Jet boat fishing in the second week of December
I can’t believe it was December 10 and Steve and I had plans to take my jet boat out for one last journey down the Bow River. The day before or trip I was laughing to myself that this was actually going down. I awoke the next morning, which was a Saturday, to excitement and butterflies. I have fished many times in December in the past, but I have never had the chance to launch my boat this late in the season. Normally the boat is put away to sleep in the shop, but this year the weather held out and I kept the boat out just in case we got a great day to fish.
Steve was set to pick me up at half past ten which meant we could be ready and in the water by eleven A.M. Before we launched, I had plotted a plan in my mind, three places we could fish where we could have a great chance at a trophy brown trout. As we launched the boat, I noticed that we were unable to get to the first spot I had in mind, as the water was to low making it impassable over the exposed rocks in the middle of the river. I hammered the gas and headed directly downstream to the second location I had in mind. We got busy casting the Rapala BX Jointed minnow and the Rapala Shadow Rap Shad respectively. This location was quiet and we had no time to waste as the sun would set at 4:30. I opted to leave this area and jet to the next location I had mapped out, but again, this location only gave up one small rainbow. I again hit the gas to the last prime area I thought would give up the goods, and boy was I ever spot on.
Have a look at this video and check out the action as we land some amazing Bow River brown trout, and rainbow trout. Huge thanks to Steven for coming to pick both me and the jet boat up. Cheers too many more fishing adventures in the New Year Mr. Gower. I would love to wish all the readers here a very merry Christmas. Thanks for following along with my adventures.
~Mike
