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Posted: 5/21/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a chance to entertain the Pautzke Folks. We fished for Macks and Kokanee, went to Blueberry Hills for Lunch and the Chelan Winery for ribs. They also helped me out with a kids fishing 101 class ...
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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....
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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...
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Posted: 11/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Brian took out Wes and Andrew Diack as well as Jody Subotin and Nick Cooluris all from B.C.. They had a "dream day" on Chelan catching lakers all over the lower basin. The spawn must be ove...
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Posted: 11/27/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff Frey came out to fish with me on Small Business Saturday with his kids, Melanie (19) and son, Rhyce (13) along with Rhyce's friend Bryce Todd. It was a very pleasant late November day with temps...
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Posted: 6/18/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great day of fishing with the Kotwis family (early) and Stern family (late). He pounded flatfish and squid rigs off of Mill Bay in the morning and evening. In the middle of the day he wen...
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Posted: 6/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a great Father's Day! Jeff had the Cooley's out and I had the Madden's out. Both father and son combos on Fathers Day. We hit the Bar early. Jeff stayed there. I had trouble sustaining the b...
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Posted: 6/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow U20 flatfish were the effective lure for the Mauch's of Yakima. Chase and Brian got some early fish on the Bar, a few fish from Minneapolis Beach and the trench. ...
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Posted: 6/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had David Kimble and Gary out for a couple of hours on Chelan this morning. Pounded the Bar with T4 flatfish off the downrigger rods and U20 flatfish off the outrigger rods. It was breezy, cool and ...
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Posted: 6/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
John Endresen and Fred Berryman came out and fished with us today. We had a very hot bite in the lower basin early in the morning. Our first 3 hookups were doubles, all on quality fish. It slowed d...
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Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff worked the lower basin with Flatfish for the True family. Once again, the bite was steady as she goes. Dad got a 10.3 lb fish for big fish of the trip. Actually had a triple that all 3 fish go...
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Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff continued to rock taking Aaron and Sarah Maurer out for an evening of Lake Trout Fishing. He worked the same pattern as the morning. Flatfish on the outrigger rods scored the most fish. The bi...
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Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A very special thanks to Rafael Colon for bringing his kids, Nadia and Alex as well as brother in law Doyle Mears out to fish with Jeff and me on what turned out to be a very memorable day. I thought...
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Posted: 12/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Al S's buddy woke up ill but he was good to go. We prospected around, but the trench produced most of the fish including a beautiful Chinook. As always, we worked the bottom 5 to 10 feet of the wate...
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Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Grindon gang while I had the Tucker crew (all the way from the UK!) for an evenings fishing. We trolled the area around Mill Bay with Flatfish in the Chub, Luminous Chartreuse and Purple...
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Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Burke gang out in the morning for Macks while Jeff had the Champoux party out for Kokanee in the morning. He then took Tim Berg out in the evening for Mack's. Jeff's shallow water pattern ...
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Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff once again has the magic going. He had Randy and Jason out with him and worked lower basin edges for a great pile of fish. Cindy Flynn sent her family out with me. We worked the trench and back...
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Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had another great morning working the lower basin for Lake Trout. T4 and U20 flatfish in both LUCH and GPLF caught the most fish. Depths of 120 to 165 were most effective. Speeds of 1.2 to 1.6...
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Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another terrific day on Lake Chelan. Jeff pounded the Bar for James and Trent Merrill. Once again T4 and U20 Flatfish produced the majority of the action. Depths of 125 to 160 were key. As always ...
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Posted: 6/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Bar and Minneapolis Beach were very productive for the Stadelman group. Kevin with his sonNick and Nick's friend Jeff. Our guide, Jeff Witkowski kept his lures within 10 feet of the bottom and m...
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Posted: 3/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took fishing buddies Larry Wiegele and Eric Davis out to fish the trench. They pounded the bottom with Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies to catch a nice pile of fish. Working depths right arou...
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Posted: 3/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff trolled the lower basin with Jason, Bill and James to get some lakers. It was a slower day than usual, but they got a nice pile of fillets to take home and had some great weather in advance of t...
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Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Brian and Jeff were kind enough to let me drive the boat while they zeroed in on the fish up above the Yacht Club. We pulled a combination of Mack's Cha Cha Squidders, Ace Hi Flies and 4" glow ...
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Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went prospecting in the lower basin with Jaime to id some locations. We thought we had that 1st in a career event when I saw a small fish bite on the outside rod and then a huge pull back. I thought...
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Posted: 6/29/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had out the Lewis and Engstrom's for an afternoon trip. The Engstrom's were visiting all the way from Sweden. The mid-day bite was awesome. Even with the wind blowing stiffly out of the Northw...
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