Fishing Trips

The Surprises of Fishing.

It sure seems as though the Bow River is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you are going to get inside. The primary fish that occupy this wonderful river are Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Rocky Mountain Whitefish in the lower section. However you are sometimes surprised at what you may run into when fishing here.

Todd and I were out hunting the Trout for a client that is coming here in April. We decided to hike up to a very long deep hole to see if there were any trout stacked up in the hole. This particular location is at the corner of the river that has a deep back eddy, formed as the river flows around the corner. We walked up to the corner and decided to set up shop and start fishing.

Todd had tied up a Rapala and I had on a Minnow Spinner. We were fishing for no more than five minutes and Todd’s fishing rod is bent over as if he had snagged up. He started to try and pull out the snag when this fish started to fight back. He looked over and said to me “Mike, just wait until you see the size of this thing”. I thought he had a massive Brown trout, but the fish was not coming to the surface. He managed to bring this brute up to the top and low and behold a massive Pike was on the end of his 8 pound test. I could not believe my eyes as this was the biggest pike I had ever laid eyes on. I have caught Pike from the Bow River and seen others catch, but this fish by far took top honors.

The moral of this story goes to show that large Pike live in some deep holes along the Bow River. We also caught what we came here to catch, large Trout. I hammered into a very nice Brown Trout and was able to catch a couple smaller Rainbows. All together it was another very successful day on the banks of the river once again.