Spring Break was a blast!!

And now that April is here, we are in full swing.

Here’s the latest fishing report:

Kootenay Lake:

While February and early March were some tougher fishing, the second half of March turned into one of our best stretches of fishing.

Typically it takes until later in April before things start to pick up.  But, the past few weeks have seen the water temperature warm up a couple degrees and the fish becoming more active.

A couple of our best days in late March saw us hooking into more than 20 Rainbows each day.  Unprecedented for this time of year, but we’ll take it.

Rainbows between 2 – 5 Lbs have been the norm, however we have caught a few between 7 – 10 Lbs lately.  Bull Trout have been few and far between, although we’re starting to get the odd one between 3 – 6 Lbs.

The annual Easter Bull Trout derby at Woodbury will be coming up soon, so we’ll see what that brings.

The limited Kokanee fishery in the west arm happened April 1,2,3 and there were definitely some mixed reports.  Not sure if it was the inconsistent weather or just the lack of fish, but it was definitely tough fishing.

We actually gave up on fishing the west arm and headed to the main lake for more action, as the Rainbows have been more active.

The fishing on the main lake has been consistent and should only get better as the water warms up.

If you want to get in on the spring action, click here for info.

Stay tuned……

Columbia River:

March/April is the beginning of some pretty good river fishing.  The water level is very low right now and the fish are concentrated.

There’s been some really good days in the lower end of the river towards Trail.

Now that the weather seems to have warmed up, we will be spending some more time on the river and can keep the reports coming.

Stay tuned….

What are they biting on ???

Rainbows have been crushing the bucktails lately.  Our favourite Lux Flies have been lucky numbers: 203, 210, 215, and 222.  And to mix it up, we always have one of our favourite Gibbs spoons out there. In fact our spoons have caught our only few Bull Trout lately.  The usual Gibbs croc in the brass/fire stripe has been working, as well as our latest addition of the herring aid croc. How did I not already have one of these?

Downriggers have been slow, but when we do manage to hook up, it’s usually on the Gibbs STS flasher followed by the green pistachio hoochie.

Either way, it’s always good to have an assortment of surface lines and deep lines to mix it up.

Hope this helps with your next adventure.

Tight lines……

Captain Kerry