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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took Paul Warner, his granddaughter, his neighbor and his son out for some Mack fishing, we were a bit "snake bit" with fish pulling off, but by the end of the morning trip, they had a nice group of f...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Working Mack's Mini-Cha Cha Squidders in Pink worked for Jeff in the Brewster Pool on Saturday. Try 15 feet down. Set the hooks 2" apart with a heavy leader. Make the leader 12" from the Double D D...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/29/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I have the time to catch my breath and play "catch up". Jerry and Cheryl Brough fished with me in the morning. We worked T4 Purple Glow Flatfish and baited Squid Rigs for some nice fish includ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Brough's for coming out with us. We hit the Bar early for the "big" that Cheryl caught, then moved to the trench later in the morning. It was another spectacular morning in Paradise! ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Touchettes, Brett and 7 year old son Kaden came out with the Cardwells, Steve and 11 year old son Griffen for a morning of fishing. We hit the hump downlake of Wapato Point and kept our Worden Lu...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Ringers came out with us for some Lake Trout fishing on a beautiful morning. Jeff stayed just below Wapato Pt. hitting areas between 120 and 150 feet deep with T4 Flatfish and Mack's Lures Cha Ch...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/22/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Long time customers and avid sportsmen, Craig and Eva Adams brought their friends up to fish with us. The boys and girls had a contest for who caught the most pounds of big fish. The girls had it un...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Geologist, Dan Smith brought son Jeff and grandson Tony (10) out to fish with us. What a terrific morning. The weather was real nice with the wind and thunderstorms holding off until we were done an...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Steve and Ronda Wilinson of Bellingham brought Alfonso Bamso and Alfredo Passanha (both 16) of Portugal to fish with me. We hit the humps below Wapato Pt early and the trench later in the morning to ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful sunrise on an early morning of unsettled weather! Grandpa Loidhamer brought out grandson Mason (9) and Nick for Mason to get some fish. Mason was a cool enough angler to let Nick ge...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Iraq vet, Michael Bates came out and fished with me. His wife's present to him. We told stories and became friends. What a great fishing trip. Oh, yeah, we caught fish too. He some good quality f...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Went prospecting in the lower basin with Jaime to id some locations. We thought we had that 1st in a career event when I saw a small fish bite on the outside rod and then a huge pull back. I thought...
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Pateros
Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & Jaime went prospecting at the Brewster Pool. The good news is the Kings are arriving! The better news is so are the Sockeye! The Chinook were caught on a Super Bait behind a flasher and ...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Sockeye Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Jaime went prospecting to the Brewster Pool. The good news is the Kings are in! The better news is the Sockeye are in. The Sockeye came on Mack's Double D Dodgers and Mini Cha Cha Squidd...
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Grimes
Grimes
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Lisa to Grimes for a very unique experience. Catching quality Lahontan Cutthroat on a fly in a desert coulee. Jeff works chronomids deep on the fish there. He has decades of experience fi...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff scored big fishing below Wapato Pt. with Mr. Peterson and his party. They got that 19lb and 11 pound on a double. It was a circus. Another 11 in the box to boot! T4 purple glow flatfish on th...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Isaac Bestebreur (9), it's too bad you're too young to buy a lottery ticket. His turns on the rod got him an 18lb and a 12 Mackinaw! And he is the avid angler among his fellow triplets. It's ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A very special thanks to Rafael Colon for bringing his kids, Nadia and Alex as well as brother in law Doyle Mears out to fish with Jeff and me on what turned out to be a very memorable day. I thought...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff continued to rock taking Aaron and Sarah Maurer out for an evening of Lake Trout Fishing. He worked the same pattern as the morning. Flatfish on the outrigger rods scored the most fish. The bi...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff worked the lower basin with Flatfish for the True family. Once again, the bite was steady as she goes. Dad got a 10.3 lb fish for big fish of the trip. Actually had a triple that all 3 fish go...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Another terrific day on Lake Chelan. Jeff pounded the Bar for James and Trent Merrill. Once again T4 and U20 Flatfish produced the majority of the action. Depths of 125 to 160 were key. As always ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/24/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had another great morning working the lower basin for Lake Trout. T4 and U20 flatfish in both LUCH and GPLF caught the most fish. Depths of 120 to 165 were most effective. Speeds of 1.2 to 1.6...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/23/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff once again has the magic going. He had Randy and Jason out with him and worked lower basin edges for a great pile of fish. Cindy Flynn sent her family out with me. We worked the trench and back...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/22/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I had the Burke gang out in the morning for Macks while Jeff had the Champoux party out for Kokanee in the morning. He then took Tim Berg out in the evening for Mack's. Jeff's shallow water pattern ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 6/21/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/19/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had the Grindon gang while I had the Tucker crew (all the way from the UK!) for an evenings fishing. We trolled the area around Mill Bay with Flatfish in the Chub, Luminous Chartreuse and Purple...
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