Northwest Fishing Reports

So I sent an email to Keith and the rods are not rated with an IM rating. They use graphite, but the way the rod blank is manufactured there is no IM rating..... The way it was explained to me is how the graphite is put together to make rods. In this case Powell doesn't not use a standard longitudin...

I will call Keith, ( President of Powell ) and try and get an answer in the next few days. IM rating can be a little misleading though. I have some Bass Pro Shops rods that are rated IM 60 million, and that rod is a heavy, unbalanced P.O.S. The action is a broom stick and it's so tip heavy that it's...

Your welcome Mike, just trying to get some good rods into peoples hands to go fishing with in the up coming season.

Mark Maderos

Hey Washington Lakers, I have worked out a deal with Powell rods for the upcoming spring season. Keith at Powell was nice enough to offer Powell rods at 20% off. All you do is go to the http://www.powellco.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and in the upper right hand corner under de...

Mike Carey wrote:

fishingboy wrote:when is it this year?

Last weekend of January. Not to go off topic on Mark, but WL.com will be there again this year.

Mark - how about BIG bait fishing for trophy bass?

Definitely not my expertise area. Tag would be the man for that.

Mark

So I have been asked to do some seminars this year at the sportsman show, so I had a question as to what do some of you anglers want to hear about? Don't know yet who else will be speaking, but I'm sure they will have an all star line up again.

Mark

Well, for the BAD: Getting sick this year. It has been a real, real bummer. Not doing well at the Divisionals in Montana. Way to go Dez, I am proud of you. For the Good: Getting sick this year. It has changed my life for the good and bad. It has somehow made me a better angler. 9 events this year fi...

Dez, I hear ya about Mark. He's was down playing things earlier this year at the Divisionals, but all summer and fall I'm seeing him kickin butt all over. I'll be following Tyler all right, I'm going to backseat with him Saturday. I'll be out doing some camera work tomorrow also. By the way did you...

O.K. so I figured out why I didn't get mine yet. My membership expired in August. That really sucks. My wife must have tossed out the renewal notice or something. I rejoined just now but who know if I am going to get this issue. Does anyone want to sell me their issue after they are done with it. I...

Well, it's the morning before we head out. I am working a half shift at the fire station and then headed home. We will be pulling out at 8pm and driving thru the night to get to Billings tomorrow morning. 3 days of prefish, and then tourney time. My hope is that Dez and I will be able to move on to ...

Here's a 6lb 8oz Donkey of a smallie caught in the Snake during the Tri cities open this weekend





Mark

We have the 9 series on the new Phoenix that came in. We plan on playing with it, when the boat is finished being rigged and we put a few hrs on the motor. I will let you know what we think of the SI then. Having seen screen shots of both the Lowrance and HB, I would say that it will significantly c...

Early season Largemouth sunning themselves are some of the hardest fish to catch. They are up they to soak up sunlight and not feed. My best tactic is to use a huskyjerk. It will actually slowly sink. I throw past the fish and let the lure sink to the bottom. I then slowly position the bait to ram i...

My dad is a Fish Biologist at Chelan County PUD. And as far as they know... there are not any largemouth in there.... but yes there are a TON of smallies in there, rumor is the next state record will be caught out of there..... but yes Wapato and Roses are horrible bass fisheries for largemouth.......

Uhhh, there no smallmouth bass in this lake. No one should ever try to catch smallies here. The two 5lb smallies in my Avatar picture were not caught at Chelan ,and that is just a figment of your imagination if I happen to be standing at the Mill Bay Launch at Chelan. Dude, this lake absolutely ROCK...

Congrats on the new ride Nick. Well deserved and earned by you. Best of luck in the up coming season and we will see you on the water. And yes, I do want to ride in the new boat.

Mark

Excellent work drumdog, Check those out and see if they work for you. Make sure before you buy any boat have a good mechanic do a compression check on the motor and a good look over the trailer and wiring. We can check the boat out for you at Limit Out mark How about.... http://seattle.craigslist.or...

KenPCPilot wrote:See my edited post about my bass boat I am looking for

Great Ken,
I will start looking around and asking ???? for you and see what I can come up with. Give me about 4-5 days for a list of what I can find.

mark

KenPCPilot wrote:Looking for a used bass boat

What are you looking for?
Length
motor size
budget range
I know of quite of few guys looking to sell there boat to get into a new boat.

Mark Maderos

Ok, here are some bad camera phone pics of the sho being rigged on the 719. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w158/marktfd88/sho719rig2.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w158/marktfd88/sho719rig3.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w158/marktfd88/sho719rig1.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/a...