I often go on hunches when I fish and something told me to use the Minnow Spinner today. This is the lure I got most of my big fish with. A couple of the bigger Rainbow’s were also taking the Panther Martin, as well as the Minnow Spinner. I like the Minnow Spinner because you can fish it in shallow water as well as the deeper holes, so it is very versatile in all depths of water. Not only that but bigger fish tend to want to hammer on this big minnow imitation. So all in all, the fishing is still very good on the Bow River these days. Spend some extra time at your local tackle shop and choose the rite gear for the conditions and you will do a lot better when you go fishing. Good luck.
Jul 30
General Info- Bow River
Well everyone it’s the end of July and things have seemed to slow down somewhat on the Bow River. I was reading in the paper that the fish biologists are encouraging fisherman to slow down the fishing on the Bow River as the water is quite low and it’s been very hot here the last 2 weeks. As a result of the heat, it put’s a lot of stress on the fish and could possibly kill some of the fish caught during these times. So in keeping with this request I have not fished on the Bow since I read the article in the Calgary Sun. That’s not to say that I will not go elsewhere to fish, that’s the cool thing about our sport; we can go all sorts of places to fish in the province of Alberta or anywhere else in the world for that matter. So hopefully all you die hard Bow River fisherman are doing your rain dance to get the water tables back up to Norman capacity again. This will help with the upcoming spawn of the Brown Trout as we all know that they spawn in the fall. I hope that you heed the warnings of the biologists and head to another body of water to fish. Maybe it will be there that you will catch the fish of your dreams.
Jul 20
Tackle- Berkley Frenzy
I am Happy to report that the fishing on the Bow River has not slowed down much in the past couple of weeks. I was out fishing all weekend and am proud to report that there are still many huge fish being caught. My best this weekend was a 25 inch rainbow on Saturday. I offered to take my brother and law Dean out fishing as he has never floated the Bow River with me yet.
What a trip we had let me tell you, Dean did very well with the Rapalas as well as the Panther Martin’s. His biggest fish of the day came on the Rapala rainbow trout pattern. It was 21 inches long and probably weighed in at around 4-5 pounds. His comment to me as we were fishing the Bow was “this is definitely the way to fish”. I would agree with you Dean, You just cover so much water that you are bound to catch fish that are massive.
Jul 19
Tackle- Berkley Frenzy
I believe that you need to know a lot about fishing to be highly successful. I was looking for that massive Brown trout on Saturday but it was not in the cards I guess, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. All in all it was an awesome day on the river. I only caught 4 or 5 fish that were under 20 inches, and all the rest were Rainbow Trout that were 20 plus inches. I’m not sure but I think I might have made Dean a little envious.
Have no worries Dean, you might be the one banging all those big fatty’s the next time. I would like to tip my hat to all the people at Berkley for designing some of the best fishing lures on the market today. I was using the Berkley Frenzy on Saturday and hammered into some massive Rainbow Trout.