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Posted: 7/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took JR Ruegg of Kent and Enrico Kovacev of Auburn out for the evening. They pounded numbers along the face of Manson Bay then went and got a big fish off the Bar. Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies i...
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I decided to go fish after church for a couple of hours before turning the North River over to Jeff for an evening trip. My visiting grandson was willing to get out of bed by noon to go w...
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Doug "Big Fish" Burrows and friend Jack Meehan of Lake Tapps came out and fished with Jeff again.
Once again the Bar worked to produce some nice quality Mack's. Depths of 120 to 180 worked best....
Posted: 7/12/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Rygaard clan came to the Chelan Valley from Port Angeles for the summer vacation. They were nice enough to come out and fish with us. The Bar was not kind to me, but we made up for lost ground b...
Posted: 7/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff continued to pound the bar in the morning while Anton works the face of Manson Bay for Lakers on Chelan. Work 5 feet off the bottom with Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders in green glow; Silver Hord...
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We fished both boats in the morning and one boat for a mid-day 4 hour trip. We caught fish on Mack Lures Cha Cha Squidders, Worden Lures U20 Purple Glow Flatfish, Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies and Silv...
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Shock's brought the whole gang out for their bachelor party. Jeff worked Mack Bar. Anton worked the face of Manson Bay, the Trench and the Monument. We trolled U20 purple glow flatfish, Mack's ...
Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Cobel's were good enough to fish with us for 3 different days. We hammered away at Colyar ledge, the Yacht Club, the face of Manson bay and the Bar. The middle day we worked on Kokanee. Jeff go...
Posted: 5/28/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2013
Hot Spots: 0
With family and all, it has been hard to keep up. Thanks to everybody for fishing with us. Colyar ledge just keeps on producing great numbers. Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders, Silver Horde's Kingfis...
Posted: 5/23/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The front pushing all that wind blew us off Colyar ledge so we had to play whack a pile for a while. Then things settled down to a steady downpour. Fellow Vet, Ken Bowen and buddy Bill McMichael cam...
Posted: 5/21/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & I pounded away at Colyar ledge for nice piles of Lakers. Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidders, Worden Lures T4 Flatfish and Silver Hordes Kingfisher Lite spoons all scored well. Depths from the 220...
Posted: 5/20/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Canadian Memorial Day brought the Hix's from Abbotsford, BC as well as John and Katy from West Vancouver, BC to fish with us. We pounded Colyar Ledge for nice numbers of Lakers. John even got a nice...
Posted: 5/16/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well thanks to the Lundgren's for coming out with me. The early morning bite was particularly hot, then a lull, then we finished getting 2 out of a quad hook up. Pounding Colyar ledge from 230 to 320...
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Bluegill
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Darrell & Dad's CFO, Aka Sandy wanted to go to Roses for an hour or so for some rehab on a hurt back. We pitched pieces of worms on a hook and threw little Roostertails working the edge of the Northe...
Posted: 5/15/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to fish with the best CPA fisherman in Manson. Also, Pepe' the guy that makes the magic pies at Blueberry Hills. We trolled around in a few different areas in the lower basin and fooled around w...
Posted: 5/13/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/12/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Karvasek's up to pound on Colyar's ledge for some Mack's. The wind and the waves made it difficult to stay on the ledge, but it still worked out great! Mack's Cha Cha Squidders, Silver...
Posted: 5/12/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I was lucky enough to fish with Dick Thaden with son-in-law Dave Trip and Dick's grandson, Josh Tripp. Josh just graduated and had this hiatus before starting his new job to fish with his dad and gra...
Posted: 5/11/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I worked Colyar ledge to try some stinger experiments. They worked pretty good. attach a #8 treble a couple of inches in back of the trail hook on a Mack's Cha Cha to get some of those short biters....
Posted: 5/8/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Although we only converted one out of the first seven bites, the Chelan Fresh guys hit a nice pace to pile up the Mackinaw on Colyar's Ledge. We hit fish all the way from 230 feet out to and includin...
Posted: 5/7/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
The Hainline family came out to fish with us this morning. The deepwater was hot mostly from 280 to 320 feet deep. Everything we threw at them got bit. Worden Lures Flatfish, Mack's Cha Cha Squidde...
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the MacDonald men out to chase some of those ever more elusive Lake Chelan Kokanee. He capitalized on the early start with an early double. After the first light flurry, it really slowed d...
Posted: 5/5/2013
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a chance to do some uplake work on the 3rd. Then Lynn Smith was willing to let us get the kids some kokanee on the morning of the 4th. We found fish just downlake of Painted Rocks on the 3rd. T...
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/27/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We hammered away at Colyar ledge to get nice numbers of Lakers before the wind blew us away with 25+mph stuff with a couple of very impressive 30 mph wind shears at 90 degrees to the prevailing wind. ...
Posted: 4/27/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We worked that same pattern to good effect although a wind kind of blew us out in the middle of the trip. Jeff's folks got a nice 12# before they had to go back to selling RV's. My folks got another...
Posted: 4/26/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a morning and evening trip. A moderate downlake blow made it difficult to hit the spots on Colyar Ledge. We still had pretty good fortune in the morning on Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons ...