Bow River Blog

Back on the Bow River                                    PHOTO GALLERY

I am happy to report that there are fish starting to return into the Bow River system. I am not saying that all the rivers fish left the Bow but there was a month of slow fishing. We fished all our good holes and came up empty handed each and every time, which seemed to last forever. Today was a new day however and we saw evidence of Rainbows making their way back into the river after their spring spawn.

Todd and I decided to return to a hole along the west bank and try our luck. I had a good feeling as we made our way to the rivers edge. The water was bright blue and had risen about three feet from the last time we fished. However, the hole was still slow enough to fish it properly. Todd selected a Rapala Countdown, and selected the gold Blue Fox Minnow Spinner. On my third cast I was into an 18 inch Brown trout that did everything in its power to escape my hook. Two casts later I battled a heavy fish that managed to shake rattle and roll off my hook. I then landed a nice colored Rainbow and the fishing slowed down.

Moving to another location downstream, I tied up a lime green spinner bait and casted away. It took many casts but I then hooked a 19 inch Rainbow that went airborne seconds after I hooked her. I landed her and released her back into the clear blue water for another lucky angler to catch. Todd then hollers check this out Mike and his rod was seriously bent over. I dropped my rod and started shooting video footage of his 24 inch Rainbow Trout. He played the fish and landed him on the shoreline for me to snap this photo. We carefully revived this brute and let him go. I am sure glad to see these large fish back in the river system. We will now float the river today and see if we can slay the big boys. Stay tuned for the next article and report on how the fishing here progresses.