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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dan and Sarah Hillman came out for a mornings fishing with us. It was another beautiful day in paradise. Jeff stayed on the Bar fishing with Ace Hi Flies, and a T4 purple glow Flatfish. The big, 16...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Glow splatterback Ace Hi's baited with Northern Pikeminnow were the best producer today. We put a medium large glow Smile Blade from Mack's Lures in front. The Chapman gang came from as close as Sea...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Cervarich's were good enough to come out and fish with us on another spectacular morning on Lake Chelan. Brian fished Mack Bar mostly with Ace Hi Flies and Mack's Lures mini-Cha Cha Squidders. T...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The same combos that worked yesterday worked again for the Thiel family. We had another spectacular morning trip fishing the Bar with Ace Hi's and mini Cha Cha's. What a great family to spend ti...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Kahler's came out to fish with us for an evening trip. Jeff and Ray got James of his fishing whamee. He had been out in Hawaii and Mexico without getting a fish. He got them here. Including a ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/10/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Today Ace Hi Flies in green glow splatterback outperformed everything else. After all this time, we found a little niche on the Bar that I hadn't hit and hammered away. Depth in the 140's was the ke...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
What a family reunion fishing trip! The Bahadur family reunion brought them to Lake Chelan and out fishing with us. They came from Seattle, Connecticut, Barcelona, Spain and New Dehli, India. We st...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Reid brothers came out to fish with Anton & Jaime. We pounded the Bar. The fish were cooperative. We caught fish on Worden's T4 Flatfish and Silver Horde's Ace Hi Flies, but Mack's mini Cha Cha...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff and Ray fished the Erlage family out on the Bar. It was spectacular. The fish were cooperative and the weather was superlative. Brian (dad) got a time out from Hakie (Mom) for losing a fish by...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Cavaggion's of BC came out to fish with us. We were able to stay on the Bar for the morning trip and get a nice pile of fish including a 10.5lber. The outrigger rods scored the majority of the f...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Dynes' wanted to get a look at some areas that we fish, so Brian started them at the Yacht Club and finished on the Bar. The got some fish, lost some more and saw how our basic presentations work...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Ace Hi Fly dominated the early catch on the Bar. Then Brett and Donna said let's go load up on little fish for the kids, so off to the face of Manson Bay we went. There, the F7 flatfish in Lumin...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/4/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The DeVine crew came out and fished with us. We had 3 generations scattered between both boats. We worked the Bar, Minneapolis and Manson Bay. The bite was a bit off from the previous days, but the...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Mike Cerceo brought his gang out with us for a mornings fishing. It was difficult on the Bar. We caught a fish and lost a couple. We moved over to Minneapolis and started to get bit pretty regular,...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 8/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Jerry Cochrun brought out his son and son-in-laws to fish with us today. We had a slow beginning on the Bar. Then a flurry of activity with 4 nice quality fish, then it died. We slid over to Mi...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/31/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the Bar rocked this morning for Jolene and Alyssa Rhoads of beautiful Spangle, WA. A great pile of fish and a monster. The big fish was 21lb 3 oz. Several other large fish came to the net. T...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Criss Stewart threw a batchelor party for his brother Trent and made us part of the festivities. Being front and center at 6AM after partying can be a challenge, but they made it. We had a beautiful...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/30/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
So what do you do on your day off. Go fishing of course. We took the gang up to run some experiments. We got a few fish, made fun of each other and ate a bunch of "not so good for us" snacks. Ray ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/29/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/28/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Paul Warner came out to fish with his 7 year old granddaughter, Georgia. We hit some quality fish early on the Bar. Then Georgia wondered if we could get some little fish for her little sister. No ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/27/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took the Evans Clan out again. They hit the Bar early then moved over to Minneapolis to finish their mornings fishing. The fish bit a potpourri of presentations. Flatfish in Purple Glow and Bl...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/26/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Davis Clan from New Jersey came out and fished with us this morning. We had a great time on the Bar early. The bite died late, but they finished with a nice pile of Chelan Mackinaw and Seth (13)...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/23/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was a spectacular morning of fishing on "the Bar", on Lake Chelan. New friends Keith and Max Sims came out with old friend, Bob Uptagarfft for a morning of fishing. It was the nicest weather you ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/22/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Phillip and David had a great time learning our fishery and catching some Macks. It was another spectacular Chelan morning on the Bar. Even had "the big one that got away" story. Once again T4 Purp...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/21/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Again, the T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish were the most consistent lures. A glow Cha Cha Squidder also caught some fish. The monk gang had a great time watching the girls catch their fish. They le...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/20/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The pattern has held for another day. The Bar produced a great pile of fish for the Wellman clan up from the Houston area for a family reunion and some fishing. T4 purple glow flatfish at 1.2 to 1.5...
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