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Posted: 5/20/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Lynch brothers were nice enough to share the twins birthday party with us. We worked the South Shore of the lower basin all the way from the Blue Roof Condos to just above Sunnybank. Depths of 1...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I got to pound that Minneapolis pattern with a combination of hootchies and B2 squids baited with strip baits. It worked very well. Most of the fish came between 140 and 180 feet deep, trolling from...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Once again the area between Minneapolis and the trench was productive for Andy and his crew for the day. Those B2's baited with a fillet of Pikeminnow was productive. The bite really picked up in th...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded the lower basin leaning towards the Minneapolis side with Mack's Lures smile blade in front of a B2 Squid baited with a strip of Pikeminnow. It was a great morning to get a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/18/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
A run from the Bar down through the trench was productive pulling purple glow flatfish in the downrigger rods and Kingfisher Lite spoons on the outrigger rods. 1.3 to 1.5 mph was the speed. We worke...
Posted: 5/13/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2010
Hot Spots: 0
After trolling the lower end of Rufus with minimal success Andy moved the gang up near the lower pens to fill out limits. Good old Pautzke eggs did the trick. What a beautiful day to hit Rufus. Doi...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Those T4 purple glow flatfish are deadly on the Bar late in the evening. We decided to skip the business part of the Darrell and Dad's business meeting and just fish for fun. We wacked a couple of b...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We really slammed the monster kokanee this afternoon. Flashlites, wedding rings and Fire Corn were the ticket. Lakeside is still the best producer.
(Actually the kokanee fishing is pretty tough an...
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish pounded the Mackinaw once the wind slowed down. We worked the trench with excellent results. Thanks to the Halls of Boca Grande, Fl for sharing their vacation with me...
Posted: 5/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 2
We had a great day and lovely weather on Chelan today. The water temp is 51-52 F at the surface. We saw scads of small kokanee surface activity, but did not get them to bite. We got a nice pile of ...
Posted: 5/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fooled around trying to catch Kokanee without success. Went to find lakers off the face of Manson Bay. That went OK. Look in water from 160 to 190 feet deep. It's a steep slope. It's nice to be b...
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded away from Sunnybank into the lower basin to produce a nice bunch of lakers for the Herald gang. The little F7 purple glow flatfish was the best producer. Stay close to the bottom and sl...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Flatfish worked in locations up around the Yacht Club, off of Sunnybank and in the Trench. Greg Lyons brought some of the Stemelt gang out to fish with us. It blew early, but the wind laid down and ...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tougher day but Andy eeked out a few fish for the Bargrover kids. Baited jigs under floats are what finally caught the fish that were willing to bite. Pounded all over the lower half of the...
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the lower end of Lake Chelan with the U20 luminous chartreuse flatfish was once again productive. Keep speeds between 1.4 and 1.6 mph and stay tight to the bottom. What a wonderfully consis...
Posted: 4/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took Jim Chadwick of Issaquah and his buddy out. We snicked a fish off the Bar and kept moving. The indeterminate flat between the Bar and the Trench was the best of it for me today. Most fish came...
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Palmer crew was nice enough to go to Rufus with us today. Andy skipped the lower end and fought rough water up the lake to the lower net pens. They trolled flies with good success catching and r...
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to Rufus to work on some technique. We snicked a fish of the "can line" near the dam on a cone head muddler, but it was slow. We trolled a few other areas near the pump stations as the we...
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Roses for a couple of hours this evening with Andy. There are still plenty of fish to be caught, but it takes a little effort now. They must circulate in pods. You'll go through dry spells then...
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the old U20 Luminous Chartreuse was the producer. Four of the six fish came off of one lure. Sometimes it's weird how all the fish lock in on particular lure. We put one decent fish in the bo...
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy went up to Rufus to do some pre-fishing work. The can line was productive with Black Cone head Wooly buggers at 1.8 to 2.1 mph with a small wiggle fin in front. They made the run to the lower p...
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded away through the lower basin to get five lakers. It was nice that the big fish was caught by the little boy at the end of the day. Water from 210 to 245 was most productive. Luminous Cha...
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff Witkowski took a couple of guys out on Roses. A combination of trolling little F3 flatfish and still fishing doughbaits limited the 3 intrepid anglers. There was one tiger trout in a...
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The same kind of situation as yesterday with the fishing except the weather was greatly improved. Stan had himself a great time yarding in some Lake Chelan Mackinaw out of the lower basin. Once agai...
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, now that Steelheading is done for the year I can get my alternative to Chelan includes fishing on Omak. Remember, until May 31st it is catch and release with single barbless hooks. The Lahonta...