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Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another Outstanding day on the Water!!!!I had Dave Latimer from Seattle and John Palmatier from Alaska on the boat today and we had another banner day with boating a total of 20 Laketrout in 4 hrs. J...
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Posted: 1/14/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
HOLY MACKEREL or I should say MACKINAW. Once again I had the pleasure of being in Joe’s boat. He wanted a few fish to smoke, and I just needed to catch a fish. We arrived at his starting point on L...
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Posted: 1/14/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
January 14th, 2011 Holy Smokers...I had a Neighbor Fellow Fishing Friend Buddy. Lewis Leonard go with me today on my day off so we could run 4 Rods out on Lake Chelan.. It was absolutely Incredibl...
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Posted: 1/15/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the trench worked great for Andy hosting the Fleek family. He worked a combination of Silver Horde Kingfisher Lite spoons in splatterback colors, Mack's big cha cha squidders in glows and th...
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Posted: 1/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Woke up this morning to fog and a wife who wanted to go fishing. So after a nice hot cup of Blue Mountain coffee and a homemade blueberry scone, I rigged up the bimini top and snapped on the sides to ...
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Posted: 1/17/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Another catching trip Today!!!!! We had a blast out wrestling the laketrout today.. The bite started real slow in the morning but picked up as the day went on.. The bait of choice today was a toss u...
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Posted: 1/18/2011
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Rating: 5
Fished: 1/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
January 18th 2011 All I have to say is Wow...Lake Chelan is On Fire for Laketrout Fishing!!!!! Today I started in the Lower Basin again Down lake from Rocky Point in Depths of 145 and slowly troll...
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Posted: 1/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a Beautiful day it was today with the snow capped Mountains and warm sunshine out on Lake Chelan... We started again today in the Lower Basin pulling the Ace Hi-Fly in the Trench to get a few fi...
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Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those Purple Glow T4 Flatfish were very effective early on the Bar. All six fish came early including a very nice 13 pounder, then it shut off while we tried Sunnybank and off the tip of Wapato Point...
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Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Laketrout fishing on Mack bar today was tough goin..Lots of fish showing on the Sonar but would not commit to hammering my Wardens Lure T-4 Flatfish and well anything that I dropped to them in that m...
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Posted: 2/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, not every day has a great bite. The weather cleared up and had a high pressure gradient creating a pretty heavy uplake breeze early in the morning. It settled down later in the AM. With brill...
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Posted: 2/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Lake Chelan Today was a little trying for me with a 15 mph wind directly out of the East and with outside temperature at 23 degrees when we started..Guides Freezing up and Well my Fingers Also!!!! Wo...
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Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Christian family of Kelowna, BC came out with me again. They spend one morning of their family vacation with us. The boys are gonzo fishermen and stay into it the whole time. What a joy to fish...
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Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Once again T4 Purple glow flatfish were the top producer. The Rosenein Electric group came out on a Company Picnic. What a great July morning for fishing. Air temps stayed in the 60's the whole tim...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those little F7 purple glow flatfish on the outrigger rods continued to be productive. It was another "Chamber of Commerce" morning on the lake. Anton whacked away at Mack Bar early (Caliente'!) and...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Again those little F7 purple glow flatfish produced the big fish of the day. The Kingfisher lite's from Silver Horde also worked great. We had a nice 4 fish total on the first 2 runs on Mack Bar the...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons in UV Black and White produced some great numbers for us this morning, but again the biggest fish came off the little F7 purple glow flatfish. Go figure? Mack B...
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Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy had a great morning with the Pelant crew. He got fish early on the Bar and later in the AM off of Minneapolis Beach. Those flatfish in luminous chartreuse were productive. Anton Jones - Darr...
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Posted: 8/12/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a bit tougher on the Bar with 2 fish in 2 passes. Only picked up one working the area in front of Minneapolis then made 3 quick passes in front of Manson Bay for 6 fish. Ended with 9. ...
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Posted: 8/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
While the early morning runs on the Bar only yielded some light bites and no fish, those T4 purple glow flatfish put some fish in the boat for the Babineaux crew from New Mexico. They named the fish....
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Posted: 8/14/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again the little F7 flatfish in purple glow was very productive off the outriggers. 4 quality fish in 3 passes over the Bar and then finished with 7 more little fish along the face of Manson Bay...
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Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Covington Clan of Yakima out with us today. What a spectacular morning of fishing on the Bar. Then things tailed off at about 10 and we had to work for the last few fish. The T4 and U20 fla...
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Posted: 7/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 caught their share but Jeff had a consistent bite all morning long on Mack's Cha Cha Squidder baited with some Northern Pikeminnow. It rained and rained some more, but the ...
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Posted: 7/20/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
My Evening Trip started out with a lot of wind but Slowly died down and I managed to get a Few fish and a couple good Quality Fish... Again I targeted Minneapolis Beach Side of the Trench and gradual...
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Posted: 7/20/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The pattern has held for another day. The Bar produced a great pile of fish for the Wellman clan up from the Houston area for a family reunion and some fishing. T4 purple glow flatfish at 1.2 to 1.5...
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