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Darrell and Dad's's Reports

Posted: 2/1/2018
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/31/2018
Hot Spots: 0
After wowing the crowds at the Western Washington Sportsman Show, Jeff took Pepe out on the 30th to make sure the Kokanee were still there, then took fishing legends Mike Hall and Bobby Loomis out to ...
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Posted: 12/20/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pepe' out for another of their Kokanee forays. He checked out areas from Mill Bay to 25 Mile Creek. Working just above schools that were marked mostly 50 to 150 feet deep over deeper botto...
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Posted: 11/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the regionally famous Pepe' Hernandez of Blueberry Hills fame along with Gilbert (the owner of East Wenatchee's El Porton) out to prospect for early winter Kokanee. It was a rainy day, but ...
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Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' convinced Jeff to take Blueberry Kari and her Mom, Linda and another friend to our upper Lake for an all day tour for a wedding present to Kari. See the lake, fish some in the upper lake and se...
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Posted: 8/24/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Wiun party out of the Edmonton area for an evening trip. I had been trying to find a consistent producing pattern with Manson Bay being OK, but not quite good enough. Took our good luck char...
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Posted: 6/15/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Harris clan of Snoqualmie came out with Jeff for an epic day of Kokanee fishing. Running a cheater rod produced some Rainbow and Cutthroat trout too! Working Mack's Double D Dodgers in front of ...
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Posted: 6/12/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/12/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Baird party the morning of the 11th and the Plouf party the morning of the 12th fished with Jeff. He is still pounding the lower basin for Kokanee working Mack's Double D dodgers with either wedd...
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Posted: 6/11/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Baines party on 6/9 and the "legend in his own mind"... Bobby Loomis on 6/10. The lower end of the fishery is still producing terrific numbers of Kokanee with shallower bonus Cutt. Reme...
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Posted: 6/2/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Koehn's were kind enough to share their 12th anniversary with Jeff. He picked Dad up early and they headed down to the Blue Roof condos to catch some Kokanee. They fished from 35 to 85 feet deep...
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Posted: 5/22/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Vyborny's yesterday and the Pitt's today for Kokanee. Anton had Mike Thorpe and Kurt Rasmussen out for Mackinaw yesterday. It is beautiful weather in the Northwest... Jeff hit areas fr...
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Posted: 5/20/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/20/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Mukilteo Russian Baptist Church sent some the guys out with us. We pounded the area around Lake Chelan State Park and Colyar ledge for these Mackinaw and Kokanee. Jeff Drifts worked great as wel...
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Posted: 5/17/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Finck's came out today for their Day 2 adventure with Jeff. They limited again today using the same technique as on the 15th. See that report for technique. The 9# Mack was a real challenge on ...
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Posted: 5/16/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Jeff is dialed in. The Finck's on the 15th with Jeff and our Pepe' of Blueberry Hills and Gilberto from El Porton in East Wenatchee with a friend the morning of the 16th. Mack's Double D's to ...
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Posted: 5/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/13/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff is still right on the Kokanee. Manson Bay is still producing limits early in the morning. Troll Mack's Double D Dodgers trailed by a 15" leader to Mack's Lures Mini Cha Cha Squidders in orange ...
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Posted: 5/6/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/6/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff worked the lower basin for Kokanee over the past few days. The Thompson's came out today. He has been working Mack's Lures Mini Cha Cha Squidders baited with corn soaked in Pro Cure Bloody Tuna...
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Posted: 4/27/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/26/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Sammy Arnott brought his dad and grandpa out to fish with me. We trolled for Mack's on Colyar Ledge then worked downlake around the State Park. On the Ledge we fished T4 GPLF Flatfish at 1.2 mph in ...
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Posted: 4/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Glen Rose party came out to fish with Jeff again. This time they targeted Kokanee along with the Derby gang that was on Chelan. Depths varied from 20' to 150' depending on what the sonar was tel...
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Posted: 2/27/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/27/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat Jason Zembrycki came out with his posse to fish with Jeff on the 25th while Tevi sent Pepe' out with Jeff on the 27th to resupply with Kokanee. So they could keep their strength up, ...
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Posted: 2/24/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Chauvin and Melissa Miller came out and fished with Jeff for Kokanee again. Same pattern, same results. Yesterday we had another father and son combo come out and fish with Jeff for their limit...
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Posted: 2/21/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff is really on a roll. On the 20th he took out the regionally notorious Graybill brothers. Dave ("the Commish" AKA: The Fishing Magician) and his brother, Guide Emeritus on Chelan, Rick. I'm sur...
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Posted: 2/19/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Erik Walum brought his clan out to fish with Jeff for some Kokanee. Thought I'd post this. A 40 kokanee day is pretty special! Same pattern as yesterday worked. Remember, we are offering a sale fo...
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Posted: 2/18/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Matt Farnum of Everett and Yuri Ruban of the Ukraine came out to fish for Kokanee with Jeff today. They worked the lower part of the Lucerne Basin and limited out in about 3 hours. Seeing Bighorn Sh...
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Posted: 2/14/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Pepe' took advantage of improved weather to go chase Kokanee on the 13th and 14th. Trolling Mack's mini cha cha's behind their 7.6 Double D Dodger in chrome and chrome scale worked. Bait th...
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Posted: 2/8/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/7/2017
Hot Spots: 0
The Clemmer's from Springdale and the Renz's from Loon Lake came out to pound Mack's with Jeff. They hung in the trench and hammered the bottom 5 feet of the water column with Jeff Drift's baited wit...
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Posted: 2/7/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Gregg Kirmeyer and his crew decided to forego the Super Bowl and fish with Jeff. They pounded the Mackinaw in the trench working depths of 220 to 245 feet with pikeminnow baited Jeff Drifts trolled w...
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