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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: 1/8/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well our Steelhead guys had out Dan and Susie Flick with Susie's brother Mike Russell. After braving the ice covered roads and ramp they mostly fished in the Pateros area. The key was increased wate...
Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again Jeff nailed 'em for his guy on Grimes. He caught and released 34 Lahontan Cutthroat. The big fish was about 25 inches and just over 5 pounds. What a great quality fishery. Chronomids an...
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took our new guide, Brian "man thong" Whitney to exercise the Grimes Lake Lahontans. Brian caught 27 while the fish were laughing themselves to the boat over his version of sunscreen... Once ag...
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Lisa to Grimes for a very unique experience. Catching quality Lahontan Cutthroat on a fly in a desert coulee. Jeff works chronomids deep on the fish there. He has decades of experience fi...
Posted: 11/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We took a businessman's holiday and went up to Rufus. The surface water temperature was 59 early and warmed into the low 60's. We tried trolling without success. We then anchored around areas where...
Posted: 1/6/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Al went over to Roses to check the ice thickness and see how Pautzke's Fire Corn works on the Roses rainbows. The ice is thick enough. The Fire Corn worked great. Lot's of bites and a quick limit u...
Posted: 6/29/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/29/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Sandy and I went for a businessman's holiday to Grimes Lake for some Lahontan Cutthroat trout smackdown with our Grimes guide extraordinaire, Jeff Witkowski. We fished about 4 hours and caught 11 Cut...
Posted: 7/4/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our Grimes specialist, Jeff, took Randy and Spencer (12) Davis of Shawana to Grimes for some Lahontan catching. They had a nice day with 42 fish between them. They were using chronomids and Pheasant...
Posted: 9/30/2011
Species: Other
Rating: 0
Fished: 9/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Out and about on vacation. Guess the fish species and location...
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Posted: 12/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Tim Meade and his buddies up to work over some triploids with his jiggin' technique. They caught some nice fish and had some wildlife viewing opportunities. Sight fishing like this can be ...
Posted: 12/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well we had a great trip up to Rufus today. We took the Pautzke crew up to the lower pens for some triploid catching. Jeff's jigging technique was very productive for some catch and release work. P...
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Darrell & Dad's CFO, Aka Sandy wanted to go to Roses for an hour or so for some rehab on a hurt back. We pitched pieces of worms on a hook and threw little Roostertails working the edge of the Northe...
Posted: 9/28/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Methow opened for Steelhead so our guide Brian "Met Steel" Whitney took a buddy up to test the waters. They each caught a few wild fish and hatchery fish to boot. The numbers seem Ok even though...
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: 7/18/2011
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff "squaw daddy" Witkowski educated the deckhands on the bait procurement technique. Jaime and Ray got into it. Jaime got the granddaddy fish of the day there. We used laker entrails o...
Posted: 11/4/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Pepe' took Pep's wife Tevi and a couple of their grandkids (Xavier & Isaac) out to take advantage of the recent rainbow plant on Roses Lake. It was easy pickin's for everyone for planter rai...
Posted: 1/30/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We fished near Site 6 on Lake Havasu, on the "Island". (Lake Havasu isn't listed in Mohave County. Sandy & I went out for a couple of hours at the end of the dock at our Snowbirder RV Park. Fished ...
Posted: 6/24/2011
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After their trip Jeff had Jaime catch a bunch of Northern Pikeminnow to us as bait. Just baited a hook with Laker entrails. Then he got to fillet them so we have fresh bait for our Cha Cha's and Ace...
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Bob Robelia of Chelan Falls was nice enough to bring his son-in-law and 2 grandkids out with us on Rufus for some triploid rainbow fishing. The goal was to catch limits of triploids as quickly as pos...
Posted: 2/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Matulka of Cle Elum and fishing partner John Jensen of Easton were nice enough to go fishing with us up at Rufus. Conditions were difficult. Surface temps under 35 and low flow. The air temp w...
Posted: 2/15/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy and Jeff took lifelong friends and fishing partners Albert Stubbs and Paul Batton fishing up at Rufus. With very cold water temps and not much flow they decided to motor up to the lower pens and...
Posted: 2/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pete Cunningham was nice enough to fish with us today. With cold surface water temps and low flow, it was a day to motor up to the lower pens and get some powerbait down there. The bite was steady. ...
Posted: 2/26/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, with the weather front moving in, it was challenging to say the least. Mike Flotrie of Ferndale and fishing partner Traci Todd of Blaine were nice enough to come fish with us. With a stiff upl...
