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Posted: 3/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took fishing buddies Larry Wiegele and Eric Davis out to fish the trench. They pounded the bottom with Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies to catch a nice pile of fish. Working depths right arou...
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: 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: 1/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Burdette clan up to the lower pens to fish for triploids. Had to climb up the lake by Braille for about half the journey due to fog. Air temps from the low teens to the low twenties ma...
Posted: 1/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We took our guide Emeritus, Andy Byrd in search of a big fish. It started out hot then cooled off as the low pressure front, wind and snow moved into the area. Jeff was on the rod when the big fish ...
Posted: 1/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took Al out for his birthday fishing trip for a few hours of Mack fishing. Went for a big fish, but it just didn't happen. We still got a nice pile and had a great time. It was one of the colder mo...
Posted: 1/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Duckworth gang for going to Rufus with us on a breezy day. Getting up to the lower set of pens was easy. The bite was on early then tailed off later in the day as the harsh breeze blew...
Posted: 1/3/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We ran a trip up to the lower net pens to celebrate the New Year. The trip up was kooky with heavy fog. At times visibility was well under 50 feet. As soon as we got there, the fish cooperated. Li...
Posted: 1/3/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Chris Walsh and fishing buddy Doug McKay came out and fished with me to try for a big fish. Although the Worden Lures / Yakima Bait Company T4 Purple Glow Flatfish caught the most fish, the big fish ...
Posted: 1/2/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pete, Mike, Riley and Nathan Phillips up to the Narrows to fish for Lakers. They did best at the 340' bench on T4 Purple Glow Flatfish and U20 Luminous Chartreuse Flatfish. The kids had a ...
Posted: 12/29/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great winter day out on Chelan. A little warm front pushed the daytime temps well up into the 40's. We had a little epidemic of "pull-offs" at the beginning, but we ended strong with a nice...
Posted: 12/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Mike Garland and Kevin Collier came out to fish with us to prospect for big fish. They had a couple of bigs pull off but did get a real nice 16lb 2oz fish in the boat. Our favorite big fish lure, th...
Posted: 12/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Taggart group out to catch some Mackinaw. Had a beautiful day out on the lake and caught a nice bunch of fish. The Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidder did best. Depths of 205 to 225 with sp...
Posted: 12/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well we had a great trip up to Rufus today. We took the Pautzke crew up to the lower pens for some triploid catching. Jeff's jigging technique was very productive for some catch and release work. P...
Posted: 12/19/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Tim Meade and his buddies up to work over some triploids with his jiggin' technique. They caught some nice fish and had some wildlife viewing opportunities. Sight fishing like this can be ...
Posted: 12/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Al S's buddy woke up ill but he was good to go. We prospected around, but the trench produced most of the fish including a beautiful Chinook. As always, we worked the bottom 5 to 10 feet of the wate...
Posted: 12/18/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Al and his buddies for a day up at Rufus to catch some triploids. They worked the lower net pens with bait and jigs. Jig fishing was more successful. The old casting standy, Worden Lures ...
Posted: 12/4/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had a great time to take Brian out fishing. We chunked fish all along the south shore in the lower basin. Depths in the 160's was best. Got a nice big fish too!
Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies baite...
Posted: 12/2/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Took Yakima writer, Rob Phillips, his son Kyle and my good buddy Al Brooks up to the lower pens to work on some technique with Jeff. Ended up catching fish on rainbow dough bait. Early, the current ...
Posted: 11/27/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff Frey came out to fish with me on Small Business Saturday with his kids, Melanie (19) and son, Rhyce (13) along with Rhyce's friend Bryce Todd. It was a very pleasant late November day with temps...
Posted: 11/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Brian took out Wes and Andrew Diack as well as Jody Subotin and Nick Cooluris all from B.C.. They had a "dream day" on Chelan catching lakers all over the lower basin. The spawn must be ove...
Posted: 11/13/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well Jeff and Brian took the Cato Brothers out on Rufus again. What a difference a day makes! The bite came on strong. Worden Lures Super Roostertails caught some fish, but working jigs was best. ...
Posted: 11/12/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & Brian took the Kato crew out for some triploids. Caught some fish in the Timm's Ranch area on Worden Lures Super Roostertails then finished the four guy limit on bait by the lower pens. Big f...
Posted: 11/5/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Granddaughter, McKinley wanted to go fish for a couple of hours for her birthday. OK, twist my arm... We tried the potholes and the Bar for about 40 minutes with one fish. Then we ran over to the m...
Posted: 11/3/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We took a businessman's holiday and went up to Rufus. The surface water temperature was 59 early and warmed into the low 60's. We tried trolling without success. We then anchored around areas where...