Bear Lake fishing report for 12/10/2024

[BearLakeFishGuy]

Fished Bear Lake from 0800 to about 1300.  Were only after whitefish.  Caught 12 WF but surprisingly, no cutthroat this trip.  Last week we really did well on some really nice sized cutts.  We tried the state park marina (2 WF here), Gus Rich Point (1 WF here), and 2nd Point (9 WF here).  The WF are in really shallow water this year.  We were literally catching WF in 3-4' of water!  We anchored up in about 7-8' (you can easily see the bottom in this depth) and casted shallower.  Used 1/8 tube jigs and 1/8oz roadrunner jigs tipped with Gulp earthworms.  Also tried regular nightcrawlers.  Caught fish on both.  If we wanted cutthroat, I think we could have caught them in slightly deeper water.  We saw one other boat catch a few cutthroat in the deeper water.  Very little pressure this year.  Cold weather this morning and it was breezy until about 0900, then nice and calm the rest of the day.  Caught some females today that were running ripe, so the spawn is peaking and should last at least through the weekend. Good luck.