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Comment on Red Hot by Dish Network Deals

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Comment on Lake Trout by Alex Gordon

Alex Gordon — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:54:37 +0000

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Comment on transition by ironrod

ironrod — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:29:42 +0000

Headed there Wed morning. Any certain color on the houchies? Colors on spoons? Again, we’re after the keeper sized fish in order to take a few home to eat and were more interested in catching higher numbers than getting that “monster”. We also plan on stopping in on the meeting to hear what is discussed. thanks again for all the previous responses and for your website. It’s been very helpful.

Comment on fun times by john boy

john boy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:56:53 +0000

Hello, my name is John Westbrook from Erie, PA. I just wanted to post a comment on captain Bob’s fishing report and tell everybody what a great experience my wife and I had on flathead lake earlier today. Shirley (my wife) and I have been coming to the Flathead valley for 14 years now. We have hired many guides to take us fishing over those 14 wonderful years. Today was the start of a great relationship with Mo Fisch charters that my wife and I hope lasts many, many years, (now that we’ve decided to move our business and retire here). The accomodations from this outfit are far and above the other guides we have been out with. From the guys in Woods Bay to Bigfork, there is no comparison. Just to name a few, coffee in the morning, breakfast on the boat, those great cookies from Mrs. Mo Fisch, a heated boat, and to top it all off the fishing was GREAT. We saw numerous other boats not catch anything but Captain Bob put us right on the fish. The fish we were allowed to keep were prepared perfectly and immediately put on ice. Oh yeah, I can’t wait to get my 20 pounder back from the taxidermist. Captain Bob, keep up the great work and I would recommend you to anyone. Here is to many, many more successful trips on Flathead and I can’t wait to go to Koocanusa this fall. THANK YOU, sincerely,
John and Shirley Westbrook

Comment on Great day! by mpjones1958

mpjones1958 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:39:24 +0000

Our family just got back to PA from Montana. We are tired but exhilarated from our trip. Truly it is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Everyone we met was friendly and more than happy to help us. We did Glacier, hiking, biking, boating, golfing, rafting and of course FISHING!
You have many choices when you go and finding the right guide can be the difference. We went to a local bait shop (Snappy’s) where true to the Montana creed (be nice to everyone) they highly recommended Mo Fisch. I called Bob and his lovely wife answered gave us the details and my nephew Chris and I were set for Wednesday morning at 8 AM. Let me say I am NOT a big fisherman. In fact I am a really bad fisherman. On the other hand Chris, who is 14 lives to fish, this was to be his day.
After speaking with Bob he recommended we fish Flathead as opposed to Whitefish since there was a better chance of catching bigger fish. I am glad I listened to him. We started the day out by traversing the lake to a “hot” spot. The wind was up and there was a lot of chop, it was a rough ride. When we got to the spot the Fishing God’s smiled on us, the Sun came out and the wind stopped. We were ready.
The first catch was in the Slot, 33”. The next was in the slot 32”. The next three were keepers. Not bad for the first hour!! I only fished when there was more than one bite, Bob only touched the poles when there were more than two bites, and we ALL fished that day. As the count kept going and the fish kept biting we started to attract a crowd (comments about that later). The day ended up with 11 keepers (we ate well), 8 in the slot (30”-36”) and 4 over the slot (38”, 39” 40” and 41”). Chris caught the 41” on the last bite of the day; in fact Bob had already started the process of cleaning the keepers.
For Chris this was a day of a lifetime. We caught a lot of fish, BIG FISH and that is important. But more important was the way we caught them. Like I said we started to attract a crowd. They were catching fish too. The difference was the guide was doing ALL of the work. They were setting the hooks and doing the initial reeling, once the fish was secure they would hand the pole to the customer? I am sure Bob would have done this if we ask. But life is not about having things handed to you. You learn as much if not more when “lose the fish” as you do when you catch them. By the end of the day Chris not only caught fish, he learned how to set up a down rigger, set a hook and clear it from the rigger, read a fish finder and clean a fish the right way. Bob was patient, kind and worked incredibly hard for us. He never forgot that we were the most important people on the boat. We had great conversations and I learned a lot about the local culture.
We had ample beverages, a nice hot lunch and cookies to die for. Thanks Mrs Bob.
I know this is a long winded story (a fish story if you will). But for 51 yr old non fisherman and a 14 yr old fishing addict this was a day we will never forget.

Thanks Bob,

Morgan Jones

Comment on Great day! by wjones939528

wjones939528 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:43:57 +0000

Hi, my name is Bill. This is my son and brother you are writing about. I really enjoyed reading this almost as much as Chris and Morgan enjoyed catching these fish. My son (Chris) loves to fish and this is an experience that he will never forget. Eastern PA just does not have fish like the ones he cought at Flathead. Thanks for posting their experince and like I said, “this is something Chris and Uncle Morgan will never forget.” Talk about quality “family time”…this one is hard to beat.

Comment on Laketrout by ironrod

ironrod — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:47:50 +0000

Thanks for the info. I am headed up there June 17-21 for our first trip ever on the lake. I have a couple of downriggers
but would rather not use them if we can find fish a little more shallow-may not have an option though that time of yr. Any
suggestions? There will be 4 of us on a 22ft cabin enlclosed inboard jetboat. We are not picky on size but would really
like to take home a bunch of lakers!

thanks!

Comment on Colors by john boy

john boy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:14:55 +0000

Cap’n Bob, I really have to question the fact that you claim you were using “cracked frog”. We watched you from an anonymous boat with binoculars and seen red and white and green stripe pro troll. We can’t believe you guys are turning into “jiggers”. Who would’ve guessed?There were alot of boats on the delta yesterday, I never thought there were so many “jiggers” in the valley. Keep up the good work.
John Boy

Comment on Koocanusa by bcurtis7

bcurtis7 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:49:31 +0000

Hi: I need some advice. I have fished Lake Koocanusa 6 times starting the last week of Oct. I have landed 7 bull trout an two rainbows. The bull trout were great. they ranged from 4 lbs to 14 with several in the 8-10 range. the rainbows were about 2 lbs. I fished between Rocky Gorge and the dam. How do I find the rainbows. No more room on the catch cards. Is there a way to more specifically target the rainbows. I have used flies and with about equal success. thanks for your help.
Banky