Very well done. A wealth of knowledge here for anyone who though you have to travel to far far lands, just to fish!. Only please emphasis on having and hanging forest pass or be prepare to pay a hefty ticket, on many locations around the lake, including official parking locations. Then be carful of walking by the side of highway as you are risking your life with no decent hospital in area, unless you get air lifted and pay a 25K transportation charge!
Thanks for sharing, that red house used to be one of my bosses in so cal, his name was Dicky he used to own a Terrazzo Company, the Dan is the best spot to shore fish on the whole lake, eagle point behind 7/11 is good to.... old stomping grounds.. Rainbow, carp, and catfish, some baas
@@TroutWest my pleasure, thanks for sharing, back in the 80s my girlfriend and I were fishing the Dam and we witnessed a group of Asians caught a 50 lb plus carp we got a kick outta it cuz the carp was bigger than all of em! Lol, we spent a lot of time heading up to Big Bear, we witnessed the most awesome meteor shower you can imagine while we slept in the woods in the back of my El Camino....200 per minute...you did a great job on the video...we used to rent a boat and catch our limit using a Ford fender trolling trailing a night crawler.... there's HUGE catfish in the late, I found a head nailed to a tree behind 7/11 that weighed 11 lbs!!!! Thanks again.. blessings
Can you do an updated version of the please. Just visited the lake for the first time and would be great to know where to fish next time. Visiting the lake again next month again. 🇺🇸
Great videos! Thanks for the public service! Headed up that way for the first time with my son next week. Hoping to catch dinner! Staying at Dogwood campground. Where’s the best place to fish close to there? Is the dam or north shore of big bear better for fishing at the moment? Worth going if we don’t get there early? Thanks so much!!!
I fished there yesterday and just about everyone fishing on the northshore to the dam got skuned except for one guy that caught a 2 pound rainbow. I did catch a Rapala lure and a Rooster tail when reeling in my line as it got caught on old line. I was able to retrive my line plus the old line so I got skunked but got two lures while fishing. This is a tough lake to fish and the water still looks low as it was last year.
Brandon detrio88 Water warming will bring fish to the surface but further out on the lake from shore or over deeper water. Early in the day would be best near shore
I almost forgot, at dusk we used to nail'em at the dam with a clear bobber with water in it trailing a dry fly 6 to 8 feet behind... Blessings everybody
All the docks you will see at Big Bear are private and the ones used for boat ramps have no fishing on them. If you can get the owner's permission you are good to go
You can walk in the water in front of ppl house along the lake because they don’t own the lake. My parents had a cabin since the 89. I’ve have some secret spots I can fish all the night with no one bugging me.
greg armijo yep there have been some great places to fish exposed since the water levels dropped a little bit. Especially along the South Shore there's some nice spots
Urban Outdoorsman my spot was good only when the lake is full I caught over 70 crappie between me, my wife, my friend and his daughter that was 5 years ago
Hey man great video. Noticed you said fishing closer to the dam was best in summer. I'll be up there Aug 10-12 and wanted to do some fishing. I saw your comment about the number 10 or 12 mosquito hooks. Any other advice? I usually pier fish in long Beach (Belmont mostly) thanks in advance.. Cheers
I may be fishing tomorrow here. Should I try red house ? I have my wife n daughter so it has to be accessible for them to go to? Also any good local shops here?
Haha, I would make it but I don't know many that do it.. but the north shore in the spring/early summer between Juniper Point and the East ramp would be a good spot to start
Gonna go up there with the kiddos this weekend. Would you fish the damn area or north shore? Also I remember fishing for carp a while back and it was wide open at windy point...this still the case? Also would love the secret tip on the juniper point :)
I fished the North shore near the old greys landing last weekend and it was pretty slow. I caught one nice fish right at sunrise. That's it. It's possible the winds the night before messed up the bite, I fished juniper point that same day and it was slow there too. I think the fish were closed down for the day. I'd still target the north shore.. you can go there for a bit, and if nothing for a few hours witch up toward the dam. Just don't case too far out at either place. My buddy landed a 6lb carp on the north shore of BBL last weekend
Urban Outdoorsman thanks! Have you ever fished this time of year? I was gonna try my go to Carolina but on my other pole I wanna experiment with a slip bobber at different depths any tips on depth, top or bottom fishing?
@@Aguyf89 Sorry, I missed this somehow. If the wind isn't blowing, use a slip bobber. Always use a long leader at BBL. 3ft-5ft. Unless you're targeting fish near shore, which is good to do in late winter early spring.
Urban Outdoorsman that would be great brother I know it will be different from Summer the winter also I'm heading there today I'm going to try to go by the dam to see if there is some blue catfish there
Thanks! You seem very knowledgeable about the lake... Do you know of a good spot to fish (for trout) and car camp close by, say 10-30 feet away? I think I saw a pic of an RV area like this but a non-RV would be ideal.
Urban Outdoorsman Thanks. Im about to watch your Silverwood Lake video :) Any spots in socal that youre aware of? I want to plan a camping/fishing trip where 3-4 SUVs can park near shore, set up tarps and bug nets over the SUVs, and soak bait relatively nearby like a few feet away while relaxing on some beach chair recliners. Your vast knowledge of socal lakes and rivers would be appreciated!
There's nothing like that in SoCal really.. the closest would be the Owens river from Lone Pine North, you can camp along it and do all what you're looking to do. North of that you'd have to go to Bishop Creek Canyon, there are campgrounds. IF you want to striper fish you'd have to go to Lake Mead or Pyramid.
Is it reasonable to assume that with the lower lake levels that I should be sticking to the west end of the lake even later into the winter this year? I'm a total newbie here, so I greatly appreciate the video!!!
No definitely not I would still try the North Shore about 2 miles east of the Dam... also the Juniper Point area especially when the water temperatures are down in January through March.
Mainly I would stick to the dam until temps drop quite a bit though. From the dam 1 mile East... Then as they drop you can go further east. If you don't get a bite within an hour you are in the wrong spot
The water is super low and Big Bear I would definitely avoid Juniper there's a chance there are fish down there but it's a lot less likely do to water levels. You could almost walk across the lake on that side. I would be within a mile of the Dam on the Northside.. the red house is always pretty good
Can you make a video on Perris Reservoir. I am going there by the end of January. Need to increase my odds of catching something so I can teach my kid how to appreciate the outdoors.
Perris is a tough one right now, they are doing construction on the lake so the water level has been kept down. That means no trout plants. Only Bluegill ,crappie and bass action near the marina docks. That's your best bet. Use real baits like worms and anchovies.
Cat fishing can be good anywhere around the lake .. it depends on time of year (Water temps).. Central part of the lake in the summer... eastern in winter. Fall try near the dam
What's the smallie situation. I know they're unicorns when you catch them. Carp devastate Northern and smallie beds. I actually am thinking about getting into bowfishing. When I go the I see monster carp everywhere from my bass boat. If really love to see the smallie population flourish there. Kill carp and make local fertilizer. Hell I'd start a drive for smallie planting up there. We have them down the hill at DVL. I lived up in Fresno when Fish and Game took off the size limit off of smallies at Shaver Lake. 3 Bass clubs caught hundreds. I got a whole bunch too while fishing with smallie candy (Crickets) All the fish were taken to the rearing ponds before DVL opened the pipeline. Hey did I tell you I love smallies??? 🤣🤣
The smallmouth population is doing very well, people don't target them a lot because they are fairly elusive. If you figured them out, you'd catch a lot. I catch them from time to time on spoons near shore at the dam, but very rarely. Usually once a year... maybe
There's no dock at Pine Knot ...all the facilities have been removed. There's a public ramp near by with a handicap "dock" but that's high and dry with the water down. If you fish Pine knot you just shore fish it.. should be ok there for another few weeks or so
There is no private shoreline on big bear lake!!!! This is not true. You are LEGALLY allowed to access all of the shoreline as long as you don't have to cross fences due to say high water after a heavy winter. But like as of now with the water so low, you can access any point without jumping any fences. But no one owns the shoreline. This is fact
