The Bow River is Disgusting

[1stLand]

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

[highwood]

So don't fish it, more pigs for the rest of us

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[brohymn2]

Be glad you dont live in edmonton then.

If i lived in calgary id be pumped you went only to the mountains. Less competition for spots


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[TheHotChili]

haha.....

[Akoch]

I fish mountain streams to catch and release little hungry cutts in some of the most beautiful country around, that doesn't mean I can't enjoy hauling giant trout out of the bow.

Not sure how catching big fat trout is worse than sitting around being bored, whatever floats your boat though.

[commieboy]

http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/Water/Page...ment-tour.aspx

I would take a mountain stream any day... But I'll fish the bow with no hesitation. At least we treat our sewage. Still a lot of coastal cities that just dump raw sewage into the ocean. Yummy.

[Scott N]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

What's your point? Did you expect a river that flows through a city with a population of over a million to be pristine?

[Mr Flyguy]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

The nutrients from the Calgary waste treatment systems are partly responsible for the great fishing in the middle Bow, so poop and enjoy the fishing already!

[Okotokian]

I'm sorta in the middle. I'm not crazy about fishing where you can hear the drone of traffic, and I personally wouldn't eat anything caught near downstream of the sewage plant (and yes I know it's catch and release now), but I still find the Bow a nice additional fishing resource that comes in handy. I can't fish my smaller streams and rivers until mid June. Happy to pop over to the Bow occasionally. And I've never found it that horrible or reeking. What I have fond, on average, is some of the bigger trout I've caught.

Mud in a river? Come on...

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

Yep, I hear you. Red Deer below Red Deer...same. But fishing was great.

Like you, I prefer the clean mountain rivers. That is why I put more time on the Highwood. Who wouldn't want crystal clear, of course. But there are huge pigs in there that will keep me coming back to the Bow. God bless it

Oh, and check this post out... I think you will find the reasoning
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...=1#post3608826

[The Spank]

I originally hail from southern ontario, St.Catharines to be exact and grew up on the shore of Lake Ontario with the Toronto skyline as my view 28 miles straight across from the living room window. We were situated between the old Port Dalhousie canal and the Welland Canal. My grandparents lived in northern Ontario and had a cottage on a beautiful deep gin clear lake loaded with Lake Trout. Compared to what I grew up on it was heaven BUT I could walk out the back yard and down the bank to the beach behind the house and depending on the time of year catch everything from Coho, Chinook and Browns to Perch, Pike and mammoth Carp, Bass and just about anything that swam including Eels. I look back now and think what a great opportunity that was and how much fun we had even though we wouldn't dare eat the fish. We had the fish at the cottage for that.
In the summer of '81 I was 17 and spent that summer working in Calgary and though I knew little about the Bow I fished it several times where I could access it from shore and with no knowledge how to really go about catching river trout. I caught fish on only one occasion after a big storm and the waters had raised. My first was a Brown of about 8" on a small black/yellow dot Mepps spinner, my second was my first ever Rainbow and even though I had caught hundreds of Lake Ontario Coho & Chinook I could barely contain my excitement when I landed my first Rainbow on the banks of the Bow, a beauty of a fish of about 8 pounds!! My third and final fish was another 8" Brown and though again I had caught dozens of 2-5 pound Browns chucking spoons in Lake Ontario those little river Browns were as much of trophies as any trophy could be to a teenager getting to fish in Alberta's infamous Bow River!
Don't let an ideal ruin your fishing experience, take it for what it is and do battle with the river denizens on your doorstep. I know I did in the summer of '81 and that big Rainbow is still my largest to date and most memorable!!

[robson3954]

Never liked the smell of the Bow, but dang if it doesn't fish well.

[pal488]

lol what an ignorant forum post.

[bessiedog]

Purist troll.....

You go ahead..... we'll fish for the big fish.

Ever wonder why the big fish are big....
wonder why there's such big fish and such good hatches on the Crow..?

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

The word princess comes to mind.

[FinnDawg]

I've never found the bow to smell or look disgusting. if you don't like the weeds and things fish it in the spring.

