Bear Lake Report: Cisco Disco a little slow
Published on Jan 23, 2012 02:18PM
Scott Tolentino, Bear Lake Project Leader for the UDWR, sent in this report
Monday, January 23, 2012
Bear Lake Fishing Report:
Bear Lake is 100% ice free at this time. Cisco are running well off the Utah State Park Marina, but it has been slow off Cisco Beach likely due to all the trees and vegetation in the water. Anglers have been able to dipnet limits of cisco in just a few minutes off the marina. Mornings are typically good, but anglers are dipping limits thoughout the entire day for the last 3 days. If helps to have waders or hip boots and if it is windy the cisco will not come in along the shoreline. Boat launching is available at the Utah State Park marina, 1st Point, and the Rainbow Cove ramp. All boat ramps have courtesy docks in place at this time, but they can become iced over and slippery so extra caution is needed. Anglers continue to catch limits of cisco off the rockpile in about an hour in 45-50 feet of water. They are also picking up a few whitefish and cutthroat trout while jigging for cisco. Other good spots to try for trout are the areas off at 2nd Point and the pump house. Good depths to target have been about 75-85 feet, but you may want to try shallower as the cutthroat will follow cisco into the weedy area in 25-35’ of water. If you are trolling, try minnow type lures which are working the best. If you are jigging, try castmasters or other vertical jigging spoons for cisco and whitefish. Use lead head jigs tipped with cisco for the trout. The cisco run and conditions update will be made at least every other day and will continue until the run is over and we expect it to go through next weekend. You may call the Bear Lake office answering machine for the latest report and lake conditions after 5pm. 435-946-8501.
