To promote a trophy fishery at Bear Lake, you are only allowed a daily limit of two trout. To protect wild native cutthroat, fish with all their fins intact must be released.
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Tip your jigs or bait with sucker meat or Gulp minnows in white, green, and chartreuse for best results! Trollers do well using minnow-type lures, rapalas, and flatfish-off downriggers close to the bottom. For Lake Trout fly fishing, aim to visit in the late fall.
When consuming fish from Big Bear Lake, women ages 18-45 and children ages 1-17 may safely eat a maximum of five servings per week of crappie or Rainbow Trout, or one serving per week of black bass species or Common Carp.
Sturgeon aren't typically found in inland lakes, and what's interesting about the Bear Lake fish is our file shows that back in 1932, three adult sturgeon were transplanted into the lake.
There are 13 species of fish found in the waters of Bear Lake. Of those 13, 4 are endemic (found only in Bear Lake). The 4 endemics species are Bonneville cisco, Bonneville whitefish, Bear Lake whitefish, and Bear Lake sculpin.
Buy Fishing LicenseAll anglers at Big Bear Lake must hold a valid California Fishing License when fishing from the water or the shoreline. Each angler must hold their own license unless kids are under the age of 15.
Day use is welcome on all public beaches. If you plan to camp overnight, please use one of the many public and private camping areas around the lake (see map). No camping after 10 p.m. on the public beaches or exposed bed of Bear Lake.
Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the western United States, located in the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, California. It is a snow and rain-fed lake, having no other means of tributaries or mechanical replenishment.