Category: Winter Fishing the Bow River

December Fishing For Browns And Rainbows

Fishing the Bow River for Monster Trout A couple of count down Rapala’s, a Brown Trout and a Brook Trout. A December day and twelve degree weather, one Berkley Precision Tech fishing rod, Berkley XT eight pound fishing line, no one on the Bow River but me, and we have a recipe for success. I …

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Sunglasses are not optional!

Ice heaves on the banks of the bow river

  On a warm winters day as February is coming to an end, I decided to wander on over to a spot on the Bow River where three weeks ago was fully covered in ice. I was frantically looking for my sunglasses before I left the house for the river, I then remembered they were …

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Winter Fishing on the Bow River

Is it possible? Is the water not completely frozen over? How many fish can you catch when the water is that cold, if any? These are all good questions which I will address within this article. Many people believe that the river is totally frozen over and unfishable. I drove over the Memorial Drive Bridge …

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