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Posted: 5/4/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Roger and Roger Calvert were nice enough to come out and provide adult supervision for Jeff so he could do some Mack fishing. They worked Jeff Drift's along Colyar Ledge, in the Narrows and along Man...
Posted: 5/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Both Jeff & I had great mornings on Lake Chelan catching Lakers for our customers. We trolled Jeff Drifts, made from Mack's Lure components baited with a piece of Northern Pikeminnow at 1mph within 5...
Posted: 6/4/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Worked Omak today with Jeff and Seb. We went right to the south end and trolled mostly 15 to 40 feet deep over deeper bottoms. Looked for "marks" on the sonar and hit them. A Silver Horde Squid Rig...
Posted: 6/6/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Ted Gray gang for fishing with us today. They were great. We worked Colyar Ledge and the Monument for our fish. Jeff's drift rigs tight to the bottom at about 1.1 mph was ticket.
A...
Posted: 6/8/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Fitzgerald's for a day of wonder at Omak Lake. Mostly fished the South end. Fewer, but on average, larger fish this year. As soon as they started a couple of bucks jumped in the lake t...
Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Aloha! This report will cover trips from June 18th and 19th.
Jeff has been pounding the Macks with a very respectable sprinkling of big fish. Working Colyar Ledge, the Narrows and the area around...
Posted: 6/20/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Korish's out for a day of Mackinaw fishing. He had to work to get them to bite, but eventually, it worked out. Jeff drifts off the Bar fringe worked best. As always , fish within 5 fe...
Posted: 5/7/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Old fishing buddies Jim Wood and Billy Stump came out for a morning of Mack fishing. A bonus was rainbows before and after the trip from the Mill Bay docks. We braved the cool, breezy and debris lad...
Posted: 11/4/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers the first few days of November, but it could suffice for the last 2 months. The fishing in the Barrens and the trench has been very consistent. Pulling a Silver Horde Needlefish s...
Posted: 11/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Adrian Sinkey and the Harrington brothers for fishing with Jeff. They once again pounded the Barrens and the Trench in the Lower Basin to catch their fish. Squid rigs fished slowly just of...
Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat customer Ralph Sorenson brought a friend and came out to fish with Jeff. They had an epic day on the pond with big pile of fish and 2 "bigs". The big for the day was 17.8#. They po...
Posted: 7/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from 7/15 to 7/18. We are into the heart of the summer Bar bite on Lake Chelan. The Bar, the fringe of the Bar and Manson Bay have produced the majority of our fish during...
Posted: 5/15/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Mr. Schrader and Mr. Swanson up to Colyar Ledge to troll Squid rigs and flatfish for Lake Trout. They did good... Jeff worked the Ledge shallower than typical. Got bites from 185 to 215 f...
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great prep day and fishing day on the 22nd and 23rd. Pepe' came out to fine tune things with Jeff before he took out repeat customer Randy Stewart of Ellensburg and Chef Bob Aungst of Wint...
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff pounded the mid depths for Kokanee running his gear as shallow as 50ft and as deep as 175 feet. Mack's Lure Double D Dodger in 0000 and mini cha cha's as well as wedding rings worked great. An ...
Posted: 12/28/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Wayne Kettler of Arlington, WA and Doug Mitchell of Granite Falls, WA came out and fished with Jeff. The winter bite has been great all week. They converted that action into a nice pile of fish toda...
Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & I have been going huckelty buck here in August. The Bar has produced early in the morning. Secondary locations have been touch and go, but lately the trench has emerged as a consistent produ...
Posted: 11/21/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff pounded the Barrens with Arlen on the 17th then with the Harmelings on the 18th to get them their fish. Depths of 175 to 225 worked best. Mack's Lure's smile blades in front of Needlefish Squid...
Posted: 11/24/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Terry and Sara from California came out to fish with Jeff for some Chelan Mackinaw. It was a slow start, but the bite picked up after the first hour or so. The Barrens and the Trench yielded some ni...
Posted: 12/9/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So Pepe' convinced Jeff to go hunt for Kokanee in a driving rain by promising him a rack of ribs. For those that don't know, Pepe' makes the magic happen at Blueberry Hills in Manson, one of the top ...
Posted: 10/21/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a wet and cooler week with some wind off and on. Jeff has been pounding the Barrens and the trench for his fish. Baited Jeff drifts being pulled at 1 mph within 5 feet of the bottom in d...
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff got to run uplake for mostly sightseeing. He did get gear down for about 30 minutes. Running Mack's Lure's mini squids behind a Mack's Double D Dodger baited with Pautzke's Fire Corn worked. J...
Posted: 3/26/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Three generations of the Munds family were kind enough to come out and fish with Anton. The day started out with a cold driving rain, but ended in mild sunshine. They got fish in the trench from 220...
Posted: 2/16/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/15/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Kesterson's came out on the 14th and Ozzie Hernandez came out on the 15th with Jeff & Pepe' to get some Kokanee. These are mostly 11" to 15" fish. Colyar Ledge at 1 mph from 50 to 150 feet. Mac...
Posted: 2/23/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry Hjelle brought friend Bob Brown down to fish with Jeff for some Mackinaw. They pounded the Barrens with good success using mostly Jeff Drifts baited with aging chunks of Northern Pikeminnow. F...
