Sep 20

General Info- Bow River

Then I decide to go and change my lure again as its almost dark by this time now. I put on a brown trout pattern Minnow Spinner and fish a little further down from where I pulled the two big browns from. Sure enough my trick works and I am hauling in my third big brown a 24 inch monster. He was feeding close to shore on minnows and he seemed to like what I was offering. I caught four more fish before packing up and going home for the night. In total I caught eight fish, one of which was only eight inches long but all the rest were over twenty inches long.

The moral of the story is, walk up and down the bank and make full use of the shore. Do not fish in one spot for over ten minutes, and give the fish your targeting lot’s of food to choose from, colors, and sizes, etc; who knows your might catch the fish of your lifetime this way. I know it works for me and there should be no reason why it cannot work for you too. Let me know how you made out with this system or any of your own systems. I need all the help I can get. You can give me feedback by clicking onto the comment word of the post and telling me how you did on your fishing trip. Good luck out there.

Sep 15

Fishing Trips- Bow River

Hello to all you fishermen and women out there. It’s now September 13, 2006 and the Brown trout fishing has kicked into high gear here in Alberta. I fished on Sunday of last weekend and was very successful out on the Bow River once again. I was using the Blue Fox Minnow Spinner in the black and gold color combination. The big Brown’s seem to love this color scheme and I caught the biggest Brown of year so far, a 28 inch monster. I was casting into the bank and retrieving it into the boat. No fancy tricks just letting it work its magic. Out of nowhere he completely hammers the middle hook and I am able to get him netted and into the boat.

Sep 14

Fishing Trips- Bow River

He wasn’t very happy and he was making all kinds of grunting noises without me even squeezing him. I am always extra careful when handling and releasing big fish. I always make sure the fish is completely revived before I let him/her go. The rule I use is, when I feel the fish give a good tail kick they are ready to go. I never, and I mean never, throw a fish immediately back into the water without completely reviving it first. If you do this you will kill the fish and that would be a shame. So we get the big guy netted and in the boat and my lure is all tangled in the net. Luckily when I fish I use two rods and I decided not to untangle the lure at that point in time.

Sep 13

Fishing Trips- Bow River

I set aside that rod and picked up my other rod which is all ready to go. Proceed to make a cast and the lure only went about three meters, the lure hits the water and all of a sudden a massive Brown completely destroys my Minnow Spinner. This fish was so aggressive it bent the split ring that holds the hook onto the lure straight. There is huge fish in this hole which is between Policeman’s Flats and Mackinnon Flats. I am looking forward to my next trip out on the Bow River as I believe the fishing is going to be very good in the next few weeks leading up to October. I wish everyone good luck on your next trip out. As you will notice I have added a photo gallery to the Blog so you now know that these stories are not just fish tales. Happy fishing.