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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/18/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/18/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Gordon Lueck of Lacey was nice enought to bring his grandson's Marcus (10) and Mikhail (8) Bussey out fishing with Jeff and Me today. With the cold front moving in, the morning had a bite to it. We ...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/17/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/17/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pete Cunningham was nice enough to fish with us today. With cold surface water temps and low flow, it was a day to motor up to the lower pens and get some powerbait down there. The bite was steady. ...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/15/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/15/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy and Jeff took lifelong friends and fishing partners Albert Stubbs and Paul Batton fishing up at Rufus. With very cold water temps and not much flow they decided to motor up to the lower pens and...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Wow! This was a tough one. We fished flatfish, cha cha squidders, Kingfisher Lite spoons, Rushin' Salmon Wobblers and B2 squid rigs with a minimum of success. Started above the Yacht Club and got o...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/13/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/13/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Randy Cole and Lori Kratzer of Yakima were nice enough to fish with us today. They thought Andy was great. They were grateful the sleepy fish woke up at about 9:30, just the way Andy predicted. Ran...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ken Smiley of Edmonds and Don Starkweather of Seattle, the Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of Lake Chelan were nice enough to come out with us and fish today. They had a beautiful weather day in spite...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/12/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well, it was a great day on Chelan. Numbers were moderate for a four hour trip with 6, but size was just fine. Big fish was 9lb 4oz. Jeff just "snicked" that out on his side of the boat to outdo th...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/12/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/11/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After spending most of 2011 doing financials, going to shows and writing I took Sandy out to catch a dinner fish. We had to troll down to the bottom of the trench and make the turn to get one. But, ...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/8/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dave Matulka of Cle Elum and fishing partner John Jensen of Easton were nice enough to go fishing with us up at Rufus. Conditions were difficult. Surface temps under 35 and low flow. The air temp w...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Thanks to Pat Gibson and his buddy for fishing with us. They got a nice taste of running the gear near the bottom and hanging some lakers. The best producing lure for them was the Chartreuse Splatte...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 2/6/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/6/2011
Hot Spots: 0
It was great having Steve Woods of Buckley out with his fishing buddies, Dan Woods, Thomas Roberts and Doug Zahradnek with us on Saturday. They had a great day fishing with steady action all day long...
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15 - Lake Entiat
15 - Lake Entiat
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/26/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy and Jeff went out to prospect some runs and seams in the area between Wells Dam and the Chelan River for Steelhead. They had pretty good success with 5 fish to the boat in about 3 hours of exper...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/29/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy took out the Biggar's of Waterville out for a day's fising on Chelan. He had a tough bite and had to switch around a lot to stay in contact with the fish. The best success was once again in the...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/31/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/27/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Ken Vaughn was nice enough to come out with Andy for an afternoon's fishing on Lake Chelan. He just ran down into the lower basin to get some fish. Silver Horde's Kingfisher Lite spoons in Chartreus...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
George Selvy of Lynnwood and fishing partner Don McAfee were nice enough to let their buddy Jeff Witkowski and our guide Andy Byrd take them out for a morning fishing on Lake Chelan. They ran up abov...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/24/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Bob Robelia of Chelan Falls was nice enough to bring his son-in-law and 2 grandkids out with us on Rufus for some triploid rainbow fishing. The goal was to catch limits of triploids as quickly as pos...
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15 - Lake Entiat
15 - Lake Entiat
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/24/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/21/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Andy wanted to show Jeff some runs and seams below Wells Dam so they fished from 7AM to 1PM. They varied the jig depth from 6 to 15 feet under Thill Big Fish Slider bobbers. The 1/8th oz. Calypso co...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/20/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dale Rees of Tacoma had been out with us on Chelan to fish for Mackinaw (Aka: Lake Trout) before and wanted to try a multi-venue trip. We decided to have him fish for Steelhead in the AM and move to...
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15 - Lake Entiat
15 - Lake Entiat
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/20/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/19/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Dale Rees from Tacoma had been out with us before on Lake Chelan and wanted to try a multi-venue day. He decided that he'd like to fish for Steelhead for half a day and at Rufus Woods for Triploids f...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/15/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the trench worked great for Andy hosting the Fleek family. He worked a combination of Silver Horde Kingfisher Lite spoons in splatterback colors, Mack's big cha cha squidders in glows and th...
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Rufus Woods
Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/10/2011
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/9/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The plan (mine...) was to run to the lower pens to dunk some bait and slaughter quick limits. The fish Gods rewarded my arrogance by giving me the toughest bite I've had this season. We had a tough ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/8/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Eric and Kate of Bellingham joined their friends Mike and Alison from Moses Lake to enjoy a morning of fishing with our guide Andy Byrd. He ran up to the Yacht Club. The fished those Kingfisher Lite...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/8/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Well our Steelhead guys had out Dan and Susie Flick with Susie's brother Mike Russell. After braving the ice covered roads and ramp they mostly fished in the Pateros area. The key was increased wate...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/7/2011
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/7/2011
Hot Spots: 0
After an adventurous trip to the ramp following an overnight freezing rain episode, Andy managed to launch the boat with a minimum of damage to the dock or the equipment. He took Brian Duce and his 1...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 1/7/2011
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/5/2011
Hot Spots: 0
The Stennes' were out both the 5th and 6th. Wednesday was the better day with 16 fish hooked and 10 in the net. However, only 2 were hatchery fish that could be kept. The pictured fish was caught a...
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