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Description:

For the latest Bear Lake fishing report, click here.

Current Conditions:

Last checked for updates: 1/21/2019

Current Conditions

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Day-Use:
MARINA – OPEN. Open year round.
RENDEZVOUS BEACH – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
FIRST POINT – OPEN. Open year round.
CISCO BEACH – OPEN. Open year round.
RAINBOW COVE – OPEN. Open year round.
SOUTH EDEN – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
NORTH EDEN – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
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Lake Surface:
Some ice is forming, but don’t consider it safe. There are thin sheets of ice along with several slicks of chunky ice. Be careful!
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Ice Thickness:
See above note.
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Park Roads:
Plowed and open.
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Launch Ramps:
MARINA – OPEN. The de-icers have been turned on in the marina channel.
FIRST POINT – OPEN.
CISCO BEACH – OPEN, but it is difficult to use.
RAINBOW COVE – OPEN.
RENDEZVOUS BEACH – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
The ramp docks at First Point, Cisco Beach, and Rainbow Cove have been pulled out to avoid ice build-up and damage. Please do not put them back into the water.
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Fishing Conditions:
Good- utahfishinginfo.com/dwr/fishingreports.php
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Campgrounds:
RENDEZVOUS BEACH – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
CISCO BEACH – OPEN. First come, first serve. Open year round.
RAINBOW COVE – OPEN. First come, first serve. Campsites 1 to 4 are open year round. Bluff’s campsites are CLOSED until approximately May , 2019, weather permitting.
SOUTH EDEN – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
NORTH EDEN – CLOSED until approximately May 1, 2019, weather permitting.
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Water Temperature:
@ 33.1 degrees as measured in the Bear Lake State Park Marina.
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Water Level (elevation):
@ 5916.65′.
Full elevation: 5923.65′.
2018 high elevation: 5920.45′
2018/19 low elevation: 5916.35′
2017 high elevation: 5922.35′
2017/18 low elevation: 5919.10′
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Air Temperature:
This past week:
The day time high temperatures have ranged from the mid 20’s to the high 30’s.
The nighttime low temperatures have ranged from the single digits to the mid 20’s.
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Last Updated: January 15, 2019.
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UPPER LOGAN CANYON SNOWMOBILE TRAIL GROOMING STATUS – January 14, 2019:
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Please be patient with us as we deal with snow storms and with staffing logistics.
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These are the trails we have groomed in the past week:
1/7 – Unable to groom the Tony Grove and Franklin Basin trails due to extreme storm and wind conditions.
1/8 – Swan Flat, Amazon, and Beaver Creek trails.
1/9 – Sinks Valley/Temple Canyon trail to Meadowville.
1/10 – Tony Grove and Franklin Basin trails.
1/11 – Swan Flat, Amazon, and Beaver Creek trails.
1/12 – Amazon and Beaver Creek trails.
1/13 – Sinks Valley to Temple Flat trail.
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These are the trails we plan to groom in the coming week:
1/14 – Tony Grove and Franklin Basin trails.
1/15 – Swan Flat, Amazon, and Beaver Creek trails.
1/16 – Sinks Valley to Temple Canyon trail.
1/17 – Swan Flat, Amazon, and Beaver Creek trails.
1/18 – Tony Grove and Franklin Basin trails.
1/19 – Amazon and Beaver Creek trails.
1/20 – Sinks Valley to Temple Canyon trail.
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Bear Lake is one of two main bodies of water left over from the ancient Lake Bonneville. The other one is Utah Lake.

Bear Lake was formed 28,000 years ago by earthquake activity. It is 20 miles long and eight miles wide. Originally, it was called Black Bear Lake, by Donald Mackenzie, explorer for the North West Fur Company, who discovered it in 1819 while scouting for fur-bearing animals. The name was later shortened to just Bear Lake.

The cool, Caribbean-blue waters of Bear Lake are ideal for waterskiing, swimming, scuba diving, and sailing. Anglers enjoy year-round fishing for cutthroat, mackinaw, cisco, and whitefish. Bear Lake State Park offers three recreation areas: Rendezvous Beach, Bear Lake Marina, and East Beach.

Bear Lake State Park Rendezvous Beach is named for the famous rendezvous of trappers and Native Americans held in the summers of 1827 and 1828. A thousand or more Indians and mountain men, including Jedediah Smith, attended the gatherings.

East Side/Cisco Beach/South Eden/North Eden/First Point: These primitive areas are located on the east shore approximately ten miles north of Laketown. The terrain is rocky and the water depth drops off quickly to 208 feet.

Cisco Beach is famous for its midwinter fishing with dip nets for the small, seven-inch Bonneville Cisco, a member of the whitefish family. For a week to 10 days every January, swarms of Cisco come close to the rocky shore to spawn. They are easily scooped up by hardy fishermen wading waist-deep in the icy water or through holes in the ice if the lake is frozen.

Bear Lake is home to several native species of fish that are not found anywhere else in the world, including the Bonneville Cisco and the Bear Lake Whitefish, and the Bear Lake Cutthroat Trout. The lake is often referred to as Utah's Caribbean, because of its turquoise blue color. Why is the water so blue? Its beautiful and unique green-blue color comes from particles of calcium carbonate (limestone) that are suspended in the water. Bear Lake is currently listed as one of Utah's flat water 'Blue Ribbon' fisheries.

Bear Lake is located on the Utah/Idaho border north of Cache Valley in Rich County. Its fishery is managed by both states. Click here for a list of rules for the State Park.

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