old man river bull trout

[sportster]

wheres a good spot to start hunting bulls in oldman river. was fishing above falls but only managed small cutties

[MoFugger21]

wheres a good spot to start hunting bulls in oldman river. was fishing above falls but only managed small cutties

The Livingstone River...... :thinking-006: Seriously....

[whitetail Junkie]

wheres a good spot to start hunting bulls in oldman river. was fishing above falls but only managed small cutties

screw the oldman,fish the highwood river West of Longview for Bulls.

[highwood]

Very few Bulls above the falls. By few I mean none. They will be staging soon and moving up some of the smaller tribuatries. A good number move up Hidden Creek, however it closes early to accomodate this. Best to leave them alone once they are in the smaller tribs as they have work to do.

[Gary K]

there really isn't much about the falls but small fish. never seen anything of size come out above.

[BGSH]

there BIG fish everywhere in Alberta, just be patiant.

[Dust1n]

there BIG fish everywhere in Alberta, just be patiant.

x2 or once was anyway.

[highwood]

there BIG fish everywhere in Alberta, just be patiant.

This is quite simply not true. The headwaters of many freestone creeks simply can't hold large fish. Often the only time you will see larger fish in high country headwaters is during bull spawning. In the case of the Oldman, the bulls can't get by the upper falls. There are tonnes of smaller cutthroats above the falls, but the size drops dramatically once you get up there. Some high country rivers do have the capacity to hold larger trout, but in the vast majority, size will decrease with elevation and grade.