Hello to all of the fishing guys and gals. It’s been warm and sunny this past week here in Alberta which gave me a chance to go and do some trout fishing on the Bow River. Today’s high was nine degrees or so which is nice weather here for December. I walked up the river quite a Way’s to a deeper hole on the weekend to find a large school of humongous trout on a feeding frenzy. We were throwing out all sorts of tackle and pulling out some of the Bow Rivers largest trout. I was using the Minnow Spinner for awhile and bagged some fat Rainbow’s. I was also using the Berkley Frenzy and the Brown’s were hammering on that as well.

Even when I’m doing well with one particular type of lure, I still like to switch once in awhile to mix it up. After all, I like to eat something different and I think the trout do also. Todd and I did very well today; my last fish was a 25 inch Rainbow. Todd pulled out some massive Browns today with his best fish measuring 27 inches. This fish was an absolute monster, it would be safe to say it was ten pounds or more, see the picture here. We are going to get in the dingy this weekend and pull in on an island and get out and fish. These are the things a guide must do to find out where he can bring his customers.
When I pay for a guide I would expect that this person at least knows where the fish are. After that the rest is up to me, the guide cannot force the fish to bite my hook; but he can give me the hook that is working at that time of the season. I like to go to as many places as I can to find the fish because when I do it’s all gravy after that. I wish you all the best on your next trip. Happy hunting. 

This is the time of year that I never seem to enjoy very much. The only fishing a guy can do is from the shore or sitting over a hole in the ice somewhere cold. Ice fishing is just not for me, this type of fishing is summed up with one word; boring. I love the summer months when a guy can get in his dingy and go fishing all day long. I gave up skiing some time ago so there’s not much to do in the winter outside for me. I’ve decided to go fishing tomorrow with the afternoon high being only minus four degrees Celsius. That is not so bad to go fishing, so off to the Bow River I go to see what kind of monster trout will be hungry for my snacks.

I’ll meet up with the newfie and I’ll probably take him to school as usual. Hopefully the big trout will co-operate and we will get some excellent pictures once again. I have a hunch the big fish moved to the south west side of the river. When I get a hunch it’s usually a good thing! Anyhow, enough jibber jabber from me, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is. I’ll keep you all updated. Oh yes I almost forgot, I’ll have some fun while I’m at it.

We seem to be getting some very nice weather here in Calgary, Alberta with today’s forecast at 9 degrees Celsius. My friend Todd and I arranged to meat down at the Bow River at twelve thirty to do some trout fishing on the Bow River. When I arrived I could not help but wonder if the big Brown’s have started to make their way back down from their fall spawn. The Brown’s here on the Bow make their way upstream in August then make their way back down stream after they have spawned out. I decided to start fishing a deeper pool on the east side of the river with a Berkley Frenzy crankbait. The color I chose first was the black and silver combo.

I tie up and fire away, nothing on the first cast so I keep plugging away. About the fifth or sixth a cast a massive 25 inch Brown hammers my lure and the fight is on. I land this massive hog and release him to fight another day, but not without a few photo’s first. The next fish turned out to be the biggest fish of the day, another massive Brown Trout measuring 27 inches in length and weighing in at 7-10 pounds. I then clue in that there are probably some more huge fish occupying this deeper hole that we are fishing in.