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Posted: 5/15/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Swenson's wanted a bunch of Kokanee so I got to host another 3 generation fishing trip. We just pounded the area from Lakeside to Chelan Shores. The most productive pattern was about 20 feet dow...
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: 5/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I got to fish "old school" with long time customer Dave Mitchell and his kids-in-laws. What a great morning. The fishing was fine. We caught fish in the water below the Bar and just out of Manson B...
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Again, going "old school" and fishing U20 flatfish all around gave us our shot of quality fish in the area between the Bar and Rocky Point. The deeper spots were loaded. The face of Manson Bay wasn'...
Posted: 5/23/2011
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Mack's Lures gang out for some Kokanee fishing. They pounded the lower end of the lower basin with Mack's Lures Wedding Rings and Mack's Lures Cha Cha squidders baited with Pautzke's Fi...
Posted: 5/24/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ali and Dave Bellerson came out with me again on the 22nd. They were up visiting from Arizona, and this time they brought their son from Billings, Mt. It's nice to have people out there that are alr...
Posted: 1/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After an adventurous trip to the ramp following an overnight freezing rain episode, Andy managed to launch the boat with a minimum of damage to the dock or the equipment. He took Brian Duce and his 1...
Posted: 5/11/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The morning of the 11th was breezy but fishable. Our fish continued to hit in the dips in that indeterminate flat between the Bar and Minneapolis. You have to be ready to capitalize on the bites. W...
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: 2/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Pat Gibson and his buddy for fishing with us. They got a nice taste of running the gear near the bottom and hanging some lakers. The best producing lure for them was the Chartreuse Splatte...
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: 6/15/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was another beautiful day in Paradise. We pounded the Bar early, then trolled over to Minneapolis then down and up the trench for a morning trip. Mike Strehlow was nice enough to bring his ...
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: 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: 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: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ken Smiley of Edmonds and Don Starkweather of Seattle, the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of Lake Chelan were nice enough to come out with us and fish today. They had a beautiful weather day in spite...
Posted: 4/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took Jim Chadwick of Issaquah and his buddy out. We snicked a fish off the Bar and kept moving. The indeterminate flat between the Bar and the Trench was the best of it for me today. Most fish came...
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again that little F7 Purple Glow Flatfish on the outriggers scored the biggest two fish of the morning. It looked like it might be one of those days as we had the first 3 fish pull off. But the...
Posted: 7/27/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those T4 Purple Glow flatfish off the outriggers allowed Andy to produce some great fishing for the Greve kids from Sammammish. Boy, did they have a ball! Woo hoo! Work the Bar, the Yacht Club and ...
