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Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Jody Bessert and Howard Pierce were nice enough to come fish with us. Our guide Andy worked the South Shore side of the Bar, the flat below the Bar and the lower basin to get them 11 lakers in the bo...
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 2
Pepe' Hernandez and Roger Sorenson used their last day off from running Blueberry Hills before Fall to come out and fish with me. I'm honored. We fished the Bar without success then pounded those ho...
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Grandview H.S. braintrust came out to fish with Andy this morning on our North River. Andy pounded away with T-4 Flatfish in both Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow. He got a couple of big fish...
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a good morning and a very tough afternoon on Chelan. The Bar produced quality fish. The dips in the flat below the Bar produced the picture fish for the day. The venerable U20 Luminous Chart...
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, now that Steelheading is done for the year I can get my alternative to Chelan includes fishing on Omak. Remember, until May 31st it is catch and release with single barbless hooks. The Lahonta...
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The same kind of situation as yesterday with the fishing except the weather was greatly improved. Stan had himself a great time yarding in some Lake Chelan Mackinaw out of the lower basin. Once agai...
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff Witkowski took a couple of guys out on Roses. A combination of trolling little F3 flatfish and still fishing doughbaits limited the 3 intrepid anglers. There was one tiger trout in a...
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded away through the lower basin to get five lakers. It was nice that the big fish was caught by the little boy at the end of the day. Water from 210 to 245 was most productive. Luminous Cha...
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the old U20 Luminous Chartreuse was the producer. Four of the six fish came off of one lure. Sometimes it's weird how all the fish lock in on particular lure. We put one decent fish in the bo...
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: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Randy Cole and Lori Kratzer of Yakima were nice enough to fish with us today. They thought Andy was great. They were grateful the sleepy fish woke up at about 9:30, just the way Andy predicted. Ran...
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! This was a tough one. We fished flatfish, cha cha squidders, Kingfisher Lite spoons, Rushin' Salmon Wobblers and B2 squid rigs with a minimum of success. Started above the Yacht Club and got o...
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: 6/29/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy took Kevin Abel with his and the Kohler kids for a morning of fishing. They pounded the Bar and Minneapolis with flatfish at 1.5mph in depths of 125 to 180 feet deep. The kids had a grand time ...
Posted: 3/13/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Victor Doperalski of the Lake Washington Puget Sound Anglers brought his son Davide with us for an 8 hour gig on Lake Chelan. Andy Byrd guided them. It was a slow start early, but picked up after th...
Posted: 3/14/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Brady and Lanny Bumgarner came out for a mornings fishing with us. It wasn't as good a bite as yesterday, but it was OK. The upper shoulder of the Bar produced early then the trench produced a few f...
Posted: 3/14/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I was given instructions that I had 90 minutes to take our 8 year old granddaughter, McKinley to Roses to catch some fish. Not that she's bossy or anything. Had to fit it in between church, lunch an...
Posted: 7/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, we just worked an evening trip in reverse of the last couple of morning trips. We started up at the Yacht Club. The fish that bit were all in the 160's depth wise. Then we pulled up and moved...
Posted: 7/3/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Yacht Club wasn't as productive today so I took the little kids to the nursery to get some fast action. It worked out great. They got to reel in a lot of fish and at the end of the day it was go...
Posted: 3/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lures was nice enough to bring the guys from Wholesale Sports out for a beautiful afternoon fishing on Lake Chelan with me. We used some oversize Mack's Lures wedding rings bai...
Posted: 3/25/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/25/2010
Hot Spots: 3
What a beautiful morning to fish. Mild temps and no wind. We started on the "Bar" before the sun was up. After two passes in about 90 minutes of wrork we had 4 fish including a 17.5 pound kicker. ...
Posted: 3/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, alls well the ends well. We went an hour and 48 minutes without a bite to start the morning. Spencer and his buddies just hung in there and stayed positive. It was the polar opposite of yeste...
Posted: 7/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those Purple Glow T4 Flatfish were very effective early on the Bar. All six fish came early including a very nice 13 pounder, then it shut off while we tried Sunnybank and off the tip of Wapato Point...
