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Posted: 2/18/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Gordon Lueck of Olympia came out and fished with Jeff again. He brought grandsons, Mikhail Bussey (11) and Marcus Bussey (13). Jeff pounded the trench again with Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders and S...
Posted: 2/21/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Rodman's of Chelan out for a morning trip, trolling for Mackinaw on Lake Chelan. They found the fish in the trench. Again, the fish were "light biters" and it took some finesse to get ...
Posted: 2/25/2014
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Manson's star Restauranteurs out for a day prospecting Kokanee in the lower half of Lake Chelan. There are a wide range of sizes with the majority being foot long footballs and the biggest ...
Posted: 2/27/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/26/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This report is actually for Lake Havasu. It is not listed. Sandy & I are getting ready to head back to the frigid North Country. Although we've been able to catch some sunfish, bluegill and catfish...
Posted: 8/26/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was tougher this AM than last few days. We ended up fine. The first fish was an 8 pounder, just barely into the day, then I couldn't get on the Bar. We moved to the South Shore and picked up a f...
Posted: 5/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Don wanted to go out for a couple of hours and get a couple of 16" to 18" for the barbecue. He met me at the crack of noon and we pounded a few piles of fish for an hour to get him his fish for the b...
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Cobel's were good enough to fish with us for 3 different days. We hammered away at Colyar ledge, the Yacht Club, the face of Manson bay and the Bar. The middle day we worked on Kokanee. Jeff go...
Posted: 5/9/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
The Chelan United Methodist Church sponsored Ray Cook and Guy Sharrat of Wenatchee on a fishing trip with Jeff as part of the "Honorable Welcome Home, At Ease" program. They caught rainbow trout and...
Posted: 5/10/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I attached the wrong picture for the previously submitted report for 5/8/14. My apologies. The United Methodist Church of Chelan sponsored Vietnam Veterans Ray Cook and Guy Sharratt out fishing wit...
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff continued to pound the bar in the morning while Anton works the face of Manson Bay for Lakers on Chelan. Work 5 feet off the bottom with Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders in green glow; Silver Hord...
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Laskowski brought his fishing friends out to do some Mack fishing. Jeff pounded Colyar ledge for them in depths of 190 to 290 feet trolling at 1.2 mph within 5 feet of the bottom. Silver Horde ...
Posted: 5/12/2014
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Andy Kawafune out to assist him on his quest to catch 50 species of fish in Washington 2014. He got 3 today. Mackinaw, Northern Pikeminnow and Smallmouth Bass. He also caught Rainbow Trou...
Posted: 5/13/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jerry and Cheri Wilkins took an uplake fishing trip with Jeff. They got to see some of the most spectacular scenery in the Northwest, catch a pile of Lakers and rainbow trout as well as to enjoy just...
Posted: 5/14/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Joe and Kelly Williams of the Phoenix, Az area brought their baby out for a morning of Mack fishing and sight seeing on a beautiful morning on Lake Chelan. We worked Colyar Ledge from 235 to 310 feet...
Posted: 6/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great morning for Darrell Hart and his friend Steve. Brian and Jeff got them into the fish early on the Bar and over at Minneapolis later in the morning. It was one of those great days wher...
Posted: 2/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well we got out at the crack of 10 this morning. After yapping at the Sportsman's Shows over the past few weeks, it sure felt out of synch. We had 9 of the first 11 fish pull off before getting it t...
Posted: 2/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled around the lower basin for Lakers. Even though the weather report was ominous, most of the trip had favorable weather. When it turned, the wind was difficult to manage. Most fish came from ...
Posted: 3/29/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jacob Hunter came out from Wisconsin to fish for Kokanee. We fished the break out of Mill Bay from 60 to 100 feet. The fish were deeply suspended from 50 to 80 feet. Almost every hook up turned int...
Posted: 5/28/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/27/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Tim and Fred came over from the Spokane area to fish with us. We fought the wind early up at Colyar ledge. It prevented us from doing the NASCAR. Had to go with the wind until it settled down. The...
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Doug "Big Fish" Burrows and friend Jack Meehan of Lake Tapps came out and fished with Jeff again.
Once again the Bar worked to produce some nice quality Mack's. Depths of 120 to 180 worked best....
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided to go fish after church for a couple of hours before turning the North River over to Jeff for an evening trip. My visiting grandson was willing to get out of bed by noon to go w...
Posted: 7/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took JR Ruegg of Kent and Enrico Kovacev of Auburn out for the evening. They pounded numbers along the face of Manson Bay then went and got a big fish off the Bar. Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies i...
Posted: 6/16/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Working the lower basin early in the morning is your best shot at a big fish this time of the year. June is one of the big fish "peaks". The Thompson boys brought their dad, Tom out fishing with Jef...
Posted: 3/26/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We started out making a pass along the face of Mill Bay to catch Kokanee. Then we ran the trench to get some lakers. The Kokanee bit Orange Mini Cha Cha Squidders baited with Pautzke's Fire Corn. T...
Posted: 9/24/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Kevin Chappel and Craig Farley came out and fished with Jeff today after deciding that discretion was the better part of valor with yesterdays wind. Jeff got them into the fish by working the fringes...
