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Bear Lake Report or lack there of - night_flyguy - 07-29-2011
Took the scouts up to Camp Hunt at Bear Lake and brought my boat so they could work on some fun merit badges. I was also committed to catching my first lake trout. I didn't get alot of time but when I had some free time I would head out to about 40-50 feet of water and jig. Tube jigs tipped with chub meat, big deer hair jig and a just a chub on a hook failed to produce any hits.
I would see big schools of fish come under the boat - cisco? whitefish? bear lake monster? - and some large fish hugging the bottom but no takers.
I tried trolling rapalas by Swan Creek and casting tube jigs in 10-15 feet of water for cutts without so much as a nibble.
Even brought a fly rod to try for some carp but there's so much flooded vegetation those buggers are pretty spread out - except of course in the marina.
Still, its beautiful up there, water almost 70 degrees and the kids loved boating and learning to ski. Surprisingly few mosquitoes was a huge bonus.
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