10-29-2023, 01:37 AM
I live in Garden City and can probably offer a local perspective.
First thing....
The laker fishing is increasingly spottier than it used to be this time of year. The laker fishing is best starting about December 1st through ice up. With no ice up then it stays good through the end of February or March. Many of us that used to report on the fishing up here have not posted as much and don't follow BFT as often after the switch over of the forum a few years ago. It was harder for me at first to even get on the local forum, and I am no longer on the premium members forum as a result. I check in and try to update the forum when I think about it, but like I said, I'm not on here as often.
Second thing...
Facebook has local groups now, some specifically for bear lake, northern utah, southeast idaho, etc., that are probably taking some of the members and reporting that they would have done on BFT. I could be wrong, but it is possible.
I try to update when the whitefish are running, when the Cisco are running, when we have safe ice, and if I see any questions on this forum, I try to answer them.
I don't think secrecy is part of the downturn in reports about Bear Lake, but rather I think BFT lost a lot of member posts when it switched formats.
Mike
First thing....
The laker fishing is increasingly spottier than it used to be this time of year. The laker fishing is best starting about December 1st through ice up. With no ice up then it stays good through the end of February or March. Many of us that used to report on the fishing up here have not posted as much and don't follow BFT as often after the switch over of the forum a few years ago. It was harder for me at first to even get on the local forum, and I am no longer on the premium members forum as a result. I check in and try to update the forum when I think about it, but like I said, I'm not on here as often.
Second thing...
Facebook has local groups now, some specifically for bear lake, northern utah, southeast idaho, etc., that are probably taking some of the members and reporting that they would have done on BFT. I could be wrong, but it is possible.
I try to update when the whitefish are running, when the Cisco are running, when we have safe ice, and if I see any questions on this forum, I try to answer them.
I don't think secrecy is part of the downturn in reports about Bear Lake, but rather I think BFT lost a lot of member posts when it switched formats.
Mike