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Jan 05

Gone Fishing- Bow River

By Mike Robertson in Gone Fishing

I was back on the Bow River today and had some great success again. I was spin fishing in search of the big Brown’s and Rainbow’s that live in this river. The trout that are in this river system are wild trout, they reproduce naturally and grow to be very large. I started off using the Blue Fox Minnow Spinner and was not having much luck to begin with. Todd on the other hand was up four fish to my nil, not that I’m counting. This river system never ceases to amaze me, almost every deeper hole has fish holding in them. That’s where I fish in the winter months, in the deeper holes.

I went out of the city limits today into another deep long hole that probably stretches a quarter of a mile. Once again I found a large conglomeration of fish in this area. In the summer months I float the Bow River so I know where all the deep holes are along the river. In the winter I go to these different holes to find the fish. This system has worked for me for many years now. This system can also work for you as well. I watch lots of fishing shows and lots of them say, “the locals know” or “stop in to the nearest fly shop and ask lots of questions”. Yeah sure, you think these guys are going to tell you where they fish on the weekend; I don’t think so. That’s why you need to go and do your own homework.

If I can give the reader one tip, study the water and mark all the prime locations you think fish will hold. Go out and fish those locations and use various different hooksto increase your catch ratio. Keep looking and never give up easely. I took me a long time to hone my skills on the Bow River, at one time I thought there were no fish in the Bow River; boy was I ever wrong. See the photo gallery on the right column for visual proof that there are actually fish that live in the Bow River. If you have any questions on fishing, feel free to ask me.

Jan 02

Gone Fishing- Bow River

By Mike Robertson in Gone Fishing

Happy new year to all my fishing friends around the world. Todd and I were out spinner fishing the Bow River again today, and I had a very good day again. I was using the Blue Fox Minnow Spinner and was hammering out the big Trout. We went up the river today within the city limits and had no luck, so we decided to go south of the city to search for the big trout. We pulled in to a deeper hole and I fired the Minnow spinner half way across the river. On my third cast I was into a hard fighting Rainbow Trout that was 20 inches. I was walking up and down the bank to see what area of the river the trout were holding in. A note to all the river fisherman, sometimes the trout will hold in the slow calm water and the next day they will enter the moving current. I was casting the Blue fox into the moving water at the tail out, and retrieving the lure across the slower water entering the pool.

This tactic worked very well today, as the fish were holding at the top of the pool. Some fish however were in the middle of the pool and some were at the tailout of the deeper, slow moving water. A more experienced angler will work all area’s of the water to find out where the fish are holding and key in to what the fish want to feed on. I like to switch my bait’s quite often to see what will work on that day. For example, I will start with crank baits, fish them for twenty to thirty minutes maximum; and then change to say a small spinner. If I have no luck on the smaller spinner I will change colors to suit the weather conditions. No luck on the small spinner I will move up to a larger spinner.

I like the Panther Martin spinners, but if I have no luck on that brand of spinner I will go to a Blue fox Spinner. And on it goes, I think you get the point. The good thing about fishing these days is there is lots of tackle to chose from. Another thing that really makes a good fisherman is if he can read the water. It has taken me some time to learn this very important skill. Lots of practise and even more patience will eventually pay off. Today total was 9 fish on the shore and my first fish got away just before I was going to land him. Winter fishing on the Bow River is absolutely awesome.

Dec 31

Brown Trout Info

By Mike Robertson in Brown Trout Info

In this next post I would like to talk about the elusive Brown Trout. The Brown Trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario and S. trutta morpha lacustris) and the Sea Trout (S. trutta morpha trutta) are fish of the same species distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a freshwater fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to spawn.

The lacustrine morph of brown trout is most usually potamodromous, migrating from lakes into rivers or streams to spawn, although there is some evidence of stocks which spawn on wind-swept shorelines of lakes. S. trutta morpha fario form stream-resident populations, typically in alpine streams but sometimes in larger rivers, as well. There is evidence that anadromous and non-anadromous morphs coexisting in the same river can be genetically identical.

In common usage, the name “Brown Trout” is often applied indiscriminately to the various morphs. The brown trout is normally considered to be native to Europe and Asia but the natural distribution of the migratory forms may be, in fact, circumpolar. There are also landlocked populations far from the oceans, for example in Greece and Estonia. The fish is not considered to be endangered although, in some cases, individual stocks are under various degrees of stress mainly through habitat degradation, overharvest and artificial propagation leading to introgression. S. trutta morpha fario prefers cold, well-oxygenated upland waters, especially large streams in mountainous areas. Cover is important to trout, and they are more likely to be found where there are submerged rocks, undercut banks, and overhanging vegetation.

The brown trout is a medium sized fish, growing to 20 kg or more in some localities although in many smaller rivers a mature weight of 1 kg (2 lb) or less is common. On the Bow River Brown Trout can weigh as much as 10-15 lbs. The current International Game Fish Association (IGFA) world “all tackle” record brown trout, 18.25 kg (40 pounds, 4 ounces), was caught in May of 1992 from the Little Red River, Arkansas by Howard “Rip” Collins. (Story with images) Brown trout may live for several years although, as with the Atlantic salmon, there is a high proportion of death of males after spawning and probably fewer than 20% of female kelts recover from spawning. The migratory forms grow to significantly larger sizes and may live longer.

Brown trout are active both by day and by night and are opportunistic feeders. While in fresh water, the diet will frequently include invertebrates from the streambed, small fish, frogs, and insects flying near the water’s surface. The high dietary reliance upon insect larvae, pupae, nymphs and adults is what allows trout to be a favoured target for spinner and fly fishermen. Sea trout are especially fished for at night using all forms of terminal tackle as well as various types of flies. The spawning behaviour of brown trout is similar to that of the closely related Atlantic salmon. A typical female produces about 2000 eggs per kilogram (900 eggs per pound) of body weight at spawning.

Trout is a favourite food fish, and is used both fresh and smoked; there are many recipes for it, and it may be eaten fried, grilled, baked or microwaved. The specific epithet trutta derives from the Latin trutta, meaning, literally, “trout”. The Bow River has a healthy population of large Brown Trout. This species happens to be my favorate type of trout to fish for, as these fish are sometimes the most difficult species of trout to catch.

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Dec 26

Gone Fishing- Bow River

By Mike Robertson in Gone Fishing

It is Christmas day here in Calgary and Santa was good to me again this year. I was given two gift certificates for my local tackle shop, so tomorrow I will go shopping than go fishing again. I was able to go out fishing today for a couple of hours today and did quite well. My first choice for lures was the Berkley Frenzy and had no success. I fished all the way up the river with the Frenzy with no bites so I decided to switch up to the Minnow Spinner. This type of lure is heavy which enables you to cast this lure very far across the river. As a result you cover more water which greatly increases your odds of catching fish.

I proceeded to heave the Minnow Spinner out half way across the Bow River and shortly after I was in to a nice Brown Trout. I was pecking away as I walked downstream back towards where I parked my car and hammered out another 21 inch Brown Trout. A fly-fisherman arrived and waded out into the water, and caught himself 3 or 4 fish as well. Today I managed to pull out four Brown Trout before I had to pack up and be back home for our Christmas dinner. My last fish was the most interesting of the day I must say.

I casted far out into a deeper hole and slowly retrieved the lure back into the shore, a large Brown came to the surface to whack my lure and missed the lure. I thought o.k. that was cool I’m going to put that lure right back where that fish is and see if he will hit it again. I duplicated the first cast perfectly and sure enough he hammers my offering and the battle’s on. I look forward to going out again tomorrow to see if I can find the monster trout.

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