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Posted: 1/30/2014
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/29/2014
Hot Spots: 0
We fished near Site 6 on Lake Havasu, on the "Island". (Lake Havasu isn't listed in Mohave County. Sandy & I went out for a couple of hours at the end of the dock at our Snowbirder RV Park. Fished ...
Posted: 1/30/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
This is a repost of our 1/22/14 report. Somehow I managed to post it without pictures the first time. Jeff took Seth Glass, Nate Glass and Erik Sagen of Burien out for a morning Mack trip. They cau...
Posted: 1/24/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Seth Glass, Nate Glass and Erik Sagen of Burien came out for a morning Mack trip with Jeff. He pounded the trench, mostly from 180 to 210 feet deep. Mother of Pearl Ace Hi Flies baited with a chunk ...
Posted: 1/20/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
It was tougherdue to wind but still 5 star days on Chelan for Mackinaw with a sprinkling of dockside rainbows to boot. Fat Cat Cha Cha's and Silver Horde's Ace Hi's worked in the trench again. Depth...
Posted: 1/19/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Andrew & Brook Buchholz came out with Aidan and Chad Cook again to fish with Jeff. Ten year old Brook handed Jeff a note as she got on board that really makes a guides day! Since the 'bow thing was...
Posted: 1/14/2014
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/7/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff has been producing great numbers of fish in the trench trolling Ace Hi Flies and Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders baited with a chunk of Northern Pikeminnow. Depths of 180 to 240 feet worked best...
Posted: 12/26/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The trench bite continues unabated. Try Ace Hi Flies, Macks Cha Cha Squidders or Silver Hordes Kingfisher Lite spoons within 5 feet of the bottom at about 1.2 mph. Depths of 195 to 240 are the most ...
Posted: 12/19/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Doug and Kirk Elsner came out for a morning trip with Jeff. They pounded the trench with mostly baited Ace Hi Flies and Kingfisher Lite spoons by Silver Horde. Trolling slow and tight to the bottom ...
Posted: 11/7/2013
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got a chance to fish on the Bounty Hunter out of Castries, St. Lucia.(Not Wyoming, but I had to pick something) It was a great day for Sandy and me to spend on the water. The wind was around 20mph. ...
Posted: 11/6/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff has been on quite a run. The pictures attached are from trips in the last week of October and the first week of November.
The trench and the bar have been the productive locations with depths...
Posted: 11/3/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Brian Duce, son Matt(13) of Marysville and Doug Harrison of Lovell, Wy came out and fished with Jeff. They mainly worked the trench and the upper end of the Bar. Depths of 190 to 246 were most produ...
Posted: 10/5/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
World (ok, regionally) famous writer and friend, Terry Rudnick brought his wife (Roberta) and friend Darell Midles out to fish with Jeff. They caught a nice pile of fish and got to tell loads of stor...
Posted: 9/27/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Endresen of Winthrop came out with John Endresen of Kingston for a mornings fishing with Jeff. The weatherman lied unless Chelan can whitecap with wind under 5mph. Tough conditions, but the End...
Posted: 9/24/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Kevin Chappel and Craig Farley came out and fished with Jeff today after deciding that discretion was the better part of valor with yesterdays wind. Jeff got them into the fish by working the fringes...
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Joe Dobyns of Renton and Cynthia Denny of Seattle came out and fished with Jeff. They hit the upper end of the trench from 180 to 210 feet deep. They caught the big one on a Worden Lures T4 Flatfish...
Posted: 9/20/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wayne Worzella along with Tom and Kara Klobucarar all of Snohomish fished with Jeff in the morning. They pounded the fringes of the Bar from 160 to 210 feet and had good fortune on 2 to 5 pound laker...
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Just need to show the pics from Wolfgang Janas and Adam Neff trip. The location I was in when I submitted the report initially would not allow the picture upload. Refer to my previous 9/15 report fo...
Posted: 9/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/15/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wolfgang Janas of Issaquah and son-in-law Adam Neff of East Wenatchee came out and fished with Jeff on Lake Chelan for Mackinaw. They worked the upper end of the trench in depths from 150 to 250 feet...
Posted: 9/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Eugene and Juliya Tovgev of Auburn brought daughters, Sophia (7) and Eliza (11) to fish with Jeff for a couple of hours. They got out at the crack of 8AM to fish. They had a great morning trolling ...
Posted: 9/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Owen & Pam Jackson of Mapleton, Or came out and fished with Jeff. They had a great morning out catching fish from 150 to 250 feet deep pulling Ace Hi Flies and Mack's Cha Cha Squidders at 1.3 mph. T...
Posted: 9/15/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We were lucky enough to have Loran Vahlsing and Jim Kenny come out and fish with us. Jeff did a fine job of putting them on the fish working the fringes of the Bar and the upper end of the trench. T...
Posted: 8/8/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I am posting for the past week. It has been a blur as the summer here is flying by. The Bar continues to produce our quality fish early and late in the day. Late in the morning, the upper end of th...
Posted: 8/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the trench with good sucess in the middle of the day for the Owens family. The kids got real good at handling the head shakes of these eater Mackinaw. We caught our fish mostly from 215' to 2...
Posted: 8/1/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers trips from the July 24th through the 31st. Again, the Bar has produced the bigger fish. The face of Manson Bay and the trench has produced better numbers and continues to produce ...
Posted: 7/31/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I apologize for the delay in getting this report out. The birth of our first Great Grand Child knocked us out of our routine! We have had success pounding the Bar early in the morning. Then moving ...