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Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had Lonnie and Valerie Ireland, Tournament Walleye fishermen and Mack's Lures Pro Staff members out. We pounded the Yacht Club trying for a big fish. Got a couple of quality fish, but nothing truly ...
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish with the best CPA fisherman in Manson. Also, Pepe' the guy that makes the magic pies at Blueberry Hills. We trolled around in a few different areas in the lower basin and fooled around w...
Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and I took out the Yuasa gang for a Mack trip. We prepped the boat early and prospected. Rainbows, Cutts and Smallies were all available. Oh yeah, the Mack fishing was great. We hit a couple ...
Posted: 8/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great 2 boat evening with the Bowman clan of Zillah. We worked below and above Wapato Point with squid rigs and Flatfish to catch our fish. It was brutally hot to start, but the fishing stayed...
Posted: 9/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Quarnstrom gang came out with us and fished. Jeff pounded the outside edges of the Bar with a combination of T4 Purple Glow Flatfish on the outriggers and Glow in the dark Ace Hi Flies on the dow...
Posted: 9/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We took a gang up to Rufus to see what's happenning. We trolled the can line with one little fish lost. We plucked a couple from around Pump Station #1. We snicked a couple out of the area around t...
Posted: 1/21/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Cindy & Sean Clark brought out Chuck Taylor and Dave Kortendick to fish with me on Lake Chelan. To avoid the strong cross-lake breeze in the early morning we headed uplake by the Yacht Club. Althoug...
Posted: 1/22/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I wanted to take a stab at getting a big fish to freeze for the Puyallup Show so I asked good buddy Al Brooks to come out with me. We got out at the crack of 11:00AM. We trolled a Mack's Cha Cha Squ...
Posted: 10/28/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I had Ralph and Linda Sorenson come out and fish with me on their annual trip. We had a beautiful fall day to wander around the lower basin of Chelan and find fish. We had our biggest fish come on t...
Posted: 11/2/2011
Species: Burbot
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had to go up to Lucerne for a non-fishing gig, but then we had to wait to bring our people back so why not fish. We had an hour or so. We ran T4 Purple Glow flatfish near the bottom in 200+ feet ...
Posted: 11/5/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Granddaughter, McKinley wanted to go fish for a couple of hours for her birthday. OK, twist my arm... We tried the potholes and the Bar for about 40 minutes with one fish. Then we ran over to the m...
Posted: 6/15/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
New fishing buddies Jim MacMillan and Walt Bretano fished the lower basin with Jeff for some big Mackinaw. They pounded lower basin humps for about 3 hours to get their fish. The 2 "bigs" were 13lb ...
Posted: 3/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was a "Chamber of Commerce" morning on Chelan. Working the flat below Wapato Point produced nice numbers, but no big fish. A number of fish pulled off the hooks and we had a bunch of tentative bi...
Posted: 10/24/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Evan Holzknecht was nice enough to bring his friends Andrew Kerr and Will Weyers out fishing with Jeff and me. We went back up to the Yacht Club and pounded away with a combination of Flatfish, Ace H...
Posted: 6/8/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Chris and Terry Fitzgerald came out and fished in a strong downlake wind with me for an evening kokanee trip. We found the right depth for our 'riggers at 80 feet down and had nice consistent action....
Posted: 6/10/2012
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Mark and Barbara Santos-Johnson and friend Lynn Boes came over to fish Chelan. We decided to see about the red hot Kokanee fishing. There seems to be 3 size classes of fish. 12", 14" and 15.5 (almo...
Posted: 3/11/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/9/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It was a "Chamber of Commerce" morning on Lake Chelan for the Koens family. The bite in the lower basin progressed steadily. Our bites mostly happened fishing within 5 feet of the bottom in water th...
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well thanks to the Lundgren's for coming out with me. The early morning bite was particularly hot, then a lull, then we finished getting 2 out of a quad hook up. Pounding Colyar ledge from 230 to 320...
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Reid brothers came out to fish with Anton & Jaime. We pounded the Bar. The fish were cooperative. We caught fish on Worden's T4 Flatfish and Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies, but Mack's mini Cha Cha...
Posted: 5/19/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! What a day. I got to be out on the water with some my favorite fishing buddies on a day that perfect. The weather was great. The fish were eager. There was great size. Everyone was right on...
Posted: 5/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it sure was great for Doug Burrows to bring his boys, Kyle and Matt out with us. Jeff pounded lower basin humps to try for quality fish. Boy, did it pay off. Doug got the big fish of the year...
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Cobel's were good enough to fish with us for 3 different days. We hammered away at Colyar ledge, the Yacht Club, the face of Manson bay and the Bar. The middle day we worked on Kokanee. Jeff go...
Posted: 8/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gene and Chuck Rose came out to celebrate Chuck's retirement after a 36 year career. Our mutual good friends, the Stennes brothers hosted the whole schee bang. We fished over the Bar and down the So...
Posted: 8/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Arnott's came out and fished with us again today. John brought his dad and his forever fishing pal, his son, Sam. What a joy this eleven year old is to fish with. And Karma rewarded him. The f...
Posted: 8/25/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the Baza's from Oak Harbor made my day today. They were terrific to fish with. First timers here, they were interested, energized and full of curiosity about our fishery.
Oh, ya, they cau...
