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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/22/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fishing buddies Steve Miller, Rick Barresi, Jeremy Murphy and Justin Kimball came out to fish with me. We began up at the Yacht Club. I got the first downrigger rod to the bottom, and got my set bac...
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Roses
Roses
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/21/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/20/2012
Hot Spots: 1
John Arnott brought his boy, Sammy out with us again. This time to celebrate his 12th birthday. We still fished Roses for rainbows. Pautzke's Fire Bait in Mallow Balls O' Fire worked best. In addi...
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Roses
Roses
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/19/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/18/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got to take my neighbor and fish smoker extraordinaire, Donn Vey and D&D CFO, Sandra Jones out for rainbow limits on Roses. It's about as good as it gets now. We were fishing bait so we took what ...
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Antilon
Antilon
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Our fly fishing guy, Brian Whitney invited me to go give Antilon a shot since the ice was finally off of it. We drug wooly buggers, cone head muddlers and Carey (a plug for Mike) Specials around on f...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/18/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Time Lipke brought out Paul and Ted Anderson with Mike Hawley to fish with me. We pounded a few piles of fish in the trench and then worked the monument to get some lakers. Depths of 210 to 240 feet...
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Roses
Roses
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/17/2012
Hot Spots: 0
As follow up to Mike's report. We caught fish on Pautzke's Fire Bait in American Wildfire and Mallow Balls O' Fire. We also used the Marshmallow and worm trick. Slip sinkers with a 30" leader worke...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/17/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Ron and Chad Anderson came out with David Carpenter to fish with Jeff. He pounded the deepwater above the Yacht Club from 315 to 340 feet deep to pile up the lakers. Rushin' Salmon Wobblers from Cri...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/13/2012
Hot Spots: 0
The Park gang was nice enough to come out and fish with us on a beautiful spring day on Lake Chelan. We pounded spots in the trench for a nice pile of fish. The little F7 Luminous Chartreuse Flatfis...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the upper trench produced for the Lane family. It was another great weather day on Chelan. We worked depths of 200 to 240 feet for the fish. Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons were the ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/11/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took new fishing buddies, Mike Sniadoski and Richard Brown out for some Mack fishing. He pounded the trench hard with Mack's Cha Cha Squidders and Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies. Both were baited ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/6/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Gary and Gene out for a mornings fishing. They worked the area between the Bar and Rocky Point for their fish. The T4 Purple Glow flatfish was the bigger producer. They also caught fish o...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Frank and Pam Griffin out and worked the upper trench pattern for a nice morning fishing trip. They pounded water 180 to 220 feet deep at 1.4 mph. The T4 Purple glow Flatfish from Worden L...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/31/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Vic and John from the Lake Washington Puget Sound Anglers came out with me to Mack fish. We had a great time in spite of a wet and cold day here in the Chelan Valley. At least the wind didn't blow. ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/30/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Tony, Keenan and Rocky came out and fished with me this morning. Nothing was happening on the Bar so we meandered into the upper trench and got on a pretty good bite. Mack's Cha Cha Squidders did th...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/27/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2012
Hot Spots: 0
John and Tom were nice enough to come out and fish with Jeff and me on a beautiful early spring day here on Chelan. We started early above the Narrows. When that slowed down, we pulled up and pounde...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/25/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great day putting Ken Burrington's party on the fish. They started hot above the narrows and rode the bite as long as possible. Then they moved into the trench to finish the day. Silver ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/16/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/16/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, Brian and Jeff were kind enough to let me drive the boat while they zeroed in on the fish up above the Yacht Club. We pulled a combination of Mack's Cha Cha Squidders, Ace Hi Flies and 4" glow ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff trolled the lower basin with Jason, Bill and James to get some lakers. It was a slower day than usual, but they got a nice pile of fillets to take home and had some great weather in advance of t...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took fishing buddies Larry Wiegele and Eric Davis out to fish the trench. They pounded the bottom with Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies to catch a nice pile of fish. Working depths right arou...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/26/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/25/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled around the lower basin for Lakers. Even though the weather report was ominous, most of the trip had favorable weather. When it turned, the wind was difficult to manage. Most fish came from ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/20/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/20/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well we got out at the crack of 10 this morning. After yapping at the Sportsman's Shows over the past few weeks, it sure felt out of synch. We had 9 of the first 11 fish pull off before getting it t...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/16/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Burdette clan up to the lower pens to fish for triploids. Had to climb up the lake by Braille for about half the journey due to fog. Air temps from the low teens to the low twenties ma...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/14/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We took our guide Emeritus, Andy Byrd in search of a big fish. It started out hot then cooled off as the low pressure front, wind and snow moved into the area. Jeff was on the rod when the big fish ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/12/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Took Al out for his birthday fishing trip for a few hours of Mack fishing. Went for a big fish, but it just didn't happen. We still got a nice pile and had a great time. It was one of the colder mo...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/11/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/10/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to the Duckworth gang for going to Rufus with us on a breezy day. Getting up to the lower set of pens was easy. The bite was on early then tailed off later in the day as the harsh breeze blew...
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