Bear Lake Fishing Report 5/26/2004

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[size 1]Fishing for cutthroat and lake trout has been good this past week. Anglers who are trolling are having the best luck and are catching cutthroat trout and lake trout trolling in shallow water using flatlines with deep diving rapalas, yo-zuris, or rebels in black/silver and blue/silver finishes. Most of the fish are being caught in water from 10-25 feet deep off the Boy Scout Camp along the east side of the lake. Other anglers are also reporting good luck trolling for cutthroat trout from the State Park Marina north to the "no fishing" buoys off the mouth of Swan Creek. Try varying your trolling speeds and changing lures until you start getting hits. Other anglers are trolling with flatfish and rapalas off downriggers. Try running the downrigger at 10-15 feet down and your lure about 75-100 behind the cannon ball. Very few anglers are jigging at this time of the year, but this method should also work. Try using tube jigs tipped with cisco and start fishing in shallow depths 15-20' and then keep moving deeper until you locate active fish. Fish can be found at all depths at this time of year since the water is still very cold and the lake is not thermally stratified.

The Utah State Park Marina new visitor's center is now open. Two new launching lanes have been added as well as a fish cleaning station and additional bathrooms/showers. Anglers can also launch small boats off the low-water boat ramp at Cisco Beach. There is now a dock provided at this site to aid in launching/retrieving your boat. This ramp is paved, but there is no protection from the wind and the concrete does not extend very far into the water. [/size]
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