Bear Lake

[amdchip]

Any recent news on bear lake open water conditions? Also I haven't fished bear lake for years and years. I would like to catch a mac in my boat. I have 26' deck boat with a couple down riggers and fish finder, any tips on where to go on the lake? I have some good sized flat fish and lead core poles, anything else special I would need?

Thanks in advance..
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[pizzaman_288]

some rapalas and jigs but most of all someone that knows some of the lake id be up for showing you some stuff when the lake thaws as of right now it is froze over but only a 1/3 of the lake has thick enough ice to fish on let me know if youd like to get out sometime
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[KJFN]

Welcome aboard! There is an archive site that should help to answer a lot of your questions. Here is the link.

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_...i?forum=85
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[amdchip]

Will do... Love to have a guide []

Dang, I want to get the boat out and sounded like a good excuse to take off work tomorrow [:/]. I need to start posting here, I've been looking for years but never post. I fish a fair amount and should contribute like everyone else.
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[amdchip]

Hey Thanks! That should be quite helpful
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[pizzaman_288]

well you can always do the ice thing up there tomorrow let me know id be up for a trip tomorrow ive got some cisco we could use
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[amdchip]

The reports I have read were a little mixed. Is the ice safe? I guess it probably depends on where you go hu. So the lakers like cisco? It has been so long since I have fished for them. I was just a kid with grandpa. They used to use down riggers with steel line. I remember frog pattern big flatfish and they used a thing called a rubber snubber just in front of the lure that had steel line inside and an elastic exterior that would soften the strike a bit. Not sure if they even make those anymore.
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[pizzaman_288]

yeah they still make the snubbers i dont use them though and yeah they like cisco i know last saturday i caught a cutt that had a 7" whitefish hanging out of its mouth that was still alive when i cleaned it it had 3 more in its belly and i was using a 4.5" flatfish let me know about the ice thing
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[amdchip]

Not looking good for a BL outing tomorrow [frown], but seriously wouldn't mind fishing with ya
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[amdchip]

Pizzaman,

Still deliberating on going up tomorrow. I shot ya a message.
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[IdahoNative]

I was really hoping for open water I really wanted to do some trolling this weekend.
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[NinjasetRiggs]

We need somebody with a tough jet boat to break through some chunks in the marina and we are in business. If someone is going over tomorrow let me know cause I would definatly be down to help break up some ice.
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[IdahoNative]

Is there open water on the east side? how are the boat ramps?
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[NinjasetRiggs]

My budy that lives over there said that he was not sure about cisco beach, first point is still froze up, but the marina was mostly clear other than a couple sections that he thought we could break through with a little work. He is supposed to get back with me later after he checks it out more.
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[amdchip]

Now that's what I'm talking about, bust it up. I'm dieing to get my boat on BL. Just feels like if I can get out there and troll may hook something decent. I've got spring fever bad man [:p]. I wanted to get up there today and put the boat on and have been at work with the weather looking great pouting all day [frown]. If I could have got the boat on I would have been there. Didn't feel like braving the ice. Let me know if you guys bust up that ice []
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[fish1on]

I just got back from BL, had to shovel snow off my roof.[frown] When I left I decided to grab a BBQ sandwich from the Chevron and drive to the marina and eat lunch (Thanks to petty4life and rileyfish I am addicted to thier BBQ sandwiches). The marina has already been broken thru and the lake has floating ice but most definately fishable and launch worthy. Just be careful and pay attention to your travel path, would be easy to get ice locked.
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[amdchip]

Good to hear. Think I may for a few days of good weather after this storm passes, maybe if I can hold out that long. Definitely the premo time of the year to get on the lake, ice off baby
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[Old_Coot]

This conversation reminds me of a failed BL trip I once made.

Here is the video of that trip:

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[amdchip]

Lol, thats great. No fish though hu? Did you ever make it to open water or did you just turn around and load the boat [laugh]
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[catmaster23]

It looks like that from shore, wait till your out there in a boat and realize that the the whole lake is pretty much frozen, me and ninja were out on saturday and it was quite the adventure, All I can say is that the guys on deadliest catch aint got nothin on us. My advice is wait till the lake clears.
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