Nov 22

Gone Fishing- Bow River

I proceed to move down stream and fish the tail end of the pool, on about my third cast I see a large fish following my Berkley Frenzy and I’m running out of room so I stop my retrieve and wham-o; a 25 inch Rainbow hammers my hook and goes on a big run. I try to reel this scrappy fat Rainbow in to shore, but he straightened the hook and swim to freedom before I could land him. That’s the really cool thing about the Bow River, you can go down and fish for three or four hours and do very well almost any time of day or year.

So were only here for a half an hour so far and I’ve landed three fish over 20 inches, our day has just begun. We fished for a while longer in this hole and I managed to pull out two more trout, one Brown that was about 21 inches in length and one Rainbow that was over 20 inches but very fat. We then decided to move further upstream to try our luck in another deeper spot on the river.

Nov 21

Gone Fishing- Bow River

Todd made his way to the hole before I did and he was able to land his first fish of the day, an 18 inch Brown, we snapped a picture and gently released him. I changed hooks to a Minnow Spinner and shortly after pulled in a smaller Brown. Todd banged in to another bigger Rainbow shortly after which brought a big smile to his face. I changed lures again to a Zinger (blue magic finish) and piled into a scrappy Rainbow Trout. The sun was going down by this time and we decided to end our trip off in the deeper pool we started at.

We got back to the hole about an hour after we moved upstream and I switched color patterns from the silver I was using to gold, and landed three more fish as a result of smart fishing. I can honestly say that this was one of my best days of shore fishing I’ve ever had. Nobody around all day, a nice warm sunny day and big fat trout. Two words to sum up this awesome fishery, totally unbelievable.

Nov 13

General Info- Bow River

Hello all you fisherman and women out there. It’s November now and it has gotten cold here in Alberta. The temperature here has been around zero to minus five or so. Last weekend it was pretty nice, eight degrees; so I decided to head out to the Bow River to see what the Trout were up to. I arrived at noon and fished till two o’clock with some success. I took quite some time to get into my first Trout but I was able to catch four fish that day. It was the Sunday afternoon so I think there was some fishing pressure on Saturday so I wasn’t able to catch anything of size.

It really pays off to be the first one out on the river or go somewhere on the river where there is limited access so you get all the big fish for yourself. I’m a firm believer that one has to go off the beaten path to catch the big fish that any river system has to offer. I look for peace and quiet when I go fishing so I will travel the extra mile to see no one. I am hoping that we get some better weather here in Alberta so I am able to go and do the thing I love the most, Fish.

Nov 04

General Info- Products

Have you ever gone to your local tackle shop looking for that old faithful lure that works almost every time you go fishing? Well I was in my local tackle store recently and went looking for some of my go to lures, what I refer to here is the Blue Fox Vibrax Minnow Spinner. When I buy tackle I usually by five or six of my favorite lures, so if I lose one or two on the trip; I still have four left to use on my trip. I’ve never seen a tackle shop on the side of the river where you can pull over and buy more tackle, even though this would be a very good idea. Anyhow I head down the isle to buy my product and see that they are all sold out. I then proceed to the front counter for some information assistance and the salesman informs me that Blue Fox has discontinued this product as “world wide sales are low”. At this time I am about to lose control and head straight down to wherever and get some answers. It baffles me to no end why a tackle manufacturer would discontinue a product that has a proven track record.