08-13-2018, 04:37 AM
I made it over to Bear Lake again for the annual family get together at the lake house. During this family shindig the boat is usually occupied with tube riders, wake boarders and water skiers and so fishing time is usually pretty limited. However, we were able to get out on a few short trips when our clan’s water-sporters weren’t awake yet, or after they had already worn themselves out for the day. We were able to make it out a couple evenings and mornings.
Each trip was probably only 1.5 to 2.5 hours long, so were not able to put a whole lot of time into it. We also took out some smaller kiddos, so that was about the extent of their attention span for fishing…not to mention the expiration time of the patience of the adults on the boat.
Two of my nephews caught their first Bear Lake Cutthroats.
The smaller fish were very colorful with their backs matching the blue of the lake.
My 10-year-old daughter was excited to catch her biggest fish yet; a 9-lb 30” Lake Trout.
In all we made 3 sundown trips 2 late morning trips and 1 early morning trip for a total of about 13 hours of fishing time.
Total fish count: 15 fish
14 Cutthroats: between 12" – 24" long (5 clipped fins – 9 native fish)
1 Lake trout: 30” L 9 lbs
We were fishing in 55 – 95 FOW over sandy bottom (which surprised me) and running our lures between 45 and 55 feet down. All but 4 fish were actually caught between the hours of 10 am – noon. Two were caught around 8:00 am and two were caught around sunset. We were marking on the fish finder what appeared to be bait balls down about 50 - 60 ft. After watching some grebes dive down and come back with Cisco in their beaks, I’m guessing we were seeing small schools of Cisco on the screen.
Lures that worked:
Orange dodger w/ orange squid
Pink dodger w/ pink squid
Bahama Mama dodger w/ pink squid
Funky Frog dodger w/ pink Spin n’ Glo
Silver/Blue Rapala Husky Jerk
Pale yellow Wally Diver
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Each trip was probably only 1.5 to 2.5 hours long, so were not able to put a whole lot of time into it. We also took out some smaller kiddos, so that was about the extent of their attention span for fishing…not to mention the expiration time of the patience of the adults on the boat.
Two of my nephews caught their first Bear Lake Cutthroats.
The smaller fish were very colorful with their backs matching the blue of the lake.
My 10-year-old daughter was excited to catch her biggest fish yet; a 9-lb 30” Lake Trout.
In all we made 3 sundown trips 2 late morning trips and 1 early morning trip for a total of about 13 hours of fishing time.
Total fish count: 15 fish
14 Cutthroats: between 12" – 24" long (5 clipped fins – 9 native fish)
1 Lake trout: 30” L 9 lbs
We were fishing in 55 – 95 FOW over sandy bottom (which surprised me) and running our lures between 45 and 55 feet down. All but 4 fish were actually caught between the hours of 10 am – noon. Two were caught around 8:00 am and two were caught around sunset. We were marking on the fish finder what appeared to be bait balls down about 50 - 60 ft. After watching some grebes dive down and come back with Cisco in their beaks, I’m guessing we were seeing small schools of Cisco on the screen.
Lures that worked:
Orange dodger w/ orange squid
Pink dodger w/ pink squid
Bahama Mama dodger w/ pink squid
Funky Frog dodger w/ pink Spin n’ Glo
Silver/Blue Rapala Husky Jerk
Pale yellow Wally Diver
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