JoAnn and I had the pleasure of fishing with Jeff Witkowski, who is a guide that works with Anton Jones of Darrell and Dad’s Family Guide Service. Our target was Lake Chelan Lake Trout.

We left the launch at 6am and ran over to the Yacht Club area, fishing some spots that have been very hot for lakers lately. It turned out to be a good day for fishing and catching.

Because this was a video production day, we only ran two rods off downriggers, and that reduced our numbers a bit, which was OK, because we still did well, catching eight fish ranging from a tiny 1.5 pound fish up to around 3.5 pounds. Yesterday Anton’s boat landed a ten pound fish so there are some better ones out there. Today Anton’s clients caught 14 fish, running 4 rods. Both trips were 6-10am trips.

Depths we fished ranged from 200 to 330 feet. All I can say is, I’m sure glad I didn’t have to deal with running the downriggers . It’s way too much work! My hat is off to those guides fishing for these Mackinaw trout.

Jeff was a lot of fun and JoAnn and I really enjoyed our morning fishing with him. Stay tuned for the video!

*My wife requested a "smiley face" for her picture, LOL.

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