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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Purple Glow Flatfish in T4 caught their share but Jeff had a consistent bite all morning long on Mack's Cha Cha Squidder baited with some Northern Pikeminnow. It rained and rained some more, but the ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
This morning Bar pattern has been unbelievable! The rain rolled in and the fish just kept biting. We worked the Bar from 120 to 160 feet at 1.2 to 1.5 mph with those T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish....
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/19/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Brian wanted to come out for a couple of hours to get his kids each a couple of fish. We took them out at the "crack of noon" and got the boys the biggest fish of their lives and were back in. What ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/18/2011
Species: Squawfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff "squaw daddy" Witkowski educated the deckhands on the bait procurement technique. Jaime and Ray got into it. Jaime got the granddaddy fish of the day there. We used laker entrails o...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/17/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Had the Covington Clan of Yakima out with us today. What a spectacular morning of fishing on the Bar. Then things tailed off at about 10 and we had to work for the last few fish. The T4 and U20 fla...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/16/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Once again T4 Purple glow flatfish were the top producer. The Rosenein Electric group came out on a Company Picnic. What a great July morning for fishing. Air temps stayed in the 60's the whole tim...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/16/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Christian family of Kelowna, BC came out with me again. They spend one morning of their family vacation with us. The boys are gonzo fishermen and stay into it the whole time. What a joy to fish...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We had Brian Hale from Australia come out and fish the evening with us. The bite was very steady and we finished the evening off with a hard fighting 15lb 13 oz fish. We pulled T4 purple glow flatfi...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it sure was nice to get the Mariner Bullpen along with the AAA guys from Tacoma out to fish with us. We got a chance to fish both boats and rack up a terrific pile of Lakers on the Bar. Jeff g...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Taylor Clan, Jon, Laura and Kate came over to fish with us. Being teenagers, they started at the crack of noon. Jeff worked the Bar and the Yacht Club. Cha Cha Squidders and Ace Hi Flies baited...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
I thought this was going to be "my day in the barrel. We started out with a triple on. We got the smallest fish of the 3 and had the biggest pull off right at the net. The third came unbuttoned out...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/11/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Northwest Outdoors Radio Show Host, John Kruse along with friends Rusty and Lisa Johnston came out and fished with Jeff and me for the afternoon. We went right back out and pounded the Bar again. Ag...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/10/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The T4 purple glow flatfish and the Mack's Lures Cha Cha Squidder were the big producers again today. Fishing buddies Bill Courshon and Stix Hooper were nice enough to come out and fish the morning. ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/9/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Z-men, father and son came out for dad's birthday fishing trip. What a gift it was. A beautiful morning, eager fish and a big fish thrown in the mix, plus the comedic relief of the Offshore boat...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff had a great day out with the Cospin family on Lake Chelan. They started on the Bar with 7 fish in the first hour! Then they settled down to pounding them out. They fished about half the day on...
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Grimes
Grimes
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Jeff took our new guide, Brian "man thong" Whitney to exercise the Grimes Lake Lahontans. Brian caught 27 while the fish were laughing themselves to the boat over his version of sunscreen... Once ag...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Cha Cha Squidder produced mid day on the Bar for Jeff. The bite is a bit tougher and there is more "wake action" from recreational boaters, but it is still pretty good fishing. The Bryan gang came o...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
We fished purple glow flatfish all around. T4's on the downriggers and F7's off the outriggers. Andrew Lumpe came out by himself. I started a new deckhand, Ray Rhoads of Spangle. We pounded away a...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Mark Sebastian of Federal Way and his buddy Brandon Huelman came out to fish with me. The Bar was a lot slower than it had been. After a few passes and three fish we moved over to Minneapolis and ch...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/4/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2011
Hot Spots: 0
T4 Purple Glow flatfish on the Bar early was the ticket to success. Second fish being a 17 pounder kind of made the day. The 3 generations of Heckel's and Misti's dad, Dwayne Davison came out and fi...
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Grimes
Grimes
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/4/2011
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Our Grimes specialist, Jeff, took Randy and Spencer (12) Davis of Shawana to Grimes for some Lahontan catching. They had a nice day with 42 fish between them. They were using chronomids and Pheasant...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/3/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/3/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Same presentation worked today. Cha Cha from Mack's and an Ace Hi from Silver Horde on the downriggers and T4 purple glow flatfish on the outriggers. Three generations of Binders got a nice pile of ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/2/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/2/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Once again, the morning bite on "the Bar" was great. We pounded T4 purple Glow flatfish off the outriggers and Northern Pikeminnow baited Cha Cha Squidders off the downriggers to score. We did have ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Eric and Pat Marsh came out and fished with Jaime and me this morning. It was a glorious Lake Chelan early summer morning. Sunshine, cool temp with the promise of heat to come and a gentle breeze. ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 7/1/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/30/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After having done this for over eleven years, I can still get amazed. Larry Seureau came out and fished with me so we could help his 15 year old nephew, Daniel catch some fish. Boy, did he ever! Th...
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