As we moved a little further down the river I noticed a really nice drop in the water from shallow to deeper water, so I fired my Berkley into the shallower area and slowly reeled it toward the boat. At first I thought it might be holding something but I did not expect it to hold a Monster 26 inch Brown Trout. As I reeled slowly in towards the boat this monster just piled into the minnow bait I had offered him. As a reward for knowing much about where trout like to sit and feed, I was privileged to haul in my biggest Brown Trout of the summer. It’s like the old saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try again the next day. Something along those lines. So I encourage all you fisherman out there to get to your nearest tackle store and pick up some big bad Berkley’s, I some how don’t think you will be disappointed. I know I sure won’t be the next time I fish the Bow River with them.
Jul 10
Gone Fishing- Bow River
Hello all you die hard fisherman out there. I’m happy to report that the fishing on the Bow River is absolutely awesome right now. I do not know of any other river in the world that in an eight hour span, you can catch 50-60 trout. That’s how many fish I caught, my friend big Tom caught as many or more. He has fished all over Canada and has even guided on some big lakes and river systems in Ontario. Tom pretty much summed it up when he said to me “that’s the most fish I have ever caught in one day, this river is unbelievable”. Well Tom I would have to agree with you, I have never caught that many fish in one day either. Oh wait a minute, there was this time last year just after the flood that I caught 50 fish in one day, and then there was this time a couple of days ago, well I think you get the idea.
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Jul 09
Gone Fishing- Bow River
This river has to be fished to be believed. And yes I will agree with you, certain times of the year are better than others, but on the grand scheme of things this is why people from all over the world come here to fish; lots of big hard fighting Brown and Rainbow trout. We caught so many my arm was sore when we finally ended our float at Carseland weir. The boat I use to float the Bow is a Sevylor fish hunter 360 which is a inflatable dingy which extends 12 feet long by about 6 feet wide and is the perfect water craft for the Bow River. Two people fit very comfortably in the boat and there is lots of room for all your gear and even 1 or 2 coolers for your lunch and cold drinks. This dingy is very stable and is very maneuverable in all conditions of water which makes it ideal for fishing all types of water.
Jul 08
Gone Fishing- Bow River
I purchased the craft at Crown Surplus here in Calgary for around 300$ and was very satisfied with the boat once I took it out on the Bow River. My first dingy separated ever so slightly on the bottom of the boat which resulted in a small hole in the floor. I brought the boat back to Mike at Crown and he said that he needed to get a hold of the representative from Sevylor to see if would be warranty issue. He got back to me within a week and told me to come on down and get a new dingy. This kind of service is quite rare these days so I would like to thank Mike at Crown Surplus for all his help and prompt service and would highly recommend his company to anyone who needs a dingy.