06-04-2012, 10:37 PM
Fishing on Bear Lake has been excellent for cutthroat trout and fair for lake trout. The surface water temperature is 59F and there is no thermocline yet. The best method has been trolling with minnow-type lures with rattles in depths of 20-60 feet along the west side of the lake. Good spots have been off the marina and Swan Creek up into Idaho. Use minnow-type lures in 4-7” lengths or flatfish in the U-20-M2 sizes trolled from downriggers. Now that many cutthroat are finished spawning and are returning to the lake, they are feeding heavily until the water warms up. You can also try jigging, use whole cisco or jigs tipped with cisco. A few anglers are also catching cutthroat trout casting off the Utah State Park marina dikes in the early mornings.
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