The method I use to fish the Buzz Bomb is called the Mooching method. First cast your Buzz Bomb into the river or lake, let the Buzz Bomb flutter to the bottom, sometimes when the lure is falling a fish will strike. Second, after the Buzz Bomb has hit the bottom lift your rod tip up 2-3 feet and then drop the rod tip down again and reel in the slack line; whereby your lure sinks spinning horizontally.

This rotation sends out sonic vibrations that attract or annoy ALL fish large or small, into striking. Or I’ll use the casting method which is much the same as the mooching method. Cast your Buzz Bomb into surface feeding fish. Lift rod tip up smoothly about 2-3 feet which creates the BUZZ. Immediately throw rod tip back towards lure creating slack line then reel in slack. Repeat this process.

 I only use this lure when I’m fishing from shore on the Bow River as the lure is too heavy to use when I’m floating. It tends to snag up on the bottom of the river and you lose most of these lures. Buzz Bomb’s come in all sorts of color patterns and sizes so I will list for you my favorite color and sizes. One of my favorite colors is the pink pearl which works awesome on the Bow River rainbows in size 1 and a Half. Next I like the Army Issue which is green, white in the middle and pink and works well for both rainbows and browns. Third would be the holographic pink, this is a new color for the Buzz Bomb and it works awesome.

 The forth color I use very often is the holographic green, I have tried this color a couple of times only on the Bow, but both times I used it I had success. When I am fishing a lake or a deep body of water I will use a heaver Buzz Bomb such as the 2 inch, this lure is ¾ of an once which enables you to cast out farther into the lake or reservoir which will increase your odds out there. So the next time you head out to the Bow River put some of these lucky charms in your tackle box, the fish think that they are magically delicious. Let me know what colors work well for you the next time you head out to your local fishing hole.

Another one of my favorites for spinner baits is made by Blue Fox. This spinner is called the Vibrax Wild Eye and comes in all kinds of different colors and sizes for whichever trout species you are fishing for. I would like to list the colors and sizes I most commonly use when I’m out on the river, whichever river that may be. Remember, these lures work deadly on the Bow River system but they also work deadly on all of Alberta’s rivers and tributaries, or any other river system in the world.