Friends, Fall, and Big Fish!
These days it seems like my opportunities to fish become less and less. Family, work and others things seem to keep me away from the river. This Thursday that just past I was able to get out and fish the Bow River. I was excited to fish as it’s been awhile since I was able to get away and fish the Bow River. Todd and I arrived at Policeman’s Flats after having a nice breakfast to energize. We had Todd’s boat out which is a Zodiac with a 30 HP Yamaha outboard motor. This way of fishing a river is quite the luxury, you can burn down or up the river to which ever hole you want to fish and be there in a few minutes. We fired up the motor and headed down river to one of our favorite fishing holes.
Just before we entered the hole we decided to shut the motor off and drift through the choppy water and stay quiet while drifting into the hole. I fired my Rapala out close to the bank and ripped it back into the fast water. I was retrieving my lure straight back into the boat. This presentation looks really natural to the prey. Just about seven rotations of the reel and I was into my first fish, a twenty two inch Rainbow that I thought was much bigger by how hard he was fighting. Tremendous start to a gorgeous day! I released the fish and reloaded for another cast. By this time we were in the top end of the hole. Todd hooked up his first fish in this area and battled the brute until it was exhausted. Another great fish! I figured by the first two fish caught it was going to be a big fish day. Boy was I right on the money.
We left that area and hit the juice on the motor, off to another hole we go. Same deal as the last hole, we shut the motor off and went stealth. Todd launched his lure and mine went out next. We were in a sharp deep bend of the river where we dropped our lures close to the bank. The water was about four feet deep near the shore and then became deep more into the middle river where we were floating through. As I pumped my reel I felt a slight hit, not hard but subtle. I reeled a few more times and paused the retrieve to see if the fish would take the bait. As I paused the lure for a couple of seconds, sha-bang the fish hammers my lure and the fight is on. I knew this mother was big so I took my time to bring him in. I landed this brute and took a quick measurement, twenty eight inches of slimy Brown Trout. YEAH BABY! Todd gives me the slimy shake and I release this fat hog back into the Bow River.
We continued our journey down the river hitting every hole that’s known to produce trout. Some holes were better then others but we did very well to say the least. Todd hooked and landed some pigs as did I. Lots of chunky rainbows and just the one massive brown. That one massive brown made my day and keeps me coming back for more. The fishing is great right now so book your next fishing trip soon before the white stuff starts to fly. Click here to book your trip now https://www.bowriverblog.com/bowriverblogbookings.htm
