Lake Trout In Bow River???

[Fishing4Trophies]

Hi folks, yesterday I fished the confluence of JP creek into the Bow at Cochrane and was surprised of catching a 9 inch lake trout! Has this happened to anyone else? Is it common or rare?

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Thanks!


~ Fishing4Trophies

[the local angler]

happens more often then you think. alot of the lakers get washed down from ghost lake some have even been caught below bears paw dam. the bad thing is i don't think anglers would be able to keep it even back with the old regs.

[Fishing4Trophies]

happens more often then you think. alot of the lakers get washed down from ghost lake some have even been caught below bears paw dam. the bad thing is i don't think anglers would be able to keep it even back with the old regs.

Thanks!

[the local angler]

you're welcome we use to catch and eat those little half pound lakers way back in the old days and were delicious. back then it was a not that strict for regs miss those days.

[Fishing4Trophies]

Oh for sure, used to love to keep my fair of trout outta the Bow, to bad the new regs ban it. Oh well, what can ya do. At least I can fish the river in town and not drive to Calgary to fish the Bow in winter.

[SNAPFisher]

Talking to one of the younger anglers at the FTH, there is also the odd lunker in there. I tied into something that I could not budge and eventually broke off. He figured probably a big laker. He and his buddy went out and his buddy caught and landed what looked like a 15 lber. I saw the pics... man would that be fun in the river. You just never know :)

[Fishing4Trophies]

Oh for sure, that would be a hoot!

[marlin1]

saw a decent laker caught below Bearspaw when water was high

[Fishing4Trophies]

Oh nice, speaking of Bearspaw, how does whom access the dam?

[Pikeminnow]

Walk up the bank

[Fishing4Trophies]

Thanks

[chucklesthe3rd]

ive caught a 3lb laker from the bow.

[Fishing4Trophies]

Nice! Where abouts?