 What I have come to believe over the many years of fishing the Bow River system is that generally,†the bigger the bait, the bigger the fishâ€. When I fish for large trout I usually like to use either a large bait fish minnow imitation, or a large spinner bait imitation. These lures I’m about …
April 2006 archive
Apr 21
Tackle – Panther Martin
My all-time favorite Panther for either Rainbow’s or Brown’s has to be the solid silver with blue slashes and red dots on the spinner blade PMR-S. When I’m floating the Bow and bottom bouncing, I prefer to use a # 9 spinner as these lures have the proper weight to make them spin properly. I’ve …
Apr 20
Tackle – Panther Martin
The next Panther Martin I love to use, and is always in my tackle box, is the Salamander spinner blade, with the black with red dotted body. PMR-SAL-G. This lure works unbelievable for big Brown Trout. Last year, 2005, I pulled in my biggest Brown with this lure, the only downer of the trip was …
Apr 16
Fishing Rods and Reels – Part #4
I remember last year when my buddy and I went out fishing on the Bow, we were bottom bouncing Panther Martins when my buddy’s rod bent over so far I thought it was going to break in half. He hooked into a estimated 30 inch Brown trout, we saw the trout come to the surface …