Well it was an excellent weekend of fishing for me and my friends. My buddy Kevin and I went out to the Lower Kananaskis Lake to fish for the big Bull Trout that live here. We could have picked a better day for it as the weather was hot and sunny all day long. It only takes an hour and a half to get to the Lower Lake and the drive is absolutely worth it. The Lower Kananaskis Lake is located rite in the Rocky Mountains and is one of the most beautiful lakes around the Calgary area. My Co-worker Russ has a cabin rite on the lake and kindly offered to take me out on his boat for some Rainbow on the Upper Lake. We got to the visitor information centre and I called Russ on the phone and there was no answer so we proceeded to go to the lake and start fishing.

At this point Kevin caught his first Bull Trout of the day on a green jig. I wasn’t having much luck but Kevin seemed to have the rite gear on. Not long after Kevin caught his first fish he had his second one on but this time the trout took him to the bottom into some dead wood and snapped him off which was to bad as it looked like a large fish. Oh well at least you had something on the end of your line Kevin. We then decided to take a drive to see if we could find Rusty’s cabin but to no avail. Kevin suggested we go to one of his honey hole’s to see if we could catch a big fat Bull Trout there. We got to his spot and it looked very promising so I threw on a Williams wobbler and gave it a try. Three casts later and I hear my name being called and it’s Russ, so we ended up packing up and going to Rusty’s cabin to pick up the boat.

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We headed to the upper lake to try our luck trolling. We launched out and we were away to the races to catch either the Rainbow or the Bull Trout that live in the upper lake. Russ had told me that they had stocked the upper lake two weeks ago so the fishing may be a little slow as a result. We trolled around for an hour and a half with Dayna being the only one to get lucky enough to catch anything. She caught her very first fish which was a feisty two pound Bull Trout but would not hold it up for a picture so I held it and she took the picture. I don’t know what there is to be scared of Dayna it’s only a Trout.

Any how we left the upper lake to go back to the lower lake and fish the prime water that is all around the front of the cabin. Rusty’s dad Dick offered us a hamburger before we all headed out to fish ,which was very welcomed as I could have ate a piece of shoe leather at that point in time. We finished supper and headed down to the lake at 9:00 at night. I had my Williams Wobbler still tied on and made my first cast into the lake. Low and behold I had a follower biting on my lure but he just never hammered on it so I reloaded and made my next cast. This time he hit hard and I had my first Bull Trout of the season. He was only a two pounder but he was scraping hard.