Bear Lake The DWR of Utah has been stocking the lake these past few weeks. I have had several reports of the fishing being good until they stocked the cutthroats and then it seems to have slowed down because of the planting. Most of these reports have been from the shore anglers. Those that have been out on the lake have also not seen great number of fish but that could be due to a lot of different factors. Make sure that you don't get caught up in one particular area because that is usually your down fall. The fish will be coming in periodically over the next 3 weeks but the best times have always been from May 5th-14th. Make sure that you utilize all of the areas that favor the cutthroats spawning ground if that is what you are after. Those areas are the following locations. State Marina ~ Swan Creek ~ 1st Point ~ 2nd Point ~ Cisco Beach ~ Long Arm and Short Arm of St. Charles Creek ~ Inlet just West of Rock Pile ~ These are all good locations and your depths will be depending on the time of day but they range from 6' - 42'.
For those of you that like to fish for the Lake Trout this time of year it has been really good as well but the best fishing has been from those that are long lining. The areas that I have found the best success for this type of fishing during this time of year is off of 1st Point, South Eden, Ledges, & Rainbow Cove. Depths will be in the 72' - 82' mark. The other FYI I will give you is if you are using the Bonneville Cisco make sure that you concentrate on the smaller Cisco for your bait. Best is the 3" - 5" sizes. Also I would make sure that they have not been in the freezer for more than 8 months without them being in a vacuum packed sealed bag because when they get freezer burnt it is all over.
