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Posted: 4/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and I took out the Yuasa gang for a Mack trip. We prepped the boat early and prospected. Rainbows, Cutts and Smallies were all available. Oh yeah, the Mack fishing was great. We hit a couple ...
Posted: 4/29/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Had Lonnie and Valerie Ireland, Tournament Walleye fishermen and Mack's Lures Pro Staff members out. We pounded the Yacht Club trying for a big fish. Got a couple of quality fish, but nothing truly ...
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Wayne Ebel brought Anton Saunsaucie and Ian Saunsaucie for Ian's 13th birthday. Ian's a fishing machine! He got on the big one first thing in the morning! It was a battle, but Ian hung in there, st...
Posted: 4/28/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Worked the Yacht Club to get the big fish, then pounded some piles in the lower basin to finish things up. It was great of Siemans to bring the whole gang out to fish. What a beautiful morning. Mac...
Posted: 4/27/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Covey gang for coming out with us. It was a windy start, bucking 15 to 20 mph downlake wind and a driving rain. We hung in there, and had the wind lay down for us about 2 hours into ou...
Posted: 4/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing Crew William Douglas, John Cashmere, Matt Britt and Laura Melland came out and fished with us. What a great day on the water! The loon that followed us around by the Yacht Club really added ...
Posted: 4/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Don and Nancy Franklin came over from Olympia and shared a "Chamber of Commerce" day on Lake Chelan with me. We watched distant lightning strikes on Chelan Butte as we began our fishing day near the ...
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing buddies Steve Miller, Rick Barresi, Jeremy Murphy and Justin Kimball came out to fish with me. We began up at the Yacht Club. I got the first downrigger rod to the bottom, and got my set bac...
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 1
John Arnott brought his boy, Sammy out with us again. This time to celebrate his 12th birthday. We still fished Roses for rainbows. Pautzke's Fire Bait in Mallow Balls O' Fire worked best. In addi...
Posted: 4/19/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got to take my neighbor and fish smoker extraordinaire, Donn Vey and D&D CFO, Sandra Jones out for rainbow limits on Roses. It's about as good as it gets now. We were fishing bait so we took what ...
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Our fly fishing guy, Brian Whitney invited me to go give Antilon a shot since the ice was finally off of it. We drug wooly buggers, cone head muddlers and Carey (a plug for Mike) Specials around on f...
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Time Lipke brought out Paul and Ted Anderson with Mike Hawley to fish with me. We pounded a few piles of fish in the trench and then worked the monument to get some lakers. Depths of 210 to 240 feet...
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As follow up to Mike's report. We caught fish on Pautzke's Fire Bait in American Wildfire and Mallow Balls O' Fire. We also used the Marshmallow and worm trick. Slip sinkers with a 30" leader worke...
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ron and Chad Anderson came out with David Carpenter to fish with Jeff. He pounded the deepwater above the Yacht Club from 315 to 340 feet deep to pile up the lakers. Rushin' Salmon Wobblers from Cri...
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Park gang was nice enough to come out and fish with us on a beautiful spring day on Lake Chelan. We pounded spots in the trench for a nice pile of fish. The little F7 Luminous Chartreuse Flatfis...
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the upper trench produced for the Lane family. It was another great weather day on Chelan. We worked depths of 200 to 240 feet for the fish. Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons were the ...
Posted: 4/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took new fishing buddies, Mike Sniadoski and Richard Brown out for some Mack fishing. He pounded the trench hard with Mack's Cha Cha Squidders and Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies. Both were baited ...
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Gary and Gene out for a mornings fishing. They worked the area between the Bar and Rocky Point for their fish. The T4 Purple Glow flatfish was the bigger producer. They also caught fish o...
Posted: 4/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Frank and Pam Griffin out and worked the upper trench pattern for a nice morning fishing trip. They pounded water 180 to 220 feet deep at 1.4 mph. The T4 Purple glow Flatfish from Worden L...
Posted: 3/31/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Vic and John from the Lake Washington Puget Sound Anglers came out with me to Mack fish. We had a great time in spite of a wet and cold day here in the Chelan Valley. At least the wind didn't blow. ...
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tony, Keenan and Rocky came out and fished with me this morning. Nothing was happening on the Bar so we meandered into the upper trench and got on a pretty good bite. Mack's Cha Cha Squidders did th...
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
John and Tom were nice enough to come out and fish with Jeff and me on a beautiful early spring day here on Chelan. We started early above the Narrows. When that slowed down, we pulled up and pounde...
Posted: 3/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great day putting Ken Burrington's party on the fish. They started hot above the narrows and rode the bite as long as possible. Then they moved into the trench to finish the day. Silver ...
Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Brian and Jeff were kind enough to let me drive the boat while they zeroed in on the fish up above the Yacht Club. We pulled a combination of Mack's Cha Cha Squidders, Ace Hi Flies and 4" glow ...
Posted: 3/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff trolled the lower basin with Jason, Bill and James to get some lakers. It was a slower day than usual, but they got a nice pile of fillets to take home and had some great weather in advance of t...