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Big Bear Lake is located near the city of San Bernardino, in the San Bernardino National Forest.
Size: The lake covers 3,000 surface acres, and has 22 miles of shoreline at an elevation of 6,743 feet.
Species: Rainbow trout, large and smallmouth bass, channel catfish, and bluegill.
Facilities: Big Bear Lake is a complete destination area, with all services a vacationer could want. There is camping for tents and RV‘s, motels and resorts, marinas and public launch ramps, swimming, hiking, biking, horseback riding, golf, tennis, picnicking, boat rentals, storage, moorage, docking, tackle shops, grocery stores, and more.

How to Fish Big Bear Lake

Just about a mile above the sea lies Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino National Forest. As one would expect at a lake of this altitude, most anglers are in pursuit of trout. Surprisingly, the bass fishing at this cloud-scraping chunk of water is also outstanding. Rainbow trout are the mainstay of Big Bear Lake, but in recent years it has seen an explosion in the population of northern strain largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Big Bear also contains large numbers of channel catfish and bluegill. What you will ?nd is some of the best trout fishing in the state.
What has actually been caught is a naturally reproduced trout. These fish are the result of planted rainbows that dodged the hook and became holdovers. The holdovers spawned, and now a population of the naturally reproduced fish inhabit the lake. Natives, some say, and while this is not true, the moniker is close enough to reality to let it slide.
Why the pink meat? It’s the excellent forage found in this lake, crustaceans, and midge flies, and assorted other goodies , from the table of Mother Nature that   help the trout grow fast, healthy, and l tasty. The natives are beautifully colored, square-tailed trout that are harder to catch than recent planters, and if you land one, pat yourself on the back for a job well done. You can keep the fish, but it may prove more rewarding to let it go y and help the cycle of natural reproduction continue.

Migration is the key to locating the naturally reproduced trout at Big Bear. The rainbows make two annual moves that correspond with the seasons and water temperature.
In the dead of winter the trout are at the east side of the lake near the Eagle Point, hunkered down beneath the thermocline away from the layer of ice on the surface. With spring, the ‘bows pack it up and head west, getting closer to the surface as they pass Metcalf Bay and Wind Point.
As Summer comes on and surface temps rise, the fish go deeper again, and end up in the dam area. With fall, the fish reverse the process. It’s the natives that do most of the migrating. Planters don't catch on too quickly, and the happy result is fish just about anywhere on the lake.
Tons of fish are planted each season, from the DFW catchable size, to bruisers at a whopping 15 pounds. When the big trout derbies take place, preparations are made in the form of trophy stockings, with 5,000 pounds of strictly lunkers plopped into the water. Your stringer can have ?sh with vastly different sizes here.

SURVEY SAYS: Based on what anglers find when chasing the trout at Big Bear, it’s almost difficult to get skunked. Go with the best lures, and have even more success. The number one lure is a Needlesh, Rapalas close behind. Go with gold, trout pattern, and clown as the smart colors .
Trolling is a killer method for hammering the ’bows, and placing the lure miles behind the boat   is sound thinking. Actually, 100 to 200 feet will do fine, but the whole idea is to disassociate the lure from your boat.
As a vessel   passes over a school of fish, they tend to move off to the sides, returning long after the boat has passed. With gear way back, it will hopefully arrive on the school as they return to the area.
SIDE ORDER: When the fish spook to the sides of the boat, there may be no better way to hang one than with the use of a side planer. Mastmounted, in-line and clip-on units can be ordered from a catalogue or bought at a store, but the clip-ons are the easiest to use and the least expensive to buy.
With this product, the lure travels as far to the side of the boat as it does behind, and gives you a shot at fish you otherwise wouldn‘t have a chance to catch.
BANKER’S HOURS: Trout anglers plying their skills from the bank spend hours battling fish at Big Bear, and when the action is hot and heavy, there‘s no better way to bum through a few jars of Power Bait. The manufactured bait simply slays the stocked fish, and an occasional native will fall victim to the putty as well.
Nightcrawlers are the superior bait for the naturally reproduced trout, and they’ll take their share of the planters too.

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