Hello all you fisherman out there, it’s been awhile since I made my last post on my Blog. I have been quite busy lately but I always manage to go fishing twice a week. Today was a great day out on the Bow River. My good buddy Tom and I floated from Policeman’s Flats to MacKinnon Flats which took us almost five hours as the water levels have dropped a great deal. Although the water levels are low the fishing on the Bow is still awesome lately. The Brown Trout are now getting ready to spawn so look to be catching more Brown’s now.
Aug 28
Gone Fishing- Bow River
I find this time of year it is better to fish later in the evening for the big Browns as opposed to early in the morning. Today’s float we started out at 6:00 AM and were on the water at 7:00AM. The fishing was a little slow at first but as the water temperature warmed up the fishing started to get really good. My goal today, as I said to Tom before we started fishing; was to catch four trout over 20 inches. I was in for quite a surprise today and I managed to land 6-10 fish, all Rainbow Trout, over 18 inches.
Aug 27
Gone Fishing- Bow River
I often go on hunches when I fish and something told me to use the Minnow Spinner today. This is the lure I got most of my big fish with. A couple of the bigger Rainbow’s were also taking the Panther Martin, as well as the Minnow Spinner. I like the Minnow Spinner because you can fish it in shallow water as well as the deeper holes, so it is very versatile in all depths of water. Not only that but bigger fish tend to want to hammer on this big minnow imitation. So all in all, the fishing is still very good on the Bow River these days. Spend some extra time at your local tackle shop and choose the rite gear for the conditions and you will do a lot better when you go fishing. Good luck.
Jul 30
General Info- Bow River
Well everyone it’s the end of July and things have seemed to slow down somewhat on the Bow River. I was reading in the paper that the fish biologists are encouraging fisherman to slow down the fishing on the Bow River as the water is quite low and it’s been very hot here the last 2 weeks. As a result of the heat, it put’s a lot of stress on the fish and could possibly kill some of the fish caught during these times. So in keeping with this request I have not fished on the Bow since I read the article in the Calgary Sun. That’s not to say that I will not go elsewhere to fish, that’s the cool thing about our sport; we can go all sorts of places to fish in the province of Alberta or anywhere else in the world for that matter. So hopefully all you die hard Bow River fisherman are doing your rain dance to get the water tables back up to Norman capacity again. This will help with the upcoming spawn of the Brown Trout as we all know that they spawn in the fall. I hope that you heed the warnings of the biologists and head to another body of water to fish. Maybe it will be there that you will catch the fish of your dreams.