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Posted: 11/2/2015
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/31/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Larry Nyugen brought the gang out to fish with Jeff on a rainy Halloween morning. They pounded the lower basin with Flatfish, Squiddy's and Jeff drifts fronted by big Mack's Lure's Smile Blades and b...
Posted: 7/22/2010
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It's really nice having your eldest grandson deckhand for you. He preps the boat and I get to fish. It frees me up for 5 to 15 minutes before customers show up. Today was pretty cool. I got 7 or...
Posted: 4/15/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
It has been kooky over here. The Kokanee have been hot and cold. Fish for these guys with ultra-light tackle for a real treat. They are very acrobatic, achieving long line releases a good percentag...
Posted: 9/9/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 9/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We took our annual 3 day vacation to the upper Stehekin Valley. Did some hiking and threw #8 to #12 Stimulators and Hoppers at wild cutts and 'bows. The company was terrific, the fish were eager and...
Posted: 11/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well Jeff and Brian took the Cato Brothers out on Rufus again. What a difference a day makes! The bite came on strong. Worden Lures Super Roostertails caught some fish, but working jigs was best. ...
Posted: 1/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Burdette clan up to the lower pens to fish for triploids. Had to climb up the lake by Braille for about half the journey due to fog. Air temps from the low teens to the low twenties ma...
Posted: 9/28/2011
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ray "Roses" Rhoads wanted to go to Roses and have some fun. So we went to Roses and caught some fish on jig and bobbers, some throwing spinners, but mainly by fishing worms on a hook with a little sp...
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We closed the season with a bang. Andy and the Stennes' fished from Pateros to Bridgeport pounding their favorite holes and seems from Pateros all the way up to Bridgeport. Sixteen Steelhead to the ...
Posted: 12/3/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our guy, Jerrod Riggan of Big River Steelhead had a great day on Wednesday. He had John and Chris Hedges from Wenatchee out. They had 20 steelhead to the net with 6 more lost on the way. He had the...
Posted: 12/8/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our Steelhead guide, Jerrod Riggan had a great day in the Brewster area. The bite held off until 9AM and then it lit up. He ended with 14 to the boat. The average fish size was a robust 9 pounds. ...
Posted: 2/23/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Stennes' guided Glen Musser of Wenatchee and John Senseney of East Wenatchee for an Upper Columbia Steelheading adventure. They caught 9 hatchery fish, 2 natives and a triploid rainbow. Four wer...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tougher day but Andy eeked out a few fish for the Bargrover kids. Baited jigs under floats are what finally caught the fish that were willing to bite. Pounded all over the lower half of the...
Posted: 5/13/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After trolling the lower end of Rufus with minimal success Andy moved the gang up near the lower pens to fill out limits. Good old Pautzke eggs did the trick. What a beautiful day to hit Rufus. Doi...
Posted: 3/1/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Steelhead fishing on the Upper Columbia continues to perk along. In this late season, cold water time of the year you have got to be quick on the hook set. Basic rigging consists of medium sized spi...
Posted: 3/2/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We worked for our Steelhead today. Running and gunning was the order of the day. We hit holes and runs virtually all along the stretch from just above Wells Dam to Chief Joseph. Red glitter jigs un...
Posted: 3/11/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, our Steelhead guys made me look like I was fishing for bait. They took out three guys. Pounding away in runs and seams from Pateros up to Bridgeport, they got those late season steelies to bit...
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This is a great windup to a wonderful Steelhead Season. The Stennes' once again put their guys on some nice steelhead on the next to the last day of the season. One last shot tomorrow to work those ...
Posted: 1/20/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dale Rees from Tacoma had been out with us before on Lake Chelan and wanted to try a multi-venue day. He decided that he'd like to fish for Steelhead for half a day and at Rufus Woods for Triploids f...
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy wanted to show Jeff some runs and seams below Wells Dam so they fished from 7AM to 1PM. They varied the jig depth from 6 to 15 feet under Thill Big Fish Slider bobbers. The 1/8th oz. Calypso co...
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy and Jeff went out to prospect some runs and seams in the area between Wells Dam and the Chelan River for Steelhead. They had pretty good success with 5 fish to the boat in about 3 hours of exper...
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to Rufus to work on some technique. We snicked a fish of the "can line" near the dam on a cone head muddler, but it was slow. We trolled a few other areas near the pump stations as the we...
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Palmer crew was nice enough to go to Rufus with us today. Andy skipped the lower end and fought rough water up the lake to the lower net pens. They trolled flies with good success catching and r...
Posted: 12/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After fishing Rufus for the morning we dropped down to Pateros and fished the "Rocks" for Steelhead. The water was way low with almost now movement. We couldn't get bit in the usual areas, so we mov...
Posted: 12/15/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Jerrod Riggan had a couple of guys out today on the upper end of Lake Pateros while we fished Rufus and the lower end of Lake Pateros.
He had a great day, with his customers boating a dozen steelhe...
Posted: 12/28/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great day mostly at the Pateros rocks for Andy with the Garland crew. They brought 14 fish to the boat. They got 4 keepers. The remainder were wild steelhead and one big (unfortunately unt...
