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Posted: 5/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 2
We had a great day and lovely weather on Chelan today. The water temp is 51-52 F at the surface. We saw scads of small kokanee surface activity, but did not get them to bite. We got a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish pounded the Mackinaw once the wind slowed down. We worked the trench with excellent results. Thanks to the Halls of Boca Grande, Fl for sharing their vacation with me...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We really slammed the monster kokanee this afternoon. Flashlites, wedding rings and Fire Corn were the ticket. Lakeside is still the best producer.
(Actually the kokanee fishing is pretty tough an...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those T4 purple glow flatfish are deadly on the Bar late in the evening. We decided to skip the business part of the Darrell and Dad's business meeting and just fish for fun. We wacked a couple of b...
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: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A run from the Bar down through the trench was productive pulling purple glow flatfish in the downrigger rods and Kingfisher Lite spoons on the outrigger rods. 1.3 to 1.5 mph was the speed. We worke...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded the lower basin leaning towards the Minneapolis side with Mack's Lures smile blade in front of a B2 Squid baited with a strip of Pikeminnow. It was a great morning to get a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again the area between Minneapolis and the trench was productive for Andy and his crew for the day. Those B2's baited with a fillet of Pikeminnow was productive. The bite really picked up in th...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got to pound that Minneapolis pattern with a combination of hootchies and B2 squids baited with strip baits. It worked very well. Most of the fish came between 140 and 180 feet deep, trolling from...
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Lynch brothers were nice enough to share the twins birthday party with us. We worked the South Shore of the lower basin all the way from the Blue Roof Condos to just above Sunnybank. Depths of 1...
Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The little F7 Luminous Chartreuse Flatfish outproduced everything else on Chelan this monring. We fought wind while working from just above Sunnybank to just below Minneapolis. Depths of 130 to 200 ...
Posted: 5/21/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a worth waiting for. Our crew got "blown out" by the wind last evening, so they were back at it this morning. The pictured pile of fish were on the dock before 9:30. Trolling baited Ac...
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: 5/23/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those little B2 squids with the small wiggle fin in front baited with a bit of Northern Pikeminnow was once again the ticket. We started out the morning pounding the pattern around Sunnybank. We the...
Posted: 5/25/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Glow B2 squid rigs baited with a bit of Pikeminnow once again produced great numbers around Sunnybank. Pound away at the 130's to the 190's at about 1.5mph. It has been great out there. Andy did a ...
Posted: 5/25/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished both ends of Omak with some success. Fished slow with Rushin Salmon Wobblers in green at 1.2 mph and fast with silver, Silver Horde Plugs at 2.4mph. This was down at the South end.
At the ...
Posted: 5/25/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The baited B2's once again caught Lakers around Sunnybank. Another great morning. This pattern is difficult to troll accurately, but when you're on 'em, they'll bite.
Anton Jones - Darrell and ...
Posted: 5/27/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it finally slowed down off of Sunnybank a bit. Andy put the Beamis' on big fish on the Bar and numbers right off the tip of Wapato Point in spite of pretty steady rain all day long. As always ...
Posted: 5/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the fishing around Sunnybank continued to cool. We got a nice 8.5 pound fish to bite early on the lower end of the Bar. We plucked a couple more quality fish on 2 more passes, but that left us...
Posted: 5/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/28/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy ran his guys along the same pattern with about the same results as I had. He ran B2 squids firts over the Bar (picked up a nice big fish) then over to Sunnybank. Bar depths are 119 to 135 and S...
Posted: 5/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pulling those B2's along the bottom over at Sunnybank and the face of Manson Bay produced a nice pile of smallish fish. We couldn't get bit on the Bar this AM. We used a chunk of Northern Pikeminnow...
Posted: 6/2/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a great day on Omak. We slept in and fished from about 10:30AM to 1:30PM. We were most successful in the Southern Bay. At one point we had a quad. The big fish was about 28". A total...
Posted: 6/2/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded the Bar with Plug Cut for some nice quality fish this evening. Also, those B2's worked pretty good. The tip of Wapato Point provided some of the smaller fish. They were short striking qu...
Posted: 6/4/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Purple Glow and Luminous Chartreuse Flatfish worked best up at the Yacht Club for us. These nice quality fish were mostly in depths of 140 to 190 feet within 5 feet of the bottom at speeds of 1.3 to ...
