Bear Lake
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Bear Lake, as the state words them
Rich County · Lake · UT
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Utah has a year-round fishing season for most waterbodies. It runs from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025.Statewide
- Gear
- No line may have attached to it more than three baited hooks, three artificial flies or three artificial lures.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- you can fish with two poles at any water in the state during its open fishing seasonStatewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black crappie and white crappie | 50 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Bluegill and green sunfish | 50 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Bonneville cisco | 30 | - | Statewide |
Bullhead | 24 | - | Statewide |
Burbot | No limit | - | Statewide |
Channel catfish | 8 | - | Statewide |
Crayfish | No limit | - | Statewide |
Kokanee salmon | See trout limit next column | - | Statewide |
Largemouth and smallmouth bass | 6 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Nongame species | No Limit | - | Statewide |
Northern pike | 20, only 1 over 36 inches | min. only 1 over 36 inches | Statewide |
Roundtail chub Varies by water: limit 2 (Most Utah fisheries) | The statewide limit for roundtail chub is 2 fish unless otherwise specified in the Rules for specific waters . | - | Statewide |
Sacramento perch | 10 | - | Statewide |
Striped bass | No limit | - | Statewide |
Tiger muskellunge | 1 over 40 inches | min. over 40 inches | Statewide |
Trout, kokanee salmon and Arctic grayling | 4 (a combined total) | - | Statewide |
Walleye | 10, only 1 over 24 inches | min. only 1 over 24 inches | Statewide |
Whitefish | 10 | - | Statewide |
White bass | No limit | - | Statewide |
Wiper | 3 | - | Statewide |
Yellow perch | 50 | - | Statewide |
nongame fish | Nongame fish that are legal to take must either be released or killed immediately after you remove them from the water. You may not leave them on the shoreline. | - | Statewide |
game fish or crayfish | a legal limit | - | Statewide |
trout (BR) Blue Ribbon Fishery. See Fishing across state lines and reciprocal fishing permits for license requirements. | 2 trout | - | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from UT's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishBait Dead Bonneville cisco may be used as bait only in Bear Lake.
- Bonneville ciscoGear When fishing for Bonneville cisco at Bear Lake, the opening of your dipnet may not exceed 18 inches. If you’re dipnetting through the ice at Bear Lake, there is no restriction on the size of the hole you can drill in the ice.
- troutDaily limit 2 trout(BR) Blue Ribbon Fishery. See Fishing across state lines and reciprocal fishing permits for license requirements.
- Bonneville ciscoGear Cisco may be taken with a handheld dipnet. Net opening may not exceed 18 inches in any dimension. When dipnetting through the ice, the size of the hole is unrestricted. When ice fishing for fish other than cisco, the size of the hole may not exceed 18 inches.Anglers may keep snagged Bonneville cisco that are taken through normal, legal fishing activities.
- All fishGear A person may not possess a multipoint hook with a weight permanently or rigidly attached directly to the shank—or a weight suspended below a multipoint hook—unless the hook is on an unweighted dropper line that is at least three inches long.Poles An angler may fish with up to two poles on all areas of the Utah portion of Bear Lake that are open to fishing. Anglers must comply with Idaho regulations if they want to use more than one pole when fishing on the Idaho portion of Bear Lake.Any angler who possesses a valid Utah or Idaho fishing or combination license may fish within both the Utah and Idaho boundaries of Bear Lake.
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Bear Lake's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
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