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Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had out the Lewis and Engstrom's for an afternoon trip. The Engstrom's were visiting all the way from Sweden. The mid-day bite was awesome. Even with the wind blowing stiffly out of the Northw...
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
John and Tom were nice enough to come out and fish with Jeff and me on a beautiful early spring day here on Chelan. We started early above the Narrows. When that slowed down, we pulled up and pounde...
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tony, Keenan and Rocky came out and fished with me this morning. Nothing was happening on the Bar so we meandered into the upper trench and got on a pretty good bite. Mack's Cha Cha Squidders did th...
Posted: 3/31/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Vic and John from the Lake Washington Puget Sound Anglers came out with me to Mack fish. We had a great time in spite of a wet and cold day here in the Chelan Valley. At least the wind didn't blow. ...
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The T4 purple glow flatfish and the Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidder were the big producers again today. Fishing buddies Bill Courshon and Stix Hooper were nice enough to come out and fish the morning. ...
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Northwest Outdoors Radio Show Host, John Kruse along with friends Rusty and Lisa Johnston came out and fished with Jeff and me for the afternoon. We went right back out and pounded the Bar again. Ag...
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I thought this was going to be "my day in the barrel. We started out with a triple on. We got the smallest fish of the 3 and had the biggest pull off right at the net. The third came unbuttoned out...
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Taylor Clan, Jon, Laura and Kate came over to fish with us. Being teenagers, they started at the crack of noon. Jeff worked the Bar and the Yacht Club. Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies baited...
Posted: 4/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Don and Nancy Franklin came over from Olympia and shared a "Chamber of Commerce" day on Lake Chelan with me. We watched distant lightning strikes on Chelan Butte as we began our fishing day near the ...
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff worked the lower basin with Flatfish for the True family. Once again, the bite was steady as she goes. Dad got a 10.3 lb fish for big fish of the trip. Actually had a triple that all 3 fish go...
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff continued to rock taking Aaron and Sarah Maurer out for an evening of Lake Trout Fishing. He worked the same pattern as the morning. Flatfish on the outrigger rods scored the most fish. The bi...
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A very special thanks to Rafael Colon for bringing his kids, Nadia and Alex as well as brother in law Doyle Mears out to fish with Jeff and me on what turned out to be a very memorable day. I thought...
Posted: 6/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Bar and Minneapolis Beach were very productive for the Stadelman group. Kevin with his sonNick and Nick's friend Jeff. Our guide, Jeff Witkowski kept his lures within 10 feet of the bottom and m...
Posted: 3/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took fishing buddies Larry Wiegele and Eric Davis out to fish the trench. They pounded the bottom with Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies to catch a nice pile of fish. Working depths right arou...
Posted: 3/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff trolled the lower basin with Jason, Bill and James to get some lakers. It was a slower day than usual, but they got a nice pile of fillets to take home and had some great weather in advance of t...
Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Brian and Jeff were kind enough to let me drive the boat while they zeroed in on the fish up above the Yacht Club. We pulled a combination of Mack's Cha Cha Squidders, Ace Hi Flies and 4" glow ...
Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went prospecting in the lower basin with Jaime to id some locations. We thought we had that 1st in a career event when I saw a small fish bite on the outside rod and then a huge pull back. I thought...
Posted: 2/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well we got out at the crack of 10 this morning. After yapping at the Sportsman's Shows over the past few weeks, it sure felt out of synch. We had 9 of the first 11 fish pull off before getting it t...
Posted: 2/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled around the lower basin for Lakers. Even though the weather report was ominous, most of the trip had favorable weather. When it turned, the wind was difficult to manage. Most fish came from ...
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff scored big fishing below Wapato Pt. with Mr. Peterson and his party. They got that 19lb and 11 pound on a double. It was a circus. Another 11 in the box to boot! T4 purple glow flatfish on th...
Posted: 1/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took Al out for his birthday fishing trip for a few hours of Mack fishing. Went for a big fish, but it just didn't happen. We still got a nice pile and had a great time. It was one of the colder mo...
Posted: 5/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2010
Hot Spots: 3
Pulling pikeminnow baited B2 squids behind a wiggle fin produced good numbers again in the evening. We pounded the 140's to 180's water off of Sunnybank again. Speeds of 1.3 mph to 1.6 mph worked be...
Posted: 5/22/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again pounding Sunnybank with those baited B2's was the ticket. Depths of 130 to 190 was best. We worked right around 1.5mph. As always try to stay within 10 feet of the bottom. What a great ...
Posted: 5/30/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Worden Lures Flatfish in U20 and F7 were the big producers for the Clark and Rodriguez gang. Fish were caught at depths from 120 to 240 feet in a variety of locations. This was the day that I fought...
Posted: 12/4/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time to take Brian out fishing. We chunked fish all along the south shore in the lower basin. Depths in the 160's was best. Got a nice big fish too!
Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies baite...
