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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Kokanee
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We really slammed the monster kokanee this afternoon. Flashlites, wedding rings and Fire Corn were the ticket. Lakeside is still the best producer. (Actually the kokanee fishing is pretty tough an...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
T4 and U20 purple glow flatfish pounded the Mackinaw once the wind slowed down. We worked the trench with excellent results. Thanks to the Halls of Boca Grande, Fl for sharing their vacation with me...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2010
Hot Spots: 2
We had a great day and lovely weather on Chelan today. The water temp is 51-52 F at the surface. We saw scads of small kokanee surface activity, but did not get them to bite. We got a nice pile of ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 5/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fooled around trying to catch Kokanee without success. Went to find lakers off the face of Manson Bay. That went OK. Look in water from 160 to 190 feet deep. It's a steep slope. It's nice to be b...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/25/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy pounded away from Sunnybank into the lower basin to produce a nice bunch of lakers for the Herald gang. The little F7 purple glow flatfish was the best producer. Stay close to the bottom and sl...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Flatfish worked in locations up around the Yacht Club, off of Sunnybank and in the Trench. Greg Lyons brought some of the Stemelt gang out to fish with us. It blew early, but the wind laid down and ...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/23/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a tougher day but Andy eeked out a few fish for the Bargrover kids. Baited jigs under floats are what finally caught the fish that were willing to bite. Pounded all over the lower half of the...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/24/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Pounding the lower end of Lake Chelan with the U20 luminous chartreuse flatfish was once again productive. Keep speeds between 1.4 and 1.6 mph and stay tight to the bottom. What a wonderfully consis...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/15/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Took Jim Chadwick of Issaquah and his buddy out. We snicked a fish off the Bar and kept moving. The indeterminate flat between the Bar and the Trench was the best of it for me today. Most fish came...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Palmer crew was nice enough to go to Rufus with us today. Andy skipped the lower end and fought rough water up the lake to the lower net pens. They trolled flies with good success catching and r...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/12/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/11/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We went up to Rufus to work on some technique. We snicked a fish of the "can line" near the dam on a cone head muddler, but it was slow. We trolled a few other areas near the pump stations as the we...
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Roses
Roses
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Roses for a couple of hours this evening with Andy. There are still plenty of fish to be caught, but it takes a little effort now. They must circulate in pods. You'll go through dry spells then...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/9/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/9/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the old U20 Luminous Chartreuse was the producer. Four of the six fish came off of one lure. Sometimes it's weird how all the fish lock in on particular lure. We put one decent fish in the bo...
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17 - Rufus Woods
17 - Rufus Woods
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Andy went up to Rufus to do some pre-fishing work. The can line was productive with Black Cone head Wooly buggers at 1.8 to 2.1 mph with a small wiggle fin in front. They made the run to the lower p...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/7/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We pounded away through the lower basin to get five lakers. It was nice that the big fish was caught by the little boy at the end of the day. Water from 210 to 245 was most productive. Luminous Cha...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/7/2010
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Our guide, Jeff Witkowski took a couple of guys out on Roses. A combination of trolling little F3 flatfish and still fishing doughbaits limited the 3 intrepid anglers. There was one tiger trout in a...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/6/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The same kind of situation as yesterday with the fishing except the weather was greatly improved. Stan had himself a great time yarding in some Lake Chelan Mackinaw out of the lower basin. Once agai...
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Omak
Omak
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, now that Steelheading is done for the year I can get my alternative to Chelan includes fishing on Omak. Remember, until May 31st it is catch and release with single barbless hooks. The Lahonta...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
We closed the season with a bang. Andy and the Stennes' fished from Pateros to Bridgeport pounding their favorite holes and seems from Pateros all the way up to Bridgeport. Sixteen Steelhead to the ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 4/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
It was a good morning and a very tough afternoon on Chelan. The Bar produced quality fish. The dips in the flat below the Bar produced the picture fish for the day. The venerable U20 Luminous Chart...
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16 - Lake Pateros
16 - Lake Pateros
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This is a great windup to a wonderful Steelhead Season. The Stennes' once again put their guys on some nice steelhead on the next to the last day of the season. One last shot tomorrow to work those ...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 0
The Grandview H.S. braintrust came out to fish with Andy this morning on our North River. Andy pounded away with T-4 Flatfish in both Luminous Chartreuse and Purple Glow. He got a couple of big fish...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/30/2010
Hot Spots: 2
Pepe' Hernandez and Roger Sorenson used their last day off from running Blueberry Hills before Fall to come out and fish with me. I'm honored. We fished the Bar without success then pounded those ho...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/30/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 3/27/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Jody Bessert and Howard Pierce were nice enough to come fish with us. Our guide Andy worked the South Shore side of the Bar, the flat below the Bar and the lower basin to get them 11 lakers in the bo...
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Chelan
Chelan
By: Darrell and Dad's
Posted: 3/26/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 3/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Well, alls well the ends well. We went an hour and 48 minutes without a bite to start the morning. Spencer and his buddies just hung in there and stayed positive. It was the polar opposite of yeste...
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