This past weekend I had the pleasure of fishing with Calgary Stampeders slotback receiver, #84, Mr. Reggie Begelton. I follow Reggie on Instagram and saw that he loves to fish. I noticed that he had several images of himself fishing back in Texas, where he is from. After seeing one of his catches, I made a comment on his post asking him if he would like to join me on the Bow River for some trout fishing when he got back to Canada, before the CFL season got started. He replied to my comment and gladly accepted the offer to fish!
Unfortunately, the Bow River has been in full run off mode this month, and we were not able to fish the Bow. I asked Reggie if he would like to fish one of the lakes close to Calgary, for either Walleye or Bull Trout. He had said that walleye was on his bucket list and would like to target that species. He also asked if he could bring some friends to join him and film the trip, as the Stampeders were doing a video series for their social media accounts called “My Passion”.
I met Reggie at Lake McGregor Lake in Southern Alberta, along with Spencer the camera man, and Natashia who conducts the interviews for the football club. We headed out from the boat launch and started bottom bouncing large jumbo dew worms. It was not long after the worms hit the bottom of the lake, our first Walleye crushed the offering and Reggie had his bucket list fish. After trolling a few areas of the lake, Reggie put at least twenty fish in my EgoS2 slider net.
It was a blast getting to know Reggie, and fishing with him as well. You can see the video footage of our trip at the top of the post. Next month it will be power fishing for trout on the Bow River. That will be a super fun trip for Reggie and I.
~Mike
