Bear Lake Cisco Run?

[Bduck]

Met up with a friend from Idaho yesterday at the state park of BL. As I'm prepping the boat Scott stopped by and informed the cisco finally showed up that morning along cisco beach after a 2yr absents. We came up with the intention of jigging for cisco out on the rockpile. By the time we reached the pile there was a dozen other boaters with most jigging cisco. Wind was not an issue at all with barely a ripple, but the cold was very brutal. Anything that splashed in or on the boat would flash freeze to ice. There were some ice fog crystals that left a blanket coating. I have a complete enclosure for my boat with a propane tank top heater keeping a warm haven to thaw out the hands. From early on I was able to start my kicker but the splashing had formed at the pee stream hole so no kicker use this day. Kept my main motor running all day to keep from ice forming. We took a trip over cisco beach about noonish to see if anything was going on. Found 1 guy that just stepped into the water with his long net pole but he came out walked to his vehicle then left. We marked cisco in 40-60FOW. After hanging around at the beach for a while seeing if we jig up some cisco we then left to headed back to the pile. Finished the day with 1 limit between the both of us to divide. This bait will last us a while. While prepping boat for trip home Scott stopped by again gladly exchanging information and had a good conversation. I would prefer to jig for cisco over dip netting. I did mention how brutally cccolddddd it was there. If anyone is going for cisco now is the time.