Throughout my fishing career I’ve had the privileged to mentor and teach many anglers on the basics of fishing and the necessities for a successful day out on the water. One topic that keeps coming up that I believe is still overlooked by too many anglers is the need for a respectable sonar unit. A sonar unit provides an angler with a view of the underwater world, … [Read more...]
Top 5 Tactics for Trolling Rainbow Trout in Dirty Water
The spring can be a very challenging time for anglers to target Rainbow Trout. As the freshet sets in so do the dirty water conditions in our valley lakes. If you have ever tried to catch Rainbow Trout in these murky water situations you know it can be difficult. However, these periods can also offer some of the greatest fishing opportunities of the year. As anglers we need to … [Read more...]
How to Bead Fish for Trout
Each year when the salmon migrate their way back to the tributaries to complete their spawning cycle, Trout follow them to target the salmon eggs for an easy meal to help fatten up for the winter months. In the fall trout from a far will start to bundle up near the mouth of the rivers or congregate in the tail end of runs waiting for salmon eggs to drift downstream. As the … [Read more...]
Fall Trolling Tactics for Rainbow Trout
The ski and wake board boats have been put away for the season and the sizeable lakes are now wide open for us anglers to enjoy to ourselves. The fall period is one of my favourite times of the year to pursue Rainbow Trout because the cooling water temperatures can produce aggressive feeding frenzies that make for an action packed day of fishing. So why is the fall such a … [Read more...]
Chinook Salmon Fishing Little Shuswap Lake
During years with strong Fraser salmon runs mid August usually marks the period when anglers flock towards Little Shushwap Lake in the Thompson region to try their luck for Chinook Salmon. Little Shuswap Lake (aka Little Shu) is a small lake located near the town of Chase within the Thompson River basin of the southern BC Interior. The lake is a transition on where the … [Read more...]
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