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Darrell and Dad's's Reports

Posted: 2/3/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Tevi's insatiable appetite for Kokanee led Jeff and Pepe' back out to the fishing grounds to catch some Kokanee. Working the lower part of the upper basin netted them these beauties! Mack's Lures ...
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Posted: 1/30/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Pepe' and Jesus out for some Kokanee. Pepe' even let Jeff get his limit. The Super Bowl Party should have some great smoked fish snacks! Jeff got these chromers to bite an orange Mack's M...
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Posted: 1/28/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/28/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Tony Mischceay and the gang from Everett came out for some morning Mack fishing on Chelan with Jeff. The same pattern of pulling pikeminnow baited Jeff drifts at 1mph within 5 feet of the bottom in t...
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Posted: 1/25/2017
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Pepe' and Clay Brandenberg came out with Jeff to zero in our winter Kokanee. They pounded the upper end of the lower basin to get their Silvers. Working Mack's Double D Dodgers in front of Pro Cure ...
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Posted: 1/22/2017
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/22/2017
Hot Spots: 0
After a long weather and health hiatus, Jeff got back on the water with many time customer Tom Roberts and his son , Zach. They worked the Bar Fringe, Barrens and Trench with excellent results, fishi...
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Posted: 12/24/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Windisch's came out and fished with Jeff on a cold and clear Christmas Eve morning. They trolled Jeff drifts baited with a piece of Pikeminnow within 5 feet of the bottom at 1mph in the Barrens t...
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Posted: 12/4/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/3/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Dan Callan of Seattle came out to fish with Jeff and learn how we catch our Lakers. Jeff pulled Jeff Drifts baited with a piece of Pikeminnow at about 1 mph in the trench to get the fish to bite. Wa...
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Posted: 12/2/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/2/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took guide in training, Shawn Murphy out to find some Kokanee. They pounded them at the upper end of the lower basin in depths of 50 to 150 feet, trolling at .9 to 1.7 mph. They pulled Mack's L...
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Posted: 11/30/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/28/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff got most of the fish to bite in the Trench from 220 to 240 feet deep pulling baited Jeff Drifts at 1 mph. Josh Cadd of Wenatchee and Ron Keen of Chelan enjoyed the overhead cover and propane hea...
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Posted: 11/13/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/13/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Bobby Loomis of Mack's Lure fame and old Chelan hand Mark Lippencott came out with Jeff to try some things and catch some "silvers" (in Eastern Washington slang). The worked Mack's Double D dodgers i...
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Posted: 11/10/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/9/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took Dennis Dickey and Jim McGough of Prescott, WA out on the 9th to continue the early winter Kokanee fishing. They banged away in the upper part of the lower basin to get these Kokanee and Cut...
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Posted: 11/8/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/29/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers 10/24 to 10/29. Jeff has gotten the Mack's to bite up in the Narrows and in the Barrens. Primarily pulling baited Jeff drift rigs within 5 feet of the bottom at 1.1 mph in depths ...
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Posted: 11/7/2016
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff went out on 11/4 by himself to prospect for Kokanee. Mack's mini squids and wedding rings behind their 0000 dodger baited with scented corn trolled at 1mph in the upper part of the lower basin g...
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Posted: 10/21/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This was from Jeff and Jim's 3 day quest from the 16th to the 18th at Omak Lake. They worked the lake over pretty good, doing C&R on 227 fish. Big fish was 8.8. Twenty some presentations got bit. ...
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Posted: 10/21/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/20/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It has been a wet and cooler week with some wind off and on. Jeff has been pounding the Barrens and the trench for his fish. Baited Jeff drifts being pulled at 1 mph within 5 feet of the bottom in d...
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Posted: 9/26/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff has been pounding the Barrens and the Trench with very good success. It has been a busy Indian Summer so far! Thanks to all that have fished with us. It allows us to do what we love. Work dep...
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Posted: 9/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The Laker fishing on Chelan has been the model of consistency as we have moved into the fall pattern in the Trench. Pulling Jeff Drifts made from Mack's Lures taper beads and Smile Blades as well as ...
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Posted: 9/5/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2016
Hot Spots: 0
No fires in the area this year are a blessing compared to last year this time... The Bar has continued to produce early AM and late PM big fish and the trench has filled out the bag nicely later in t...
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Posted: 8/26/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had us hold out an open date so he could take his cousin Darlene and Gail fishing. The 13.8 and the 12.1 were their biggest fish ever! They got a few others and suggested that a celebration at ...
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Posted: 8/23/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff & I have been going huckelty buck here in August. The Bar has produced early in the morning. Secondary locations have been touch and go, but lately the trench has emerged as a consistent produ...
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Posted: 8/10/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2016
Hot Spots: 0
We are in prime time here on Chelan. With that being said, we have a boat open Saturday morning. Jeff took the McCallister's out for 13 year old Jack's birthday present from his dad. By 6:15 he...
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Posted: 7/19/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from 7/15 to 7/18. We are into the heart of the summer Bar bite on Lake Chelan. The Bar, the fringe of the Bar and Manson Bay have produced the majority of our fish during...
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Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Many time repeat customer Ralph Sorenson brought a friend and came out to fish with Jeff. They had an epic day on the pond with big pile of fish and 2 "bigs". The big for the day was 17.8#. They po...
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Posted: 7/10/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers July 6th through the 8th. We have continued to work the Bar early and the doughnut hole later to get our fish. Fishing Jeff Drifts with a piece of Pikeminnow on the downrigger rod...
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Posted: 7/7/2016
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
This report covers fishing from July1st to the 5th. Beautiful mornings with some wind followed by very windy afternoons was the story for the first 5 days of July. The Bar was our early morning loca...
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