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This is a fishing report for the long weekend of the Chelan Get-together. I fished Friday afternoon solo, Saturday morning (until 9:30am) with my friend Rob and his daughters, and Sunday until early afternoon, solo.

The highlight of the trip was getting to use my new boat for the first time. JoAnn and I decided to sell the Seaswirl as it was getting too difficult bringing the dogs in through the bow . We’d talked about upgrading for a while and decided to pull the trigger on a 20 foot Thunderjet Luxor. After fishing for the weekend I can say this is the beginning of a long and beautiful friendship!

Friday was more of a shakedown run than anything else. It was the middle of the afternoon and no fish were caught. I was trolling with standard kokanee gear.

Saturday morning we hit the water from 6am to 9:30 (had to get back to help set up for the Get-together). We hit a kokanee right away at 60 feet on the rigger, and my guests kindly let me catch the first fish of the new boat. An 11” kokanee, boat is now properly christened in fish blood. After that we had no luck, and I didn’t see much action around us.

Sunday, Rob couldn’t get his girls to wake up so cancelled. I had the day and the boat to myself. As I got used to everything my comfort level was better and I managed to have an “OK” day, catching 4 koks and losing 2. A couple 14-15” fish were a welcome sign that Chelan still has some good fish. I caught most fish at 70, 90, and 105 feet. I had no luck trying early AM shallow.

All in all, a great weekend of comradery and new boat time!

DjButler

5/4/2016 6:55:00 AM

Love the new boat Mike. Im bummed I missed the get together. Next year hopefully.

Hunter757

5/4/2016 7:00:00 AM

What a thing of beauty you have there Mike and JoAnn you will have great times in that boat! Thanks again for putting on a great venue for all of us it was a real pleasure and love the fact more family's are getting involved next year my little girl is going to make the trip she is very excited. Glad you got some fish blood on the decks!! I was the guy taking with you about the Laker hot spots at the table you were braking down, there was another member talking about learning more spots for lakers and how to fish them. You were right there are some hot spots.....lol.

Take care,
Eric

Bogey

5/4/2016 7:16:00 AM

Wow, you really stepped up - congrats!!!

afk

5/4/2016 7:19:00 AM

Thanks again for all you do. I'm hoping a new decal will have you in ship shape. What a beauty she is.
Andy

eddiebishop

5/4/2016 9:35:00 AM

Beautiful new boat, Mike! Congrats!

mav186

5/4/2016 12:29:00 PM

Congratulations on the new boat Mike...that is definitely a BIG step up!! Sorry I missed the gathering, be there mid May to give it a go!
Mav

Mike Carey

5/4/2016 12:52:00 PM

Thanks All! It was another fun get together!

FishingTenor

5/4/2016 11:10:00 PM

Thanks Mike for organizing an amazing gathering at Chelan.
You are going to have a lot of fun catching fish with your new boat.

downriggeral

5/5/2016 12:10:00 AM

I see the new boat is just Duckey Mike. Glad you got the first blood on it! A new boat must be christened correctly; nothing better than kakanee blood. Thanks to you and the NWFR team for a great event. By the way the fish has one of the new Mack's kokanee lures stuck in it's face. Many thanks to all of the sponsors too.
Tight lines - Alan
"The Experiment Must Continue"

Mike Carey

5/5/2016 6:18:00 AM

yup, that Mack's lure was the hot ticket on Sunday for me.

bob johansen

5/7/2016 7:32:00 AM

Beautiful new boat Mike! Nice photos! Hope you still have your bass boat.

the doc'

5/8/2016 9:35:00 AM

the season is early. And these guys grow fast. By august 1, they will be nicer. and, by oct, fatties.

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