[Dweb]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

The word princess comes to mind.

Haha absolutely

[stob]

Originally Posted by Dweb

Haha absolutely

x3

[vital shok]

This person must have been above glenmore cause that's where the warmer water is and we fish and picnic at beaver damm often and yes it most certainly is pretty nasty up there.There is a stink and the rocks are most certainly slimy and gross.Pretty much anything below glenmore is perfect but whatever please stay away we are all fine with it.

[Mr Flyguy]

Mud and weeds in a river...OMG, OMG

[wildbill]

[QUOTE=1stLand;3608572]I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.[Quote]

The Bow is an awesome river, anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously high on crack or suffering from a severe brain injury.
OOOoooohhhhh.......... I get it, you couldn't catch any of the Bow's highly educated trout, their not easy to catch like in the mountain streams and lakes like your used to.
So instead of admiting defeat, you insult the river.
You my friend, are a real peach!

[huntsfurfish]

[QUOTE=wildbill;3616274][QUOTE=1stLand;3608572]I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

The Bow is an awesome river, anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously high on crack or suffering from a severe brain injury.
OOOoooohhhhh.......... I get it, you couldn't catch any of the Bow's highly educated trout, their not easy to catch like in the mountain streams and lakes like your used to.
So instead of admiting defeat, you insult the river.
You my friend, are a real peach!

And yet you insult the OP? Not sure how old you are so I will go easy.
Hey Bill why do you have to be so offensive? Most of your first sentence (bolded part) wasnt needed! You could have left that out and still got your message through.

[highwood]

[QUOTE=huntsfurfish;3616336][QUOTE=wildbill;3616274]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

And yet you insult the OP? Not sure how old you are so I will go easy.
Hey Bill why do you have to be so offensive? Most of your first sentence (bolded part) wasnt needed! You could have left that out and still got your message through.

Indeed

[TriPPiNvdUb]

It has taken me 3 seasons on the bow to truly start having success and then I picked up a fly rod this summer and have to start all over again.

Its the all defeating days and the steep learning curve that makes it so satisfying, the bow is an amazing fishery that offers a wide variety of challenges and hurdles, just when you think you have it figured out it can come back and remind you there is still much to learn.

I am thankful to have such a wonderful river in my backyard, its both rewarding and life changing.

You may find it disgusting but like the saying goes, One mans garbage is another mans treasure.

Good luck out there!

[wildbill]

[QUOTE=huntsfurfish;3616336][QUOTE=wildbill;3616274]

Originally Posted by 1stLand

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but here it goes.

I have avoided going fishing in the Bow River for years because I hate fishing in the city and I also hate fishing in waters that has Water Treatment Effluent dumped into it.

I Fish Mountain Lakes, streams and creeks primarily.

Out of boredom I tried the Bow River this evening and I feel like I need to scrub my Fishing Rod and Line and Flies in a vat of bleach.

The Bow River smelled disgusting, and holy smokes is it ever filled with mud, weeds and slime.

I don't know how some of you boys do it.

And yet you insult the OP? Not sure how old you are so I will go easy.
Hey Bill why do you have to be so offensive? Most of your first sentence (bolded part) wasnt needed! You could have left that out and still got your message through.

BECAUSE THE WHOLE THREAD WASN'T NEEDED, THAT'S WHY!!!

[huntsfurfish]

[QUOTE=wildbill;3616610][QUOTE=huntsfurfish;3616336]

Originally Posted by wildbill

BECAUSE THE WHOLE THREAD WASN'T NEEDED, THAT'S WHY!!!

You didnt have to read it then, young fella. Do you need a snickers?

[wildbill]

[QUOTE=huntsfurfish;3617369][QUOTE=wildbill;3616610]

Originally Posted by huntsfurfish

You didnt have to read it then, young fella. Do you need a snickers?

What kind of dog are you?

[aulrich]

Oh yea the fishing was good, but by August there were plenty of places in the main river channel was actually choked with weeds. You had to fish around the flotsam.


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