Great Bear Lake

[wiperhunter2]

Great detailed report, thanks for posting it. Not many of us fish BL anymore since the laker population is down but a 30" mack from there is a great fish. We never targeted cutts when fishing there but Scott would be the master about all things at BL, if he sees this post. We always did our best catching, while vertical jigging and white or pearl tubes were what we used the most, with a piece of cisco or chub meat.

I've really gotten into flatfall jigs lately.  We did drop on the rockpile a couple times to see if we could get any cooperation.  We have gotten cooperation before, but not this time.

How deep of water were you jigging in?  Jigging on the bottom?

After many years of jigging on and around the Rockpile, we have found that jigging just off the rockpile is the most productive but the depth depends on the lake water level in any given year from 65 to almost 80 ft depending on the lakes level in that year. We have had our best luck on the North side but we have also caught them on the east side. We drop to the bottom and jig up about a foot of two depending on what the fish want, on any given day. We jig aggressively from the bottom up about two feet some days, other days only a few inches but the aggressive jigging has produced the most often. The only time we jig on top of the rockpile is when the cisco are spawning and the cutts and macks are there feeding on them.