Bear Lake DWR biologist Scott Tolentino reports that whitefish are spawning at the big water straddling the Utah and Idaho border. Angling for whitefish and cutthroat trout has been good. The cutthroat, and some lake trout, follow the whitefish in to feed on eggs and the some of the spawning fish. It is possible to catch all three species. The trout will hit tube jigs tipped with Bonneville cisco meat at depths between 35 and 65 feet. Whitefish are hitting Kastmasters tipped with salmon eggs in more shallow water 20-40 feet. Tolentino suggests the best places to fish have been on the rock pile near Ideal Beach, the new rock piles north of the state park marina and off the weed beds at the pumphouse south of Gus Rich Point. The daily limit is 10 fish.

-- Brett