Happy new year to all my fishing friends around the world. Todd and I were out spinner fishing the Bow River again today, and I had a very good day again. I was using the Blue Fox Minnow Spinner and was hammering out the big Trout. We went up the river today within the city limits and had no luck, so we decided to go south of the city to search for the big trout. We pulled in to a deeper hole and I fired the Minnow spinner half way across the river. On my third cast I was into a hard fighting Rainbow Trout that was 20 inches. I was walking up and down the bank to see what area of the river the trout were holding in. A note to all the river fisherman, sometimes the trout will hold in the slow calm water and the next day they will enter the moving current. I was casting the Blue fox into the moving water at the tail out, and retrieving the lure across the slower water entering the pool.
This tactic worked very well today, as the fish were holding at the top of the pool. Some fish however were in the middle of the pool and some were at the tailout of the deeper, slow moving water. A more experienced angler will work all area’s of the water to find out where the fish are holding and key in to what the fish want to feed on. I like to switch my bait’s quite often to see what will work on that day. For example, I will start with crank baits, fish them for twenty to thirty minutes maximum; and then change to say a small spinner. If I have no luck on the smaller spinner I will change colors to suit the weather conditions. No luck on the small spinner I will move up to a larger spinner.
I like the Panther Martin spinners, but if I have no luck on that brand of spinner I will go to a Blue fox Spinner. And on it goes, I think you get the point. The good thing about fishing these days is there is lots of tackle to chose from. Another thing that really makes a good fisherman is if he can read the water. It has taken me some time to learn this very important skill. Lots of practise and even more patience will eventually pay off. Today total was 9 fish on the shore and my first fish got away just before I was going to land him. Winter fishing on the Bow River is absolutely awesome.
