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Posted: 6/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy took Kevin Abel with his and the Kohler kids for a morning of fishing. They pounded the Bar and Minneapolis with flatfish at 1.5mph in depths of 125 to 180 feet deep. The kids had a grand time ...
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was another great morning on Chelan. Numbers pretty good, but the excitement of catching double digit landlocked fish is what's made it special the last couple of days. We opened up early on the ...
Posted: 3/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Randy and Sandra Woodson were nice enough to go fishing with us on Saturday. It wasn't the easiest of days, but they got to take a nice bunch of lakers home. We pounded the trench early and got a so...
Posted: 3/10/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had a great time on a perfect late winter day on Chelan. Look how the younger Mr. Crawford was dressed for his "big fish" picture. Jon Crawford, his son David and Charles Leonard came out to fish...
Posted: 3/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ted and Jason Couch joined us for a great day of deepwater trolling for Lakers on Chelan. This father and son duo met here in Chelan to get together. It is tougher for them to get together now becau...
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Mack Bar early. We picked up a fish each on the first 2 passes and had one pull off. I then picked up and moved to the Yacht Club, but it was tougher. We did have one really good pass where we ...
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy had the same struggles I did this morning. The Bar yielded 2 fish, the Yacht Club a fish. He decided to go hit the nursery to get the younger kids some additional action, and off the went. Tha...
Posted: 7/5/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those T4 purple glow flatfish on the outriggers were really productive for Andy today on the Bar. He decided to just stick it out for the 4 hour trip by staying on the Bar. Boy, did it pay off!. Th...
Posted: 3/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Started out trying to get those Bar fish to bite with no luck for 2 passes which took about an hour. Then I was planning to give the indeterminate flat between the Bar and Minneapolis Beach. We got ...
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After spending most of 2011 doing financials, going to shows and writing I took Sandy out to catch a dinner fish. We had to troll down to the bottom of the trench and make the turn to get one. But, ...
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a great day on Chelan. Numbers were moderate for a four hour trip with 6, but size was just fine. Big fish was 9lb 4oz. Jeff just "snicked" that out on his side of the boat to outdo th...
Posted: 2/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gordon Lueck of Lacey was nice enought to bring his grandson's Marcus (10) and Mikhail (8) Bussey out fishing with Jeff and Me today. With the cold front moving in, the morning had a bite to it. We ...
Posted: 2/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Brian Duce of Marysville brought his 11 year old son, Matt, out to fish with Andy this morning. They stayed at their place in Leavenworth and drove up in the early morning before the trip. Andy poun...
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...
Posted: 2/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ron and Sue McGhee were nice enough to bring Nick McGhee (16) and Ken Jacobs out fishing with me. We started up at above the Yacht Club and got a nice fish (6.2 pounds) on T4 purple glow flatfish and...
Posted: 6/1/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The only thing hotter than the weather is the fishing. We are fishing between the Bar and Rocky Point in the morning. Depths of 170 to 220 are most productive. Most times pulling F-7 purple glow fl...
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy had a nice early run on the Bar before moving over to Minneapolis and a finishing pass up the Trench to get a nice pile of fish for fishing buddies Gary Morrison and Dennis Johnson. He pounded a...
Posted: 6/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy was really challenged by the wind today as a cold low pressure front moved through and really created a lockjaw situation. Hammering away with an assortment of flatfish and baited Ace Hi Flies n...
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ken Vaughn was nice enough to come out with Andy for an afternoon's fishing on Lake Chelan. He just ran down into the lower basin to get some fish. Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons in Chartreus...
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy took out the Biggar's of Waterville out for a day's fising on Chelan. He had a tough bite and had to switch around a lot to stay in contact with the fish. The best success was once again in the...
Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was great having Steve Woods of Buckley out with his fishing buddies, Dan Woods, Thomas Roberts and Doug Zahradnek with us on Saturday. They had a great day fishing with steady action all day long...
Posted: 4/27/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sammy Arnott brought his dad and grandpa out to fish with me. We trolled for Mack's on Colyar Ledge then worked downlake around the State Park. On the Ledge we fished T4 GPLF Flatfish at 1.2 mph in ...
Posted: 7/12/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Brittany brought the girls out for an evening Mack trip. We got fish around Wapato Point and over at Minneapolis. Baited Jeff drifts, and Needlefish Squiddy's in glow colors caught the fish. Speeds...
Posted: 7/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from July1st to the 5th. Beautiful mornings with some wind followed by very windy afternoons was the story for the first 5 days of July. The Bar was our early morning loca...
Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers July 6th through the 8th. We have continued to work the Bar early and the doughnut hole later to get our fish. Fishing Jeff Drifts with a piece of Pikeminnow on the downrigger rod...
