It’s been raining back home for six days straight and Bruce needed to keep busy, so off to Canada he went-- to see me and do a little fishing for Lake Trout.
It’s 4:30am and our Canada fishing trip has already begun. We were meeting our fishing guide at 6:45am on Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. It was a gorgeous day which also turned out to be a great day to fish. We were fishing for Lake Trout, which are bottom water fish, so fishing is a little different for us, but with a lesson from our guide (Blair), we both caught-on fast. Little toss to put the bait out and then let it sink to the bottom, two hard jerks up and reel in about twenty times then let it sink to the bottom again. After about 10 mins of this, the guide is ready to take us to another spot…but wait…someone feels a little heaviness…who could be reeling in the FIRST FISH…wait for it…it’s ME…oh my gosh I pulled in the first fish on the boat…Can you believe it! It’s big enough for one person to have lunch, but not two, however Blair’s rule is not to let the first fish on the boat go, plus he could have it for lunch. So of course I didn’t make a BIG deal out of this…Bruce had the second fish on the boat, it was so small, that actually could be used for bait. Next spot to try out and this time we let our bait sink to the bottom with a little bumping of the bait and up comes a 6lb fish on my pink bait…awesome! This is FUN…so lets make a little bet here since I’m winning…who can catch the most…so we made our bet and what, what is this, Bruce has a 3lb fish on his line…crap lets change the bet…but the sun came out and the wind came to a dead stop and the fish stopped playing the game. Darn it!
The water on Lake Minnewanka was like looking into a mirror, a person could see about 40 yards down, it was a gorgeous day and we had a great time fishing and enjoying the lake that was snuggled in the mountains.
Pictures are coming soon...
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