Best Spring EVER!! My 3yr olds first fish

[375 ultramag]

Way to go, Thats the way to make memory's that will last forever. ......for you and your daughter. Congrats

[Ruger4]

awesome job Daryl , any signs of g-bears in them there sandbars ?

[rocksteady]

Thanks to you Daryl...It was excellent learning a new skill (slowly mind you) on how to catch big bull trout....

The family bbq's on the beach were a blast, now I can hardly wait for the river to go down again so we get back at it...

Was great watching your daughter trying to bonk that 6 or so lb fish....

[Ddog]

then after a couple more days i went back to that spot and sat down took a cast and in with a 12.5 lber, pics suck cause nothing to hold the fish against

then a few more days later was down below Wardener on the Kootenay and just hammered the big ones

then it was time to turkey hunt,,
The turkey hunting was the same as it has been for the past 6 yrs,,,Awesome!!
all of you that have not done it i suggest you do because it a so outstanding calling these massive birds in and letting them have it when they are in full glory!
Rocksteady and i had a grab opening morning , although no birds were killed we sure saw some good toms just didn't come into the shotgun range , but were that ever gobbling at us. second morning was the same as the first but i was able to put down a great tom at the 20lb mark he was a beauty!


Now it was time to get back to fishing!! the turkey deed was done

[Ddog]

Well now that the turkey was dead it was back to the kootenay river for more of the big bulls, boy they are sure a good eating fish, just full of fat to the likes i have never seen before, these fish have so much fat in them you can't even see the actual guts cause the fat engulfed them.
the first pic is of a nice fat 8lber in my sink, notice i have not actually cleaned the black line out of this fish yet

then a few more pics of some more bulls, i released on average 5-7 a night as big or bigger than the ones i kept, i always keep the first one in that is at least 8 lbs then catch and release the rest of the day or evening, sometimes it sucked letting the real big ones go but as long as i had a good one on the beach i was alright with it.


this big bull trout was close to the 17lb mark and boy did he battle good before being released!!

[The Dawg]

Its a rough life you've got there buddy

Ill have to try and make it down there for gobblers next year. Ill bring the beer

[BimmerBob]

Pretty tough to have to live in an area so devoid of fish and wildlife! Great job, sweet memories!

[Ddog]

ya,, its tough living in the Kootenays for sure, theres never anything to do especially when i get home at 11 in the morning and have the whole day to try and find something to do.

[Ddog]

heres Mike's big boy, he's already posted this pic


and my daughters first one!! Notice how happy she is, she loves to fish and wants so badly to go get a deer so we can eat it,(her words)

[kennyj]

Fantastic fish! You're having way to much fun. Love the photos.
kenny