Bow today

[WayneChristie]

Checked out a new to me spot, had a good time. Been a lot of years since I drowned worms in the Bow. First I caught my first mooneye of the season,http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy156/rollinghillbilly/DSCF2282.jpg

then hooked into what I thought was my first sturgeon, what a bull of a fish, turned out to be a 5 1/2 pound sucker. No wonder some people think we have carp, other than the mouth it sure looked like one, and fought like one. I want to catch the fish that took a bite out of its tail too!

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I caught 3 different kinds of suckers in 3 straight casts, gotta love the river. no Sturgeon, but I had fun anyways, and the rain went all around me, probably because I actually remembered my raingear for once.
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and I really like this spot since I will be bird hunting for the first time in a long long time this fall, and saw a whole lotta these guys.
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[Kokanee9]

I have never seen a mooneye before. Now I will know what it is if I ever catch one!

[WayneChristie]

I have never seen a mooneye before. Now I will know what it is if I ever catch one!

Id never seen one before last year, but maybe the goldeye I had been catching elsewhere were mooneye too, I didnt know the difference, didnt fish for them much. not really a lot different thats obvious except the eyes. fight the same, and probably taste just as bad :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[Photoplex]

Checked out a new to me spot, had a good time. Been a lot of years since I drowned worms in the Bow.

Like, real worms?

[chubbdarter]

nice pics WC.....i'll buy those barred tails from you in the fall.....if its illegal for you to sell them to me...i'll just take them:sHa_shakeshout:

[Dust1n]

nice pics WC.....i'll buy those barred tails from you in the fall.....if its illegal for you to sell them to me...i'll just take them:sHa_shakeshout:

thinking about tp up season already?

[WayneChristie]

Like, real worms?

real live wiggly ones I dug up in my yard, yup

[WayneChristie]

nice pics WC.....i'll buy those barred tails from you in the fall.....if its illegal for you to sell them to me...i'll just take them:sHa_shakeshout:

is that the black tailed ones? first time Ive caught one of them, or the redtails too.

[Dust1n]

is that the black tailed ones? first time Ive caught one of them, or the redtails too.

you can also try the elbow river and fish underneath the shallow water bridges.

[Photoplex]

real live wiggly ones I dug up in my yard, yup

You're not allowed to use worms on the Bow Wayne?

[chubbdarter]

is that the black tailed ones? first time Ive caught one of them, or the redtails too.


wayne put the wine down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the pheasant tails.....the pheasant tails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont mail me ANY sucker tails...lol

[WayneChristie]

you can also try the elbow river and fish underneath the shallow water bridges.

then I could get in poo for using worms :thinking-006:

[chubbdarter]

You're not allowed to use worms on the Bow Wayne?

Bassano to SSR...???????

[Dust1n]

then I could get in poo for using worms :thinking-006:

oh you dont got to use worms.
little nymphs on a spin rod. and highstick it over top of them.

[WayneChristie]

wayne put the wine down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the pheasant tails.....the pheasant tails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont mail me ANY sucker tails...lol
time to crack one obviously, I thought you were talking about the fish!!!!! :sHa_sarcasticlol::sHa_sarcasticlol::
see lots of those other things around here. for sure I will save you some tails if I get some.

[chubbdarter]

time to crack one obviously, I thought you were talking about the fish!!!!! :sHa_sarcasticlol::sHa_sarcasticlol::
see lots of those other things around here. for sure I will save you some tails if I get some.

thanks...the farm raised ones suck

[WayneChristie]

You're not allowed to use worms on the Bow Wayne?

fortu-nately I dont live near the upper reaches anymore :sHa_shakeshout: thats the reason I havent caught them for years, since they brought in the bait ban

[marlin1]

bait below Bassano is ok , or used to be , haven't checked this year

[Photoplex]

Bassano to SSR...???????

fortu-nately I dont live near the upper reaches anymore :sHa_shakeshout: thats the reason I havent caught them for years, since they brought in the bait ban

Ohhh, you live and learn! I thought the SSR started at Bassano! :)

Still learning my Albertan geography :confused:

What section of The Book does that part of the Bow fall into? The main Bow part ends at Bassano

[chubbdarter]

ohhh, you live and learn! :)

what's section of the book does that part of the bow fall into? The main bow part ends at bassano

pp1

[WayneChristie]

Ohhh, you live and learn! I thought the SSR started at Bassano! :)

Still learning my Albertan geography :confused:

What section of The Book does that part of the Bow fall into? The main Bow part ends at Bassano

Bow ends about 20 miles from my place, same place the Oldman ends. At the forks, kinda cool to stand where they meet and fish 3 rivers at once!;took this last year, Bow on the left, Oldman on the right, and the South Saskatchewan behind me, feet in 3 rivers at once, now who has the biggest feet!!!!
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[Photoplex]

Bow ends about 20 miles from my place, same place the Oldman ends. At the forks, kinda cool to stand where they meet and fish 3 rivers at once!

Just looked at the regs - man, theres a lot of different species at those crossroads!

[WayneChristie]

Just looked at the regs - man, theres a lot of different species at those crossroads!

caught 2 new ones for the first time today, I love it down here!!!

[Daceminnow]

nice suckers wayne. for a bait fisherman. i saw a ringneck this afternoon too along the river.

Dace

[WayneChristie]

nice suckers wayne. for a bait fisherman. i saw a ringneck this afternoon too along the river.

Dace

LOL Im just happy to catch fish, I dont really care what kind. wishing I had the new flyrod along, the mooneyes were starting to jump.

[Alberta Bigbore]

nice fish pics wayne.

[Fishfinder]

Can't believe u never got rained on. Nice catch on the mooneye Wayne, they're on my bucket list.
There are some Monsta suckas in there, I've caught and seen some biguns this year, had to of been over 10#s for sure - same species as the big one you caught...they seem to be most common of all those species around t/here.
Cheers!:)

[Dale S]

Wayen we fished there Sun. morning with the same results. Mooneyes and suckers. That peice of water has produced many big fish over the past years.Somedays its no stop walleye action. Have you been to that same kind of water east of Rolling Hills.

[chubbdarter]

Just looked at the regs - man, theres a lot of different species at those crossroads!

as much as i appreciate the Bow up here.....the Bow becomes a real fishery for Big Boys down where WC lives.....i feel the same way about the upper Oldman compared to the lower Oldman.
just my opinion but the upper Bow bores me

[mongo]

wondering how clear the river is thoughr it thought it would be muddy as hell.

[WayneChristie]

wondering how clear the river is thoughr it thought it would be muddy as hell.

very muddy and it got worse through the afternoon

[Gary K]

very muddy and it got worse through the afternoon

seemed to be ok for fishing though!