been caught. Overall the cutthroat and lake trout remains fair-good. Lake trout are still being taken in the deeper depths (60-110’) and cutthroat are being taken in depths from 20-90’. Fishing is good just about anywhere on the lake at this time, but the most popular spots this week have been off Gus Rich Point, the public access area in Garden City (150 South Street), Second Point and the Idaho State Park. Use tube jigs or larger Swedish Pimples and Castmaster-type lures tipped with cisco for the cutthroat trout and lake trout. Remember with the new snow many of the open water vent holes and springs could be covered over with drifted snow. Be careful and as an added safety measure, wear a set of ice picks around your neck on the outside of your clothing. The picks will help you to pull yourself out of the water if you should fall through. Remember a Utah license is valid on the Idaho side of Bear Lake, but you may NOT use a second pole when fishing on the Idaho side of the lake. [/size][/font][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]The GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going south to north are:[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.097’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.682’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.187’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.728’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.292’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.765’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.418’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.798’[/font][/size]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The latest fishing report is also available on line at: [/size][/font][url "http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/detailed.php?id=1"][size 3][#800080][font "Times New Roman"]http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/detailed.php?id=1[/font][/#800080][/size][/url]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Verdana"][size 2]T[/size][/font]he ice thickness on Bear Lake is 12-15” thick. There is at least 10” of new snow on top of the ice at this time. Access to the lake is excellent for snowmobiles and 4-wheel drive four wheelers. It is actually deep enough to get stuck with only a 2 wheel drive four wheeler. This week we also saw a couple of pickup trucks out on the ice fishing the rockpile!! Although the ice is thick enough to support a vehicle, it is not recommended due to weak spots caused by methane gas vents and springs. Tempertures during a few nights this week have been well below zero! The whitefish fishing has been good-excellent this past week. Bear Lake whitefish are spawning and the larger Bonneville whitefish are feeding on their eggs. Try fishing off the new rockpiles north of the marina, the Rockpile off Ideal Beach, and the weedbeds south of Gus Rich Point. The weedbeds are in depths of 15-30’ and run parallel to shore. Use small lures such as Swedish Pimples, 1/64 to 1/8oz. jigs, and/or ice flys tipped with a salmon egg or wax worm fished close to bottom. When fishing for the whitefish, several really nice cutthroat trout have also been caught. Overall the cutthroat and lake trout remains fair-good. Lake trout are still being taken in the deeper depths (60-110’) and cutthroat are being taken in depths from 20-90’. Fishing is good just about anywhere on the lake at this time, but the most popular spots this week have been off Gus Rich Point, the public access area in Garden City (150 South Street), Second Point and the Idaho State Park. Use tube jigs or larger Swedish Pimples and Castmaster-type lures tipped with cisco for the cutthroat trout and lake trout. Remember with the new snow many of the open water vent holes and springs could be covered over with drifted snow. Be careful and as an added safety measure, wear a set of ice picks around your neck on the outside of your clothing. The picks will help you to pull yourself out of the water if you should fall through. Remember a Utah license is valid on the Idaho side of Bear Lake, but you may NOT use a second pole when fishing on the Idaho side of the lake. [/size][/font][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]The GPS coordinates for the new rockpiles using WGS84 datum going south to north are:[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.097’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.682’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.187’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.728’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.292’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.765’[/font][/size]
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[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]41 degrees 58.418’[/font][/size]
[size 3][font "Times New Roman"]111 degrees 23.798’[/font][/size]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]The latest fishing report is also available on line at: [/size][/font][url "http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/detailed.php?id=1"][size 3][#800080][font "Times New Roman"]http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots/detailed.php?id=1[/font][/#800080][/size][/url]
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