Happy New Year !!!!

We’re back for another exciting year of fishing in the Kootenays and on the West Coast.

December was a mild month with not a lot of snow down low.  And we managed to enjoy a lot of days on the water.

So, here’s the latest fishing report:

Kootenay Lake:

The water temperature has remained constant at 43 degrees, and the fish are still cooperating.

The past month has seen a few big fish at the beginning of December and then a bunch of average fish throughout the month.  The first day of December brought a bunch of Rainbows over 10Lbs and it continued throughout that weekend.

And since then, we have had some pretty good days throughout the month and through Christmas break.

A normal day lately has had a bunch of Rainbows between 2 – 5 Lbs, with the odd one still hitting the 10 Lb range.

Bull Trout have slowed down substantially, however when caught, there have been some big ones.  Bulls up to 12 Lbs have been caught lately.

Hoping the water temperature remains the same throughout January, as this will keep the fish active and we can expect to carry on with consistent fishing.

Watch for our winter special coming soon, where we’ll team up with some accommodations and some ski operators to offer some variety to guests trips.

Stay tuned……..

What are they biting???

The fish have been fairly specific latley.  We’ve been having some of our best luck for Rainbows on our favourite bucktail flies.  Lux flies #203, 207, 210 have been working best for us.

And some days the fish prefer the flies, but some days they prefer the spoons.  Our Gibbs croc in the brass fire stripe has been best directly behind the boat.

And for the Bull Trout, we have been dragging the usual Gibbs STS flasher followed by the green spatter back hoochie.  Or the Bon Chovy flasher followed by the ‘No Bananas’ skinny G spoon has also produced some good Bulls.

While the Bull Trout aren’t biting every day, we’re still hooking a few good ones.

Winter is usually the biggest fish of the year and so far December proved that.  So, here’s hoping January continues to provide a few big fish.  The incentive is there.

Let’s go fishing !!

Hope this helps with your next adventure.

Tight lines,

Captain Kerry