History of Our Area - Fish in Bear Lake

From the book "Rich Memories' published in 1962 

There is an experiment station about two files south of Garden City.  The men at the station are studying the fish and the water in the lake and have found that the little fish have no protection from the larger fish, so they have brought one hundred and twenty five old car bodies to the lake, placed bales of hay in them, then they have taken them to the middle of the lake and sunk them to the bottom.  The hay will furnish food for the small water bugs, which will be food for the fish and the old cars will be a means of protection for the small fish.

In 1938, men planted thousands of salmon in the lake, but they have all disappeared, so this year they planted 350,000 more and they hope that with the food and protection, the salmon will be able to stay in the Lake.  The men have also planted clear water shrimp.  The cisco makes very good for the lake trout and other large trout.  There is also a minnow called the silver sided shiner that is good trout bait.  Bear Lake is a cold water lake, so few carp are found there